I’m totally pissed off. First North London derby I’ve missed since I started going to games in December 1967 (against Nottingham Forest at Highbury) as a kid with my dad, some years before leaving Primary School. I looked up the head to head record for competitive Arsenal vs Tottenham games. My first was a 0-1 defeat at White Hart Lane on 20th January 1968, meaning the last I didn’t go to before today was a 4-0 home win on 16th September 1967.

Assuming the head to head record was correct, I’ve been to 120 North London derbies. 102 in the league, 5 in the FA Cup, 12 in the League Cup and 1 Charity Shield match. So I’ve seen Tottenham play at least 125 games as I can recall another 5 when they didn’t play Arsenal. I guess I’ve therefore seen them play a lot more games than the huge majority of Tottenham fans, even though there was only one that I remember wanting them to win (against Manchester United).

Respect to you and all the others like you.

One of my life’s biggest regrets is that I wasn’t born or lived closer to Highbury. At my very best period I only managed to get to about half of the home games a season and about a quarter of the aways.

Oh well.

COYG

Shot!

Unstoppable! Lacazette 1-0

Stunnnnaaaaaaaaa...................

Boom! What a hit by Lacazette

Jesus wept

25 yards plus, Lacazette just lines it up and smashes it in the top corner. Lloris nowhere near it.

one chance each before that, feels like we've controlled most of the ball so far

Lacazette !

Kolasinac error

Utter shambles at the back - Kola a terrible pack pass and Son equalises

Aaarrrghhhh unbelievable

Why pass it back ffs......................

Exploding clown car defence. We’ve made several daft unforced errors so far. This one proved costly.

sodding individual errors again!
Arteta must be fuming.work hard to get a lead and 90 seconds later a player does that

Hell of a save from Martinez. A man in form (fortunately)

Spurs hit the bar.possibly a finger tip from Martinez. Game has swung the other way since the equaliser

Pépé a foot or so wide, first time he's been in the game

Ceballos, terrible free kick. Frustrates me so much that, decent opportunity to get the ball in the box, he's a pro footballer who has to just hit a space that is pretty big with no pressure on him, from the space he should be hitting it ends up at least 20 yards over hit

Aubamayang so close from a free kick

lacazette clear and obvious yellow. Shocking call before to not give Pépé a free kick on the edge of the box - just blocks him with a clear bodycheck

Pépé now wins a free kick and a card for Davies. Both Spurs full backs on cards now. Time to get savy and properly target them

No crowd noise - How nice.

We are moving the ball faster nowadays. Xhaka has become a good conduit for these fast moves forward. He has improved much. Kudos to him.

Not bad except for that shocking mistake by Kolasinac. Our back three just don't look secure at all, they could lose us this match.

Saw someone say the least stupid team will win this.

Does feel like the only way Spurs will score is from our mistakes.

We seem to have a more functioning game plan, moving the ball a lot better

Well covered Mustafi. Good defending

Good defending there by Mustafi

Beat me to it LTG

How is that not a yellow card for Winks? - consistency ref!.. He's already booked Davies for exactly the same thing

Aubameyang should have buried that one when he cannoned it off the bar.

brilliant from Martinez - close shave

Sure was.

Less impressive by Mustafi there.

yet another foul not given for us, Moura nibbling at Bellerin's heels

Kolasinac pass map doesnt make for pretty viewing, must be 85% of passes backwards

Winks is finally booked. The same foul he's made 3 times already today

So Winks finally gets a yellow for an identical cheat/foul.

Should have has the earlier one.

Unsurprisingly I agree with that

close from Aubameyand - great technique

2-1 spurs from the corner

Bollox. After yet another great save from Martinez.