North London Derby: Tottenham’s Cristian Romero’s Unfortunate Afternoon at Emirates Stadium

09/24/2023 09:07am. Updated on 09/24/2023 12:39 p.m.

In the north London derby against Arsenal, Tottenham took a valuable point from the Emirates Stadium on a fateful afternoon for Cristian Romero. In two unfortunate actions, the Argentine defender scored a goal against and then committed a penalty, but his team reacted with a double from Heung-Min Son and tied it 2-2.

In a match that had for the first time to Alejo Veliz on the Tottenham bench, Equality suits the Spurs better but the big winner of the date in the Premier is once again Manchester City, who with this tie moved away from two of their main pursuers in the standings.

Cuti Romero put her against

The classic started very disputed and was broken after 26 minutes, after an unfortunate action by Cuti Romero. The Argentine defender tried to clear a shot from Saka with the bad luck that the ball bounced off his knee and left goalkeeper Vicario dislocated.

Cristian Romero – 9-24-2023

Goal against Cuti Romero

But the Spurs did not remain with the mistake and went to the front after losing the advantage. David Raya saved Arsenal’s goal a couple of times, but at the end of the first half the tie finally came, after a great overflow from Maddison and the center back for the Korean Son’s goal.

It wasn’t Romero’s day…

The Argentine defender had a derby going the wrong way at the Emirates. On plugin startup, In his attempt to block a shot that was a goal, the ball hit him in the arm and there was a penalty for the local team, after the VAR call. Saka took charge and did not fail.

Cristian Romero – 9-24-2023

Penal del Leave Romero

However, almost immediately, Tottenham put the game back on level terms with another goal from Son, one of the figures. Serious error of Jorginho, who lost the ball at the start against Maddison and on the 10th assisted the Asian again for the final 2-2.

Definitely the Cuti team did business, who was reprimanded at the end of the match and ended up as captain after Son’s departure. Especially taking into account, in addition to the errors, Arsenal’s superiority at home in the derby: they have 13 games without losing. To find Spurs’ last away victory at the Emirates in the Premier League, you have to go back to 2010.

Regarding the table, Arsenal and Tottenham remain equal (both with 14 points) but were surpassed by Liverpool (16) and Brighton (15). Manchester City (18) is the leader with an ideal score in six dates.

Romero ended up as captain of Tottenham (AFP)