Tottenham thrashes Arsenal and distances it from the Champions League

EFE

Harry Kane is not resigned to being left without the Champions League and with two of his goals he helped Tottenham Hotspur beat an Arsenal that played 60 minutes with one less player and lost the opportunity to seal fourth place.

Mikel Arteta’s men had the possibility of returning to the Champions League five years later, if they managed to win the North London derby, but after a horrible performance, crowned with Rob Holding’s expulsion for a double yellow after half an hour, the ‘Gunners’ will have to resort to the last two Premier matches to get the prize.

Kane, with competition from Erling Haaland just around the corner, shone in his match, because nobody has scored more goals against Arsenal than him. Thirteen adds after his exhibition in the first full derby at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the first in condition after the pandemic.

The English striker easily took advantage of the childish mistakes of an Arsenal that came out too fast and showing why it is no coincidence that it is the team with the most red cards in the competition. Gabriel flirted with problems, while the derby heated up little by little.

And if the red card was a possibility, even more so were the mismatches in defense of Arteta’s men, who were unable to clear a great cross from Kulusevski at the far post. Ramsdale didn’t come for him and the center backs were late for the ball, but not for Son. Cedric, very clumsy, knocked down the South Korean and the penalty was clamorous. From eleven meters Kane did not fail.

The goal unhinged Arsenal more and Holding was the one who won the red lottery. With Gabriel calmer, the English central defender lost his mind and blocked a run from Son. A blow that cost him the second yellow card and the expulsion.

With 1-0, one less and 60 minutes to go, with the addition of having the entire public against, Arsenal was made ball. Four minutes after Holding’s dismissal, Son posted a corner, Bentancur won the ball at the near post and Kane slammed into the second post to head it into the net.

There was no party. There hadn’t been for a while, in fact. Son’s third, after a skirmish by Kane in the area, opened the torrent of Conte’s ecstasy and further overshadowed Arteta’s crooked gesture, but it only served to sentence a match settled since Holding decided to knock Son down.

This result keeps Arsenal fourth, with 66 points, but only one ahead of Tottenham, who also have a much better goal difference. Arsenal, in the two remaining days, has to visit Newcastle United and host Everton at home, while Tottenahm will receive Burnley and close the league against Norwich City.

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