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English Premier League results: Arsenal beat Spurs thanks to Gabriel winner
Harry Potter • September 20th, 2024 9:03 pm
Gabriel’s second-half header was enough for a depleted Arsenal to secure a 1-0 win at Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham and keep the pressure on Manchester City in the English Premier League title race.With an away tie at City in seven days, Arsenal’s fixture at their rivals was already being described as a make-or-break game in their quest to be champions following a home draw against Brighton prior to the international break.But without key duo Martin Odegaard and Declan Rice, the Gunners secured all three points following Gabriel’s 64th-minute goal to stake their title credentials and leave Spurs with just one win so far this term under former Socceroos boss Postecoglou.For Tottenham, Micky van de Ven was back from injury and off season signing Dominic Solanke led the attack after missing two games with an ankle problem.And the former Bournemouth man was involved instantly when he found Son Heung-min, whose pull-back to Dejan Kulusevski produced a fine save from David Raya.
Ben White then saw his blushes spared with 15 minutes gone after he was pounced on by Son, who found Solanke in the area, but he was too easily dispossessed by William Saliba.Moments later, Saliba then found his name in referee Jarred Gillett’s book for failing to return the ball after a foul on Solanke. It was the first of seven bookings of a fiercely contested first period.As the half wore on Arsenal came into the game. Kai Havertz’s header from Gabriel Martinelli’s cross was well-saved by Guglielmo Vicario before the Brazilian should have put the Gunners ahead.Leandro Trossard’s exquisite through-ball put Martinelli one-on-one with Vicario, but the winger’s effort was tame and his weak effort was comfortably gobbled up by the Spurs keeper.Jurrien Timber’s challenge on Pedro Porro then sparked a brawl on the touchline with both the Arsenal defender and Vicario front and centre. Both men were booked but Timber escaped a red card for going over the top of the ball following a VAR check.The hour mark arrived with Van de Ven’s header - straight down Raya’s throat from a James Maddison cross - the only real chance of the second period up to that point.Arsenal looked threatening on the counter-attack with Bukayo Saka’s shot deflected behind off Porro, and from the ensuing corner came the breakthrough.
