Arsenal survive late Spurs fightback to boost title charge with derby victory
Everybody knew the backstory, how Arsenal had won their previous Premier League title almost 20 years ago to the day at White Hart Lane. To borrow a line from Mikel Arteta, it was about making their own history here, about doing everything they could to maintain the pressure on Manchester City.
Arsenal achieved their ends, keeping their title hopes alive on the back of a clinical first-half performance which resulted in them taking a 3-0 lead. Nobody predicted the second-half drama at that point, everything going against Tottenham, including a tight offside call from the VAR to disallow what would have been a Micky van de Ven equaliser for 1-1.
