60,109 (vs. West Ham United, 31 January 2009, Premier League) Lowest home attendance: 55,641 (vs. Ole! It takes a deflection and falls kindly for Arshavin, who shoots a low drive straight at Heurelho Gomes. Ole! Ole! 1) Tottenham 2-3 Arsenal, First Division, 10 September 1988 . Those of you prone to judging books by their covers will be intrigued to hear that, despite this abomination, it's actually quite good. 11 min: Van Persie and Arshavin combine well down the right wing, but a promising attack breaks down when the Russian gives to Nicklas Bendtner and goes, only for the Dane to be flagged for offside. I'm also sure you wouldn't be able to afford him. Tottenham's transfer involvement began on the first day of the newly opened transfer window with the release of a number of reserve and youth players, the most notable being former Portuguese international Ricardo Rocha, who in late August joined Belgian outfit Standard Liège. Ole! 57 min: David Bentley takes it, gets it on target and brings a smart-ish save out of Manuel Almunia. 26:33 GOAL - Marouane Chamakh: Arsenal 2 - 0 Tottenham Marouane Chamakh finds the back of the net with a goal from close in low into the middle of the goal. I could see us certainly getting a big result. © 2021 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. North London bragging rights are at stake as Arsenal meet Tottenham in a match that can be seen live on Sky Sports 1 and HD1. I'm looking up at the clock with three minutes to half time and thinking we've done our job. As for his consistent use of superlatives when none are required - this annoys me as much as Jamie Redknapp saying 'literally'. But any mistakes and your opponent can take advantage of them, and we did that. It's too early to say, Peter. Well, they would be if the sun was out and there were actual shadows to chase. The odds are very much against them here - Arsenal aren't exactly one of those teams prone to giving up two-goal leads on the back of second-half complacen ... oh. Ended: 10 Jan, 2021 19:27:52 GMT. 7 min: David Bentley is really riding his luck here. Incidentally, Peter Crouch got the first booking of the match shortly after Arsenal's third. Premier League. Ole!" Tottenham: Gomes, Corluka, King, Bassong, Assou-Ekotto,Bentley, Huddlestone, Palacios, Jenas, Keane, Crouch. Tottenham's players can't get a touch of the ball here. 12 min: Bakari Sagna attacks down the right for Arsenal, but his through-ball for Arshavin is given to much welly and easily cut out. Meanwhile knobbly stick-waving Gooner, comedian and columnist Dara O Briain spectacularly fails to endear himself to the Guardian sportblog moderators by revisiting the brutal and bloody Pro Evo v Fifa wars. Fabregas pings the ball into the mixer, where Eduardo heads straight at Gomes. Ole! It also ended any hopes Spurs may have harboured of ending a winless league sequence against Arsenal that now stretches back 20 games. Arsenal were forced into a change two minutes later when Nicklas Bendtner, who had made a bright start, signalled to the bench that was struggling with an injury and limped off, to be replaced by Eduardo. "How is that working for them today?" 70 min: Tottenham are being completely humiliated here, with Arsenal's players happy to stroke the ball around to the obvious delight of their supporters, who are greeting each successful pass with a raucous "ole!". The Spurs players are chasing shadows. Pre-Match Report Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur-Match preview. Robbie Keane has been pressed into service as an auxiliary midfielder/defender and he's working hard chasing, harrying and helping to crowd midfield whenever Arsenal are in possession. 29 min: A sloppy clearance from Benoit Assou-Ekotto in the Spurs left-back berth gifts possession to Fabregas on the edge of the final third. The teams are in the tunnel. 36 min: Arsenal substitution: Bendtner off, Eduardo on. A couple of minutes ago he probably should have been booked for a deliberate hand-ball in the wake of a Spurs corner, now he gets away with a stern ticking-off from Mark Clattenburg after a late lunge on Thomas Vermaelen. Stay with it until the 1min 40sec mark at least. Watch videos relating to the Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur fixture season 2009/10, visit the official website of the Premier League. Sat 31 Oct 2009 11.14 GMT Away colours. The only win in the last five as Arsenal ended the season in 16th. Arsenal 4-4 Tottenham By Phil McNulty Aaron Lennon is mobbed by his team-mates after his last-gasp equaliser. Straight from the kick-off, Cesc Fabregas intercepted a lazy pass from Palacios, galloped into the Tottenham half, riding lunges from Huddlestone and Ledley King on the way before firing a low drive from the edge of the penalty area, past the horribly exposed Gomes. Read about Arsenal v Spurs in the Premier League 2010/11 season, including lineups, stats and live blogs, on the official website of the Premier League. arsenal vs tottenham 31st october 2009 van persies goal and fabregas plus football chants He may well have a point, but when your defence is as bad as Tottenham's is, no amount of Croatian lesbian-lookalikes is going to stop you shipping goals. I couldn't disagree more, Joe. Alan Hutton, Roman Pavlyuchenko and Gareth Bale could come into their own and score three or four goals between them in the next few minutes. Almunia clears, albeit unconvincingly. Fabregas sends it in, Gomes claims. Tottenham are a shower of jokers. 58 min: The corner is sent into the mixer, headed clear and then floated back towards the Arsenal penalty area. 90+3mins: "I hate being a Spurs fan," writes Myles Nester. But it soon became clear that the absence of suspended Jermain Defoe, injured Aaron Lennon and long-term casualty Luka Modric had robbed Tottenham of a crucial cutting edge. I think he's doing an excellent job, letting the game ebb and flow, and refusing to set dangerous precedents by booking everyone for every little indiscretion early in the game. Ole! Ole! Venue Date Score Home goalscorers Away goalscorers Attendance Highbury: 11 May 1993 1–3 Dickov 52' Sheringham 39', Hendry 46', 78' 26,393 6 December 1993 1–1 Wright 65' Anderton 25' 35,669 29 April 1995 1–1 Wright 61' Klinsmann 74' … Bakari Sagna chucks the ball towards Fabregas, receives it back and sends it across the edge of the six-yard box. "On 42 minutes I felt the crowd were getting onto them, they weren't creating anything worth talking about, and I felt very comfortable. In other substitution news, Alan Hutton is on for Spurs. 86 min: The punters in the Emirates rise to their feet to applaud Robin van Persie as he makes way for Aaron Ramsey. Ole! Ticket News Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur-SOLD OUT. Arsenal were revelling in the time and space they were being afforded and Eduardo was guilty of squandering an opportunity to make it four when he shot wide with only Gomes to beat after being released by Fabregas. Arsenal emphatically swept aside claims from Tottenham that they were ready to challenge the supremacy of their north London rivals with a convincing victory at the Emirates. 64 min: I'm sure Harry Redknapp would want me to point out that Tottenham were bottom of the Premier League with two points when he took over. So what do you do? I'm not sure who he replaced, but it doesn't really matter. 15 min: Arsenal win a free-kick about 40 yards from the Spurs goal in the inside right position. Deep in Arsenal territory, they win a free-kick wide on the right, which David Bentley curls towards the far post. 4:00pm, Sunday 1st September 2013. He shoots and his low drive looks to be arrowing towards the bottom right-hand corner, only for Heurelho Gomes to plunge to his left and keep it out with a marvellous one-handed save. It features the author on the cover drinking a cup of tea while extending his pinkie and sitting beside a dog wearing a bowler hat. 90+4 min: Arsenal go close again and are thwarted only by their own inbility to finish clinically. Post-Match Report Arsenal 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur-Report. Devlin's unique brand of spandex-driven sleight of hand has to be seen to be believed. William Gallas intercepts and clears. From inside his own half Emmanuel Eboue plays a through-ball for Eduardo to chase. Ole! 37 min: Tottenham work the ball into Arsenal's territory, where Bentley picks out Jenas. Read about Spurs v Arsenal in the Premier League 2009/10 season, including lineups, stats and live blogs, on the official website of the Premier League. The Joy of Six: Classic Arsenal v Tottenmham matches If Devlin the magician hasn't got your juices flowing, here's last Friday's collection of a half-dozen of the best North London derbies, compiled by Rob Smyth and Simon Burnton. asks Rory Gleeson. 87 min: "I understand that Spurs have a superior bench, Barry," writes Peter Wilkin. ARSENAL v TOTTENHAM (SPURS) 2009-10 PROGRAMME: Condition:--not specified. Tottenham's outgoing transfers continued into July, as defensive midfielder Didier Zokora joined Sevilla for around £8.6 million, swiftly followed by Welsh international right-back Chris Gunterma… Shortly before that, Spurs carved out an opening for Peter Crouch to pull off a passable impersonation of a windmill as he tried to send a bicycle kick goalwards. Ole! Details about ARSENAL v TOTTENHAM (SPURS) 2009-10 PROGRAMME See original listing. Sagna took advantage with a ball into the box that was bundled home by Van Persie. The club ended the Premier League campaign in third position, 11 points behind champions Chelsea. Ole! First published on Sat 31 Oct 2009 11.14 GMT. As the Emirates basked joyously in the breaking of the deadlock, matters became considerably worse for Spurs as Palacios was robbed straight from the kick-off by Fabregas, who waltzed through unchallenged to fire a composed shot low past the exposed Gomes. Spurs keeper Gomes has been dogged by inconsistency - as he was to subsequently prove - but he showed his best side when he saved superbly from Fabregas after 20 minutes when Andrey Arshavin's effort deflected invitingly into his path off King. The vast swathe of empty spaces in the visitors' section, well before the final whistle, told the story of another day of derby disappointment for their half of north London. 25:22 Unfair challenge on Alex Song by Luka Modric results in a free kick. Arsenal emphatically swept aside claims from Tottenham that they were ready to challenge the supremacy of their north London rivals with a convincing victory at the Emirates. Ole! He must have titanium wrists. Nothing comes from the ensuing inswinger, which Bentley played short. Robbie Keane had insisted, perhaps unwisely given the timing, that they now had a squad capable of competing with their neighbours. He escaped a yellow card for deliberately handling a clearance and then received only a lecture when a late lunge left defender Thomas Vermaelen requiring lengthy treatment. 34 min: Nicklas Bendtner is going to have to be replaced as he appears to have knacked his groin. Robin van Persie reacted quicker than Ledley King to meet Bacary Sagna's cross in the 42nd minute, but Spurs keeper Heurelho Gomes should have done much better than fumble the ball over the line. 56 min: Contesting a header with Peter Crouch on the edge of his own penalty area, William Gallas handles and concedes a free-kick. Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal 2006-09 & Tottenham 2011-15) Just released from a club in Paraguay, Adebayor is still going strong at the age of 36. Emirates Stadium Attendance: Attendance 60,103. 90+5min: Bassong has obviously pulled his hamstring and is helped from the field, leaving Spurs with 10 players and Harry with an injury headache for their next few games. And down to the bare bones. If there are people out there that you don't like but have to buy a Christmas present for anyway, why not get them a copy of Dara's book, Tickling The English? Jamie's famous declaration that some player or other was "literally on fire" remains my favourite. GOAL! Ole! [ 2012] [ 2011] [ 2010] [ 2009] [ 2008] [ 2007] Team Statistics : Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur: Head to Head Statistics : Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspur Year up to 2021 The Soccer Teams Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur played 37 Games up to today. Arsenal 3-0 Spurs (Van Persie 58) More comedy defending from Spurs, as Robin van Persie takes advantage of a mix-up between Ledley King and Heurelho Gomes to poke the ball into an empty net from six yards and wrap up the points for Arsenal. As the linesman flagged for a foul by Assou-Ekotto on Eduardo, Spurs defenders stood around obligingly as referee Clattenburg played a splendid advantage. GOAL! Tottenham simply indulged in damage limitation until the final whistle - but many of their aspirations have now been placed in context, after they failed to seriously test an Arsenal team they believe they can beat to a place in the Premier League's top four. Tottenham Hotspur playing Arsenal in the 2009–10 Premier League at White Hart Lane. Media requires JavaScript to play. All three goals were scandalous, there wasn't a good goal amongst them. He could be off for two bookable offences already, but remarkably, his bib remains unsullied. We took advantage of two opportunities and that changed the game completely - it could have been four or five. Champions League .. LOL! Arsenal went unbeaten at home against Tottenham for almost 16 years (19 games in all competitions), between December 1993 and October 2009. Ole!Ole! Emirates Stadium Attendance: Attendance 60,071. He was up-ended by Assou-Ekotto, prompting the (a) ball to run to Bakari Sagna and (b) linesman to wave his flag. Fabregas (right) added a second within seconds of Van Persie's opener, Van Persie's opening goal exposed Spurs' defensive frailty, Chief football writer at the Emirates Stadium, Spurs have now failed to beat Arsenal in 20 league games and Keane may be well-advised to take a vow of silence before the return. Not long now: "Is Mr Devlin American by any chance?" … Ole! Wilson Palacios immediately concedes the first free-kick of the game with a nip at Alex Song's ankles. Read about Arsenal v Spurs in the Premier League 2008/09 season, including lineups, stats and live blogs, on the official website of the Premier League. Arsenal 3. Short of announcing that this is definitely going to be your last job in football before linking off to manage Real Madrid instead, there's not really much you can do except take off Tom Huddlestone and send on Gareth Bale in his place. asks Joe Pearson. The Irishman pounced on a knock-down from Peter Crouch, who had got on the end of a long ball over the top from Tom Huddlestone. You're Harry Redknapp. 52 min: Arsenal attack down the right and Eduardo sprints on to a marvellous through ball from Sagna. 3 min: Under no pressure whatsoever, Alex Song concedes a corner with a dreadful back-pass to Manuel Almunia that goes nowhere near the goalkeeper and bobbles wide. Arsenal: Almunia, Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Clichy, Fabregas, Song Billong, Diaby, Bendtner, van Persie, Arshavin. Referee Mark Clattenburg played a clever advantage after Benoit Assou-Ekotto had fouled Eduardo and, while Spurs inexplicably waited for a whistle that was never going to come, Sagna set up Van Persie for his second from eight yards. Ole! 12:45pm, Saturday 31st October 2009. The away side were surviving in relative comfort and even threatened to prosper as the Emirates crowd started to show signs of frustration, but they gifted Arsenal control of what had been a tightly contested game in a minute of madness shortly before the interval. Arsenal had absentees of their own with Theo Walcott and Tomas Rosicky again sidelined, but they coped with their losses more convincingly than Spurs. Which is most of the time. Arsenal score 1.7 goals on average against Tottenham in both home and away league games. Wenger later said Bendtner can expect to be out "for a while". Good for them - a journey of 10,000 miles begins with a single step. Ole! 65 min: Tottenham substitution: Pavlyuchenko on, Keane off. 48 min: On the left-hand side of the Tottenham penalty area, Robin van Persie picks up a through-ball from Gael Clichy with his back to goal, then jinks left and irght before turning and squaring the ball. Second half: Spurs get the second half underway, managing to kick off without giving the ball away and conceding a goal. Then, as if to confirm their defensive incompetence of the first half was by no means an accident, Spurs switched off fatally once more as Arsenal extended their lead with a third goal on the hour. He surges forward and plays a through-ball down the side right for Arshavin to chase, but the Russian shoots from an impossibly narrow angle instead of squaring the ball, scuffs his effort and the ball goes wide. Arsenal 1-0 Spurs (Van Persie 41) Arsenal win a throw-in on the right touchline. Ole! "It was the kind of game where both teams lacked fluidity in the first 25 minutes. Boss Harry Redknapp would have been satisfied with how his side had coped with Arsenal's threat until they imploded spectacularly as half-time approached. The gap between the goals was timed at 11 seconds - and in that space of time, the destiny of the three points was decided. 45+2 min: Minute-by-minute reporter announces peeping of half-time whistle and commences heavy breathing into brown paper bag. His crime? Gomes dived forward and missed it, King failed to intervene, the ball trundled between both of them and Van Persie pokes home from 10 yards. 65 min: Unbelievable miss from Eduardo! His shot cannons off Sebastien Bassong and out to safety. 79 min: Arsenal win a free-kick on the left wing, about 40 yards from the Tottenham goal. Prediction time: my money is, quite literally, on Arsenal/Arsenal in the HT/FT betting. 6 min: Corner for Arsenal, which Cesc Fabregas dinks to Arshavin, who was standing unmarked on the by-line, right on the edge of the penalty area. Slack marking from a throw-in allowed Sagna to cross for Van Persie to beat King and steer in a near-post finish which left question marks over Gomes, who allowed the ball to squirm through his grasp. Ole! I don't know where he's from, Ian, but I'm sure any country would be proud to lay claim to him. All rights reserved. 10 min: Bentley tries to emulate his goal from last season, taking a pot-shot from 50 yards. Both teams have scored in 38 out of 56 meetings involving these two teams, and there has been over 2.5 goals in 31 of those 56 games. 84 min: Emmanuel Eboue should have put Arsenal 4-0 up at a corner, but spares Tottenham's blushes by heading a fairly straightforward chance wide. Arsenal 1. It's not a dirty game and if he was booking everyone willy-nilly I'm sure Gray would be the first to complain that he was being too fussy. Third colours The 2008–09 season was Arsenal Football Club's 17th consecutive season in the Premier League. His head in his hands. 2 min: Nicklas Bendtner has the first shot in anger after being teed up by Andrei Arshavin, who'd tucked in from the left wing and prodded the ball the Dane's way. They failed to pro… 24:23 Headed effort from inside the area by Younes Kaboul … You manage Spurs. The game turned inside 11 seconds shortly before the interval as the Gunners struck twice to set up a victory that gave manager Arsene Wenger 1000 Premier League points since his arrival at the club in 1996. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/oct/31/arsenal-tottenham-hotspur Spurs needed to find a way back into a game in which they had self-destructed, and Bentley almost provided hope with a long-range free-kick turned over the top in acrobatic fashion by Almunia. David Ospina made more saves in a Premier League match than any Arsenal goalkeeper since 2009 The stats you need to know. Your support powers our independent journalism, Available for everyone, funded by readers. Subs: Mannone, Senderos, Nasri, Eduardo, Ramsey, Eboue, Gibbs. 19 consecutive home games unbeaten against Tottenham Date GOAL! Not a lot, but you'll like it. He only has Gomes to beat but the Brazilian stays on his feet and blocks the Croatian's effort to clip the ball over him. We committed suicide, really. Enjoy. David Bentley comes in for a rare start and according to Harry Redknapp, his side will play a 4-4-2 with Wilson Palaciois on the right side of midfield, Bentley on the left and Peter Crouch and Robbie Keane forming a classic Big Man-Irishman partnership up front. Ole! Hull City, 17 March 2009, FA Cup) Home colours. The Joy of Six: Classic Arsenal v Tottenmham matches. Winning bid: £0.49 [ 1 bid] Postage: £7.21 Standard Delivery | See details . "Our club deserves a lot of credit - a derby is a very different game no matter how good you are, but it shows we can prepare and turn up for the game every time.". Ole! asks Ian Copestake, who was clearly impressed by the pre-match entertainment and probably wants to book the spandex-wearing magician for his office Christmas party. The 2009–10 season was the 115th in the history of Arsenal Football Club. Peter Crouch rises to contest the ball on the edge of the box, only to be pushed in the back by William Gallas. Arsenal 2-0 Tottenham. Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Arsenal (Bale 46) Tottenham double their lead. That HT/FT bet I announced before kick-off has been saved in the nick of time, thanks to some shocking defending by Tottenham. It's not Clattenburg's fault that assorted Tottenham players incorrectly assumed he was going to blow the whistle when the linesman flagged for the foul on Eduardo. This season Arsenal participated in the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and the UEFA … 76 min: Bottom of the league they were ... oh yes. Peter Crouch relieves him of possession with a good tackle. Liverpool fan watching arsenal v tottenham 2008-2009 (4 - 4) and getting the last goal on his mobile (1.14 mins into the video) 90 min: There'll be three minutes of added humiliation time for Tottenham Hotspur. Subs: Button, Hutton, Bale, Pavlyuchenko, Dawson, Kranjcar, Woodgate. The goalkeeper got a hand on the ball but couldn't prevent it from squirting into the bottom right-hand corner. Titanium wrists indeed. Ole! "Does anyone else think that, at around the 15-second mark, Devlin looks like Gordon Strachan dressed as Ozzy Osbourne for Halloween?" You'll like this. And worse was to follow for the visitors straight from the kick-off when Wilson Palacios gifted possession to Cesc Fabregas, who ran through the heart of a static defence to beat Gomes. You're 2-0 down against your hated rivals Arsenal and your back four is playing like four hospital patients who've been handed the opportunity to play for Tottenham in a North London derby by the Make A Wish foundation. Under pressure from Vermaelen, Arshavin sticks out a toe but fails to make contact. International postage of items may be subject to customs processing … Kicking the ball away after conceding a free-kick. It could be a long 20 minutes for the visitors. Ole! Ole! Arsenal View events: More info: Sat: 07/03/20: PRL: Arsenal 1 - 0 West Ham United View events: More info: Mon: 13/04/20: PRL: Wolverhampton Wanderers PSTP Arsenal More info: Sat: 18/04/20: PRL: Arsenal "The back five did very well, we didn't give any chances away and during a difficult period of the game they kept us in it. Somebody - I'm not sure who - plays a long ball over the top, Eduardo latches on to it and finds himself in acres of space with only Gomes to beat. Tottenham's first goal reflected their altered shape and Arsenal's lapsed concentration. 72 min: "Ole! Arsenal were now one point behind Leeds. An odd decision, considering how vulnerable Arsenal are looking at set-pieces these days. Please turn on JavaScript. 1 min: Arsenal kick-off the 145th League derby between these two rivals. Any lingering optimism that Redknapp's side could follow in the footsteps of West Ham and claw back a two-goal lead against Arsenal was snuffed out by more crass defending that saw the hosts add another on the hour. Mark Clattenburg puts Tottenham's players out of their misery with three shrill blasts on his whistle. Robin van Persie gets in front of a dozing Bassong to poke the ball past Gomes. In hot, futile pursuit, Sebastien Bassong goes to ground clutching the back of his leg, leaving Eduardo alone inside the Spurs area with Fabregas screaming for him to cross the ball, and the goal and Gomes at their mercy. And, as the Gunners performed their passing party pieces in the closing stages - when Eduardo should have added a fourth - Spurs's misery was complete as defender Sebastien Bassong pulled up with a hamstring injury.
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