Arsenal

After beating Tottenham in the North London derby, Arsenal are the bookies' favourites to win the Premier League for the first time in seven years.

He then denied Kane again and [Ryan Sessegnon](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/241328/Ryan-Sessegnon) early in the second half as Spurs fought to get back into the game, so his contribution was vital. It is a shame as it is just a game of football at the end of the day. They lacked ideas and organisation, and confidence seems to be in short supply, but Spurs have now reached the decisive stage of their season. [Hugo Lloris](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/43372/Hugo-Lloris) own-goal followed by a long-range strike by [Martin Odegaard](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/203669/martin-ødegaard) -- both in the first half -- were enough to claim the points and maintain Arsenal's bid to win their first title since Arsene Wenger's Invincibles in 2003-04. [France](/soccer/team?id=478) keeper -- he announced his retirement from international football after the World Cup -- almost gifted a goal to Eddie Nketiah with a poor clearance. There is little sign of another bounce this term, but Spurs will need to find something pretty quickly because those next three league games could see them come away with zero points if they perform as poorly as they did against the Gunners. Now, the mistakes are becoming too regular, and Spurs need to start looking for a replacement. Whether Arsenal's squad is deep enough to last the course remains to be seen, and plenty of teams have failed to sustain a good first half of the season into the second half. This was a day of contrasts for the two goalkeepers on duty. 15, Arsenal's title credentials really will be placed under scrutiny, but they breezed through the first challenge by beating Spurs with a scoreline that flattered the home side. With the Spurs game followed by United at the Emirates next Sunday and a home game against City on Feb. [Manchester United](/soccer/team?id=360), coupled with Arsenal's North London derby victory, gave Mikel Arteta's team an eight-point lead ahead of Pep Guardiola's side.

Lloris turned a cross from Bukayo Saka into his own net in the 14th minute to hand Arsenal the lead and Martin Odegaard doubled the advantage with a low shot ...

But Ramsdale stuck out a foot that time to parry his low shot across goal. Tottenham improved after the break but Aaron Ramsdale made a number of saves to keep the hosts at bay and strengthen the belief that this could be a special season for Arsenal. But he was beaten again shortly afterward when a perfectly struck volley from Partey from outside crashed against the post.

Arsenal have 47 points from 18 Premier League games – the most they have taken at this stage of a season – and it was their first league double over Spurs since ...

“But we will do the deals we can do and the ones we feel are right for the club.” Spurs said: “We are appalled by the behaviour of a supporter that attempted to attack Aaron Ramsdale at the end of today’s match. “That’s what happened and it’s a shame as it’s just a game of football at the end of the day. The enjoyment is going to come if we keep focusing on what we have to do.” The Metropolitan police said it had “received a report of an assault” and inquiries were ongoing, and Spurs vowed to ban the fan responsible. “The Spurs fans were giving me some [stick] throughout the second half,” Ramsdale said.

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You want to hit the ground running at a new club and he did before the injury. He had to wait and watch the team do well in his absence. For these moments the work was worth it.” “The crowd were great. Newcastle took full advantage as club-record signing Alexander Isak came off the bench to head in the winner a minute from time. That’s how good they were.”