When they can press as well as this, you wonder why they don’t do it all the time. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tottenham left their defence exposed by failing to pressure Arsenal’s midfield in the build-up to the second goal. Here he contributed to Tottenham seeming oddly short in an area in which Arsenal are often fallible, in central areas just in front of the back-line. Alexis Sánchez caps dominant derby win for Arsenal over Tottenham Read morePerhaps it is just a learning experience. But the wider pattern is clear: Spurs’s away record against top-six sides is dismal and until it improves the frustration will endure.

Source: The Guardian November 19, 2017 16:14 UTC