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While Arsenal have struggled continuously with big games in recent years, they have remained largely in control of North London due to Tottenham’s never-ending ability to shoot themselves in the foot. Both sides have tested fans to their limit this season, yet against Manchester City Arsenal showed signs they may be able to compete with those at the top again and Spurs have quietly settled into the new system Mauricio Pochettino has set out for them. We had the best william hill promo code I have come across, but it was difficult to tell which way it would go. The teams matched up in midfield – Spurs in a 4-2-3-1 and Arsenal in a 4-3-3 – but differed in approach. Arsenal looked to sit back and soak up pressure before counter-attacking at speed as they did against Man City, while Spurs pressed and harried to claim back the ball once it was lost. Arsenal’s approach immediately paid dividends when Danny Welbeck outpaced Danny Rose down the right and pulled it inside, with Mesut Ozil finishing off Olivier Giroud’s presumably mishit shot, although this would be their high point of the afternoon. It wasn’t the last time Rose would be caught […]
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