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Monday, November 20, 2017

Arsenal approach stops Spurs, Madrid derby helps Barcelona, Juventus slump

Stewart Robson dissects the North London derby, and discusses how Arsenal were able to overcome an in-form Spurs side. Never mine those Arsenal/Tottenham combined XIs that were all the rage or that Arsene Wenger's sporting obituary has been written many times over; Saturday's North London derby was a reminder that fitness matters and tactics matter and that, while Mesut Ozil may be inconsistent, when he's on a high he's a difference-maker. Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino pointed out that Arsenal's first goal shouldn't have counted and he's right: It wasn't a free kick to begin with and scorer Shkodran Mustafi...

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