Dean Ashton has claimed that Arsenal performed like a newly promoted aspect at Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday and it labored.
Mikel Arteta took his Arsenal aspect to play their north London rivals in a giant Premier League conflict and the Gunners got here up trumps with a 1-0 win because of a Gabriel objective within the second half.
Spurs bossed possession, however couldn’t discover the final touch and had been compelled to accept defeat on house turf.
Former high flight striker Ashton acknowledged that Arteta’s sport plan on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium labored for Arsenal.
He insists although that the Gunners arrange like a newly promoted crew determined to keep away from giving Tottenham any possibilities.
Ashton claimed that if Spurs had simply been a little bit extra avenue good then they’d not have misplaced the sport.
“[Arsenal] played like a promoted side”, Ashton said on talkSPORT’s Sunday Session publish match.
“They did.
“They sat and performed like a crew who wish to nick a objective and win.
“Look, it worked, but if Tottenham were a little bit cuter today then they would have easily scored one or two goals in that first half.”
Arsenal needed to sort out Tottenham with out two key gamers within the form of Declan Rice and Martin Odegaard.
Arteta will now plan for Arsenal’s first Champions League conflict of the season, away towards Italian aspect Atalanta.