Mikel Arteta saw one of his main Arsenal worries rear its head once again as the Gunners went down 3-0 to Tottenham Hotspur in the north London derby.
The visitors were batted aside by their fierce rivals on Thursday night, Harry Kane twice finding the back of the net, with Son Heung-Min rounding off proceedings shortly before the break. It looked set to be an ugly evening for the visitors as they capitulated in the first-half.
Cedric Soares conceded the penalty that Kane opened the scoring from before centre-back Rob Holding was sent off for two quickfire bookable offences, the latter being an elbow on Son. The defender’s dismissal was the 16th in all of Arteta’s tenure, with the Spaniard having previously expressed his concern over the Gunners’ discipline.
