In what could be argued as the biggest game of his Arsenal career Rob Holding struggled against an encouraged Tottenham Hotspur. He found himself sent off by Paul Tierney in the decisive north London derby which boosted Spurs’ Champions League qualification hopes that would eventually be realised.
Holding faces the bad omen of Tierney again this weekend with the official set to referee Arsenal’s trip to Anfield at the weekend. Since the damaging 3-0 Spurs defeat, Tierney has extended his run of overseeing Gunners’ defeats to five in a row after the 1-0 FA Cup defeat to Manchester City and 3-1 loss at Old Trafford in which he ruled out Gabriel Martinelli’s seemingly fine opener.
