{"id":4619,"date":"2025-11-22T12:22:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T10:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2025\/11\/22\/a-concise-review-of-the-last-ten-north-london-derbies\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T12:22:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T10:22:06","slug":"a-concise-review-of-the-last-ten-north-london-derbies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2025\/11\/22\/a-concise-review-of-the-last-ten-north-london-derbies\/","title":{"rendered":"A concise review of the last ten North London derbies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The North London derby remains one of English football\u2019s most intense fixtures. Tottenham ended a 17-year wait for silverware in May 2025, while Mikel Arteta\u2019s Arsenal have continued to press for major honours, regularly dominating recent encounters.<\/p>\n<p>15 January, 2025 \u2014 Arsenal 2\u20131 Tottenham<br \/>\nA midweek Emirates meeting saw Son Heung-min open for the visitors before Gabriel forced a Dominic Solanke own-goal and Leandro Trossard\u2019s finish through Anton\u00edn Kinsky put Arsenal ahead. The win moved Arsenal within four points of Liverpool in the title race. &#8220;Set-piece again, ole, ole&#8230;&#8221; rang around the stadium as the hosts held on. Myles Lewis-Skelly produced a notable performance.<\/p>\n<p>15 September, 2024 \u2014 Tottenham 0\u20131 Arsenal<br \/>\nArsenal prevailed in N17 thanks to a later decisive header. The visitors relied on physicality with Martin \u00d8degaard absent and saw Gabriel\u2019s influence become decisive after the hour mark.<\/p>\n<p>28 April, 2024 \u2014 Tottenham 2\u20133 Arsenal<br \/>\nArsenal raced to a 3\u20130 half-time lead in a game that looked to cement their title push, including a fine goal from Bukayo Saka and two set-piece strikes. Tottenham rallied after a David Raya error and Cristian Romero\u2019s persistence; Son\u2019s late penalty made the finish tense, but Arsenal held on.<\/p>\n<p>24 September, 2023 \u2014 Arsenal 2\u20132 Tottenham<br \/>\nAn entertaining contest saw James Maddison and Son Heung-min combine effectively for Tottenham while Gabriel Jesus wasted a clear chance for Arsenal. The game remained open for much of the first hour before settling into a draw.<\/p>\n<p>15 January, 2023 \u2014 Tottenham 0\u20132 Arsenal<br \/>\nArsenal overturned an early deficit to win on the road, Gabriel Martinelli\u2019s header after the hour proving decisive as the visitors claimed a vital victory.<\/p>\n<p>Other recent fixtures<br \/>\n1 October, 2022 \u2014 Arsenal 3\u20131 Tottenham: Gabriel Jesus and Granit Xhaka were influential after Emerson Royal was sent off.<br \/>\n12 May, 2022 \u2014 Tottenham 3\u20130 Arsenal: A night at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium that included two Kane goals and a Son strike following a Rob Holding red card and an early penalty conceded by C\u00e9dric Soares.<br \/>\n26 September, 2021 \u2014 Arsenal 3\u20131 Tottenham: Saka and Emile Smith Rowe were central to Arsenal\u2019s strong first-half display.<br \/>\n14 March, 2021 \u2014 Arsenal 2\u20131 Tottenham: Alexandre Lacazette\u2019s penalty and \u00d8degaard-inspired play overturned an Erik Lamela rabona opener; Lamela saw red.<br \/>\n6 December, 2020 \u2014 Tottenham 2\u20130 Arsenal: Son\u2019s long-range curl and a late Kane finish secured victory for Spurs.<\/p>\n<p>Across these ten matches the derbies have provided decisive moments, dramatic swings and several memorable goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last ten North London derbies, from December 2020 to January 2025: results, moments and brief notes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4618,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[192,172,187],"tags":[332,826,750],"class_list":["post-4619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal","category-epl","category-tottenham-hotspur","tag-aaron-ramsdale","tag-bukayo-saka","tag-cristian-romero"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}