Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspur 4-1: Premier League – as it happened

Arsenal’s march to a first Premier League title in more than 20 years is bolstered after their 4-1 drubbing of local rivals Tottenham.

They will now shift their focus to the Champions League, where they take on Bayern Munich at home on November 26.

Spurs won’t have much time to lick their wounds, as they face Paris Saint-Germain away on the same day.

We hope you enjoyed our coverage of today’s North London football derby, and on behalf of Al Jazeera, this is Rohan Sharma signing off.

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— Premier League (@premierleague) November 23, 2025

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta provided his views on the derby: “It’s a very special day for us. We knew the importance of the match and what it means to our fans. To be able to give them that joy – it’s a beautiful day.”

On Eberechi Eze’s scoring a North London derby hat-trick after over 30 years, he said: “That tells you about the difficulty and what he’s done today. To be fair, he could have scored four or five. He’s a big player who can create magic moments which unbalance a team.

“We dominated every part of the game. We created massive chances and had a lot of actions that we were very close to scoring. We stayed patient.

“Whoever we put in there, they do the jobs for us. This squad has the belief and quality to deliver consistently.

“We have really good momentum, but you can see how difficult every game in the Premier League is. It’s a long run. Let’s go game by game. Let’s enjoy tonight, then we have Bayern [Munich] here [on November 26] and Chelsea away [on November 30]. We have a tough week [ahead].”

Tottenham manager Thomas Frank dissected the match with Sky Sports: “I think it is extremely painful. I won’t talk away from that. It was a bad performance. It was completely the opposite of what the intention was when we came here.

“We can only apologise to the fans for the performance. When the team went long, we didn’t win enough duels. That is exemplified by the second goal and third goal, where a player went through two or three players. [It is a] bad performance, and we lost.

“I have seen a lot of character and fight in this team, but we didn’t win enough duels. We can call that whatever we want, but we didn’t win enough.

“I tried to play a 5-4-1. I will always take responsibility as my choice in the end to take the system. Then we changed it at half-time. My view on it is that no matter what formation we play today, we don’t have enough duels or intensity in the decisive moments, and it is very difficult to win a football match.

“The goals I want to see in more detail. The whole game I need to watch tonight, and it will be a difficult watch. We were not aggressive and stepping forward when we could, and they played it round us.

“[Regarding his team’s creativity] That has been an ongoing theme that we are working hard to improve. It doesn’t look good today or against Chelsea. We need to keep working on it.

“There were a lot of things in this game we need to do better. We are four months into it, and they are further in their journey as a team, and that was very obvious today. Of course, there will be noise. We played against our biggest rivals and we lost badly.

“But we keep the noise out and we focus. I know this team is very competitive. I know this team is competitive and we showed that against Man City and PSG. Of course, it looks bad today, and it was not good enough.”

Spurs keeper Guglielmo Vicario spoke with Sky Sports following the match: “We were very bad. First of all, we have to apologise to the people who support us. Today we didn’t fight as a collective. That is not negotiable, especially at this level.

“Now is a tough night. It is a very bad defeat, but we have to stick together. We have a big night again on Wednesday [against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League]. We have to stick together and believe in each other more.

“The emotions are high right now, especially when you lose a derby like this, but we need cool heads.

“I don’t know the answer [as to why they lost?] – probably many things. We were a bit too passive. The game plan we prepared was a little different. We didn’t recognise situations to put pressure and fight.

“We need to fight every day, and fight every duel. In that aspect, we didn’t play our game. You can speak about tactics and buildup, but if you don’t put in a performance as a collective …

“Today we didn’t show it.”

Plenty happened in this match, and you can get all the detail here in our comprehensive match report.

Our Premier League coverage continues tomorrow, as Manchester United host Everton.

That one is set to kick off at 20:00 GMT, so make sure to tune in!

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— Manchester United (@ManUtd) November 20, 2025

Let it all work out.

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— Premier League (@premierleague) November 23, 2025

Arsenal extend their lead at the top of the Premier League to six points, with 29 points after 12 matches.

Man City’s hold on second place is displaced by Chelsea, who have 23 points. City slip to third with 22 points.

Tottenham fall to ninth place with 18 points.

With just one match left in match day 12, here are the updated results:

• Burnley 0-2 Chelsea
• Liverpool 0-3 Nottingham Forest
• Bournemouth 2-2 West Ham
• Wolves 0-2 Crystal Palace
• Brighton 2-1 Brentford
• Fulham 1-0 Sunderland
• Newcastle 2-1 Manchester City
• Leeds United 1-2 Aston Villa
• Arsenal 4-1 Tottenham

Was it ever in any doubt? This is what the Arsenal midfielder had to say to Sky Sports: “Yeah that’s a good one [reflecting on his hat-trick]. Happy to help the team and win for them. It is special.

“I am grateful for this. I have worked hard for this. That was the prayer today, for a hat-trick. All my family is here. It makes it even more special.”

Eze led the way with a sublime performance, as Arsenal claim a massive 4-1 victory over their North London rivals.

With Liverpool and Manchester City losing their respective matches, Arsenal now go six points clear at the top.

They were the better team on the day, producing 17 shots to Tottenham’s three. Their march to a first title in 21 years continues to look destined.

Full-time: Arsenal 4-1 Tottenham

STATEMENT MADE. pic.twitter.com/X0LrLDphPR

— Arsenal (@Arsenal) November 23, 2025

Arsenal produce another statement victory as they extend their lead at the top of the table.

Full-time: Arsenal 4-1 Tottenham

But before it is taken, Calafiori walks off as Myles Lewis-Skelly comes on in his place.

Saka and Madueke stand over the ball. The former plays it short to the latter, who tries to find an opening down the right side, but is soon repelled by the Spurs defence.

90+3 mins: Arsenal 4-1 Tottenham

Arsenal will look to manage the clock from here to solidify this result.

Meanwhile, Eze dazzles with a lovely step-over, producing “oles” from the crowd in response.

90 mins: Arsenal 4-1 Tottenham

Hincapie is taken off in favour of Cristhian Mosquera.

Merino is also replaced by Ethan Nwaneri.

88 mins: Arsenal 4-1 Tottenham

It is getting rather unsavoury now between the sides.

Rice is at the centre of it, as a few Spurs players lunge at the England international, before the teams come together.

Replays confirm that the player hip-checked Simons rather unceremoniously, with the visitors letting their thoughts known. As a result, he is shown a yellow card for his involvement.

87 mins: Arsenal 4-1 Tottenham

Rice delivers from the left side into the box. It is underhit once again, with Johnson heading it away.

The ball bobbles precariously in the Spurs end, before it is hoofed away to the left sideline.

83 mins: Arsenal 4-1 Tottenham

Simons whips it in from the left side, but is headed away by Arsenal.

Spurs recover the ball, but Eze is able to send it downfield soon after as Tottenham look to reset.

81 mins: Arsenal 4-1 Tottenham

Saka slips a pass from the right to Eze, who is in prime position to score a fourth goal.

But Vicario is able to make a wonderful diving stop to his left. That really looked like it was destined for the back of the net.

79 mins: Arsenal 4-1 Tottenham

Tottenham’s Kudus and Spence are taken off in favour of Brennan Johnson and Pedro Porro respectively.

Meanwhile, Arsenal’s Noni Madueke comes on for Trossard.

78 mins: Arsenal 4-1 Tottenham