Havertz and Saka shine in absurd north London derby
Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show
The Athletic
4.6 • 734 Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2024
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clarke join Ian Stone to reflect on another ludicrous north London derby, as Arsenal beat Spurs 3-2 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Mikel Arteta's side have showed their maturity since the defeats to Villa and Bayern, and the win over Spurs emphasised their resilience.
Despite not being at our best, including gifting Spurs two goals, we held on for a deserved and incredibly important win.
The panel discuss stand-out performers Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka, with the former having his best week in an Arsenal shirt to date.
Plus, St Totteringham's day, Ben White's antics, and Mikel Arteta's 'Untouchables'.
3 cup finals down, 3 to go...
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.7 | The only way to score is of course to play with a handbreak-off. |
| 0:16.8 | Hello, I'm Ian Stone. |
| 0:18.2 | This is Handbreak-off, the Arsenal podcast, brought to you by the Athletic, the North London Derby. |
| 0:24.3 | So often, absurd. Some of the stuff that happens yesterday did not disappoint, but in the end, Arsenal beat Spurs 3-2 at the top of the Mark Spurs Stadium. |
| 0:33.2 | To reflect on the game, I'm joined by Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clark. Morning. |
| 0:36.6 | Morning. Good morning. |
| 0:38.2 | And it is a good morning. |
| 0:41.2 | Ben White was up to his usual tricks in the box. |
| 0:44.3 | At one point he was pulling on Vicario's glove. |
| 0:47.3 | It's so childish. |
| 0:49.4 | But we were wondering, what should he do next to wind up the opposition keeper? |
| 0:53.3 | Adrian, any ideas from Ben White? |
| 0:56.4 | Yeah, I think he should undo his laces. I think he should go and stand in front of him and |
| 1:02.5 | do his own laces, but then sneakily just unlace the goalkeepers without them realise. Maybe |
| 1:10.1 | even tie them together. |
| 1:11.3 | That would be quite funny. |
| 1:12.4 | I mean, I do love it. |
| 1:14.3 | What a fun job. |
| 1:15.6 | It's basically Ben, just be an absolute asshole, wind up the keeper. |
| 1:20.7 | I mean, that's a dream gig that is, I think, for Ben White. |
| 1:23.9 | And he plays the part so well. |
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