It felt like Arsenal played into Tottenham’s hands in Sunday’s north London derby, so the way the game turned out was hardly a surprise.The Gunners looked nice and neat on the ball against Spurs but they never looked like they were going to hurt them.That’s an ongoing problem for Mikel Arteta’s side, who have averaged more passes per shot than any other Premier League team this season – 55.5 – and have scored only 10 goals in 11 league games.MOTD2 Analysis: Shot-shy Arsenal take ‘too many touches’You could see that Tottenham were happy for them to keep the ball because they knew they did not pose much of a threat.On the flip side, everyone who has watched Spurs this season knew their game plan would be to use Harry Kane and Son Heung-min to hit Arsenal on the break when the visitors’ attacks broke down.So the goals the Gunners conceded, particularly the second one that finished off the game, were extremely naive. I would imagine Arteta had been drilling it into his team how good this Tottenham team is on the counter-attack, and to be aware of it – to be organised and switched on in the transitions when they lose the ball.Instead, it was schoolboy stuff from Arsenal. For Tottenham’s second goal, they got sucked into the ball and it was far too easy to play through them. There was no way back from there.Arteta vows to fight on despite poor formSpurs beat Arsenal to go topAubameyang did not… Click below to read the full story from BBC Sport
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