Tomas Rosicky’s rocket after 72 seconds fired Arsenal back into the thick of the Premier League title race after a 1-0 victory away to Tottenham.
Rosicky had picked up possession in his own half before advancing into the space vacated by Danny Rose’s forward foray before playing a slightly fortuitous one-two with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and then finding the top corner.
The Gunners were forced onto the back foot for long periods of the north London derby, but the closest Spurs came to levelling was in the second period when Wojciech Szczesny inexplicably failed to gather a routine cross from the right and had Laurent Koscielny to thank for denying Nacer Chadli a certain leveller.
Arsenal are now third on the table, only behind Liverpool on goal difference and just four points adrift of Chelsea and with a game in hand on the Premier League leaders, while they now boast a nine-point cushion over their derby rivals in fifth.
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