This Semenyo disallowed goal against Arsenal (VIDEO BELOW) was a controversial moment from Bournemouth’s loss to the Gunners. Trailing 2-0 at that stage, Bournemouth got the ball into the back of the net through Antoine Semenyo but VAR and on-field referee David Coote felt that the Solanke Raya incident was a foul on the Arsenal goalkeeper from the Bournemouth forward, and disallowed the goal.
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White vs Vicario, Possession & Match Stats in favour of home side & more- Talking Points from Tottenham 2-3 Arsenal
Mikel Arteta became the first Arsenal manager to win back-to-back away league games at Spurs in the modern Premier League era as his side beat Ange Postecoglou’s men 3-2 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Arteta opted to keep faith with the same XI that had thrashed Chelsea 5-0 in midweek while Spurs made three changes, with Destiny Udogie, Yves Bissouma and Brennan Johnson dropping out and Ben Davies, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Dejan Kulusevski coming into the starting XI.
Here are our talking points from the big NLD.
Ben White vs Vicario
White made a nuisance of himself at corner time, distracting Spurs goalkeeper Vicario and indirectly having a hand in both goals that the Gunners scored from set-pieces in this game. A little bit of the dark arts from the Arsenal right-back (he even attempted to intefere with Vicario’s gloves just before the first goal!), but one could also argue that Spurs’ players should’ve protected their goalkeeper better.
Possession and match stats in favour of home side
Spurs were clearly the dominant side in the first half, with 72% of possession and more than 3x the number of passes, but bizarrely trailed 3-0 at the interval, with Arsenal punishing the Lilywhites for every little mistake they made.
xG Tottenham vs Arsenal 2024 Attendance 61,554 | Expected Goals Stats Spurs 2-3 AFC
Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats for Spurs v Arsenal (Official crowd attendance of 61,554 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on 28 April, 2024).
Three massive points for Arsenal on the back of a strong first-half performance, but they were given a scare at the end after two errors from David Raya and Declan Rice allowed Spurs back into the game.
xG Tottenham 2.19-1.04 Arsenal shots map (Actual score THFC 2-3 AFC)
0-1 Hojbjerg own goal (no xG for an own goal)
0-2 Saka goal v Spurs xG 0.22
0-3 Havertz header goal vs Spurs xG 0.34
1-3 Romero goal vs Arsenal xG 0.14
2-3 Son penalty goal vs Arsenal xG 0.80
Apart from then goal, Spurs had decent chances through Romero header 20th minute (hit post), Son 45th minute (wide), and Romero again (51st minute header). But Spurs’ first shot on target (after 10 odd previous shots) in the game was the Romero goal.
First half possession stats: Tottenham 72 % Arsenal 28%
Second half possession stats: Tottenham 52 % Arsenal 48%
Spurs made nearly 3x the number of passes that Arsenal did in the first half, but the second half number was pretty equal.
Tottenham vs Arsenal 2-3 Match Stats for comparison
(THFC on left; AFC match stats on right)