Gary Neville has made a fresh top-four prediction after Tottenham Hotspur convincingly beat Arsenal in the north London derby.
Arsenal travelled to face Spurs at The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Thursday night.
Antonio Conte’s side ran out 3-0 winners thanks to a brace from Harry Kane and Son Heung-Min’s goal after the break.
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The Gunners were down to ten men for much of the game as Rob Holding received two bookings in the space seven minutes prior to the interval.
Mikel Arteta‘s men remain fourth but they are now only one point clear of their rivals with two games to go.
Neville stated post-match that Arsenal “capitulated” after falling behind:
“Conte is the type of manager that he would have looked at Arteta tonight, and I think Arteta was right in that you don’t drop your principles,” he said on The Gary Neville podcast.
“He’s come out of the Pep Guardiola school of ‘we play our way’ and he’s not going to go back to own his box and defend with 10 outfield players behind the ball and say ‘we’re just going to counter-attack’. They try and push up the pitch and at least keep the mid-line.
“Conte will ruthlessly go back to the edge of his own box. At the start of the game, and I think it was a tactic, to pass slowly along the back, almost trying to draw Arsenal out, knowing that would lead the space.
“It was a clever play by Conte, he’s a clever manager who knows the game inside-out. He’s methodical in his thinking and the patterns of play are there.
“Arsenal came out in that first five minutes almost like the lightweight against the middleweight whereby they were quicker and sharper, but then the powerhouse of Tottenham gradually started to come.
“After 1-0, this crowd were all over the place – it was mayhem after the first goal. At that point, Arsenal did wilt. They capitulated in that part of the game.
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