GUNNERS SHOW TITLE FORM WITH SPURS WIN

Saka hails calm display in frantic game as lesson learnt from botched attempt in 2023

Bukayo Saka said Arsenal have learnt from their failed title tilt last season after the Gunners held on to beat battling local rivals Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 away on April 28.

The result saw Arsenal move four points clear at the top of the English Premier League after an emphatic first-half display and a nervous second period in an electric derby atmosphere at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Champions Manchester City can narrow that gap back to one point with a game in hand if they beat Nottingham Forest in the late game - the result of which was not available at press time.

An own goal by Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and efforts from Saka and Kai Havertz put the Gunners in control at half-time and although Spurs fought back through Cristian Romero's strike and a Son Heungmin penalty, the visitors claimed the three points.

It meant Arsenal have won consecutive top-flight away matches against Spurs for the first time since September 1988.

Saka told Sky Sports: "The last 20 minutes wasn't nice, but it was worth it. We know it is a big derby and they don't want to lose 3-0 at home.