The North London derby came and went with a tough (and) tight win by Arsenal. To add more salt to the wound, it’s their third away win at Tottenham’s ground, so one can imagine that Spurs fans are not so happy on Monday morning. Still, in the aftermath of the great derby, there are a few interesting things to talk about. Arsenal’s legend actually took the Spurs’ side, claiming that the team’s winning goal should not have stood. Angle Postecoglou still believes his team will win something this year, and Cristian Romero took a dig at his own club a day after the defeat.Not so fast Pep, Arsenal are still in the title race!The former midfielder turned into TV pundit Paul Merson thinks that prior to Gabriel’s winning goal, he committed a foul on Romero. “I’d be disappointed if I didn’t get a foul. He’s in the wrong position, everything is wrong about his defending. He’s a centre half international, even I know and I don’t even play at the back you got to be side on. You got to see the ball and your player. To start off you have to be a hand length away and he’s standing with him. I’d expect a foul” said Merson on Sky Sports, and also added Arsenal defender Jurrien Timber should have saw red for a lunge into Pedro Porro after 36 minutes.Tottenham vs Arsenal: Gabriel’s goal – Was there a foul on Romero ?#TOTARS #Arsenal pic.twitter.com/vX9rJFrcTe— Sports channel (@Tumo21991) September 15, 2024 Tottenham boss had to answer to the set pieces questions, but also about his ability to replicate his success from last season. “Yeah, absolutely. I’ll correct myself. I don’t usually win things, I always win things in my second year. Nothing has changed. I don’t say things unless I believe them. For some reason people think I don’t care about set pieces and it’s a narrative that you can keep going on for ages and ages. I understand that. Like I said, we work on them all the time like we do for every other team. You know that they’re a threat, as I said, for the most part, we handled them really well today, but we switched off for one and we paid a price and you learn from that and you move on. But it is what it is, you know, it’s my burden to carry mate and I’m happy to do that” said Postecoglou. Fly like Romero: Spurs defender is halfway to the MoonBut the interesting things didn’t end there. Cristian Romero aimed a dig at his own club by reposting, and then deleting the message from an Argentine journalist that claimed Spurs ‘gave an advantage’ to Arsenal because Ange Postecoglou’s side were ‘the only Premier League club that made their players come back from their national teams without their own logistics (organized by the club)’, meaning their ‘players arrived with less rest than the others’. Instead of looking at his own performance and guilt for the Gabriel goal, he thought it would be wiser to blame the club for not brining them back to London by plane. Some clubs do provide private travel for their players to get them back quicker and Arsenal’s Brazilians were at the training ground on Thursday while Spurs players were training on Friday. ##NAJAVA_MECA_8333873##
