Son Heung-min’s stunning strike from outside the box in the 13th minute followed by Harry Kane’s goal just before the break was sufficient for Tottenham Hotspur register a 2-0 win over Arsenal in the north London derby on Sunday.
The defeat has made a bad situation worse for the Gunners, who have managed only four wins in 11 league games, out of which two of them came in the first two matches of this season.
Arsenal’s poor run has seen them sit in the 15th spot with 13 points, and they are seven points ahead of 18th place Burnley.
Last week, Spanish press reported Mikel Arteta is ‘beginning to lose credit’ at the Emirates.
Monday’s edition of AS states ‘Arteta’s Arsenal is in crisis’ after the latest defeat at the hands of José Mourinho’s side.
The Gunners have managed to score only 10 goals in the league, which is the same number of goals scored by Tottenham’s South Korean star.
AS states these stats are ‘worrying’ for Arsenal, who could soon be forced to worry more about the relegation zone than a place in next season’s European competitions.
Another newspaper Sport states ‘north London belongs to Tottenham’, and they also give their take on Arteta.
On Arsenal’s poor performance against Tottenham, Sport states, ‘Arsenal did not stop their defenceless attacks in search of a goal that would add emotion to the game. But time and again they ran into an iron wall that seemed never to break’.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang hardly had any impact, while a ‘single warning’ from Alexandre Lacazette was deflected by Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.
Sport then talks about Arteta and adds the manager’s position at the club is ‘very worrying’ because Arsenal ‘cannot break their bad dynamics’.
It’s claimed the Spaniard is walking on a ‘tightrope’ after the latest crisis.