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The Spurs were content to let Arsenal have the ball and hit the Gunners twice at halftime for goals from Son and Kane, while the Gunners finished the game with 70 percent possession as they struggled to break an action. rearguard of Mourinho.
The result sent Spurs to the top of the table, while Arsenal currently languish in 15th place, and closer to the relegation zone than the top four in terms of points, with six losses in 11 league games.
Speaking about the game on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football show, the former Liverpool defender Carragher was not deeply impressed by Arteta’s tactics for the game, suggesting that it was as if the Gunners had traveled to the derby “from the moon” and they would never have seen a Mourinho. side ready for a big game.
Tottenham vs Arsenal, North London derby | 06/12/2020
“I thought tactically, Arsenal were a mess, so poor,” he said.
“What I couldn’t believe and what was so frustrating to watch was that this has happened so often in Mourinho’s coaching career. Even if you had only watched Tottenham this season, you would know what they were going to try to do.
“It’s almost as if this Arsenal team and Mikel Arteta had been transported to this game from the moon and they didn’t know who Mourinho was and they never saw Tottenham play.
“I was stunned. What I saw and some of the things I heard after the game, I thought they were very poor.”
Carragher also called Arteta “naive” considering that the Spurs absorbed the pressure before killing Arsenal against them, tactics the Gunners coach used to perfection when he saw Manchester City and Chelsea on their way to the glory of the FA Cup last season.
“The big frustration for me is that he loved Arteta when he first came in, and I still love him, because he was in big games last season and when he faced teams much better than him, he altered his idea,” Carragher said. additional.
“He is from Barcelona, he has worked with [Pep] Guardiola. We know what your idea is. But it changed that sometimes last season.
“Against Liverpool they won 2-1 last season. They had three shots, they faced 24, possession was 31 percent, but they win the game. For me, tactically fantastic.
José Mourinho greets Son Heung-min and Harry Kane after the star couple bid farewell to Arsenal
“If I asked someone in this country who is the manager of the team that got those results [against Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester United] It was, you would say José Mourinho.
“What I can’t believe is why Arsenal didn’t do that on Sunday. They’re playing Tottenham, who are the best in the league, when they are 14, away from home in a derby.
“They are better than you. Go there and do the same. Do Mourinho work with him. You can still lose the game, that can happen, but don’t be so naive to play that way.”
