Gunners stay in hunt as Sherwood’s strife grows

PREMIER LEAGUE:

This was not the performance of a side sweeping all before them — Tottenham dominated possession, particularly in the second half, without finding a way to cancel out Tomas Rosicky’s second minute match-winning goal — but it was certainly the performance of a team determined not to allow a chance of victory to slip away.

Wenger’s side drew on their reserves of determination to hold on for victory.