Daniel Storey: Arsenal loss may cost Spurs a top-four place

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Daniel Storey: Arsenal loss may cost Spurs a top-four place

Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho greets Harry Kane after the final whistle. Picture: Nick Potts/PA Wire.

Tottenham pay the price for their lack of ambition

It seemed as if Erik Lamela’s sending-off actually helped Tottenham. With nothing to lose, they finally poured forward in search of an equaliser. Arsenal, with the numerical advantage, decided that they could defend deep and sit on what they had. Harry Kane hit the post and had a goal disallowed.

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