Arsenal get one over Spurs again

Arsenal 4 Aston Villa 0: The managers play down the battle for North London supremacy, insisting it is insignificant, but try telling that to the Arsenal supporters. 

This emphatic victory, combined with Tottenham’s capitulation at Newcastle, means Arsene Wenger has never finished below the White Hart Lane side in his 20 years in charge.

It was 1995 when Tottenham last reigned supreme and although there is no trophy to show at stake for this parochial tussle, winning it clearly meant a lot to red fans in the capital, who celebrated Olivier Giroud’s first Premier League hat-trick with relish. To cap it all, club captain Mikel Arteta came off the bench with two minutes remaining to add the fourth on his final appearance for the club (though it goes down as a Mark Bunn own-goal), with the last kick of the season.