LONDON -- In trying to be the team Mikel Arteta wants them to be, Arsenal revealed yet again what they actually are. On Sunday, Tottenham beat Arsenal 2-0 in the North London derby, and nobody could be surprised about how it happened. Nobody, that is, except Arteta, who by setting up his team with greater attacking purpose than in many of Arsenal's biggest games, fell neatly into the trap Jose Mourinho was always going to set.
Anyone with even a passing knowledge of the methodology with which Spurs have climbed to the top of the Premier League table would understand the importance and form of Son Heung-Min and Harry Kane adding a razor-sharp edge to an otherwise conservative approach.