“I’m not here to enjoy,” Tottenham Hotspur’s interim boss Igor Tudor bluntly declared ahead of his debut in the dugout against Arsenal. That stance certainly will have made Sunday’s north London derby defeat easier to swallow.
After battling their way to parity in the first half, Spurs wilted once Viktor Gyökeres restored Arsenal’s lead within two minutes of the restart. Eberechi Eze notched his second of the afternoon (and fifth of the season against Tottenham) to set up a 3–1 lead which gave the Gunners the platform to soft-pedal their way through the final half-hour before Gyökeres added a fourth.
