Spurs had the chance to boost their Champions League hopes and dent Arsenal’s title charge, but instead they paid the price for an awful first half display which ultimately cost Ange Postecoglou’s side the game.
Poor defending allowed the Gunners to race into a 3-0 half time lead, and all but put the game out of reach for Spurs.
Postecoglou’s men put up more of a fight in the second half, and managed to set up a nervy finish thanks to goals from Cristian Romero and a penalty from Son.
They couldn’t find an equaliser and Son admitted after the game he was very disappointed, and said him and his team-mates have to do better.
The defeat means Spurs are now seven points behind Villa in fourth, having played two games less, and it looks like the race for Champions League football will go down to the wire.
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Tottenham suffered a damaging defeat to Arsenal as they looked to close the gap on Aston Villa in the race for the top four.
Arsenal managed to overcome a late comeback from Tottenham to beat their bitter rivals 3-2 in a Premier League thriller.
Mikel Arteta’s men were 3-0 up at half time before making two errors and gifting Spurs a way back into the game, leading to a nervous finish.
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg inadvertently opened the scoring when he headed past his goalkeeper from a corner.
Bukayo Saka doubled the lead on the counter-attack after Micky van de Ven saw an equaliser chalked off by VAR for offside.
Kai Havertz made it three when he headed home from another corner.
David Raya then passed the ball straight to Cristian Romero in the second half, and he finished past the Spaniard.
Declan Rice then ensured it was going to be a nervy finish when he kicked Ben Davies in the box.
Heung-min Son scored the resulting penalty, but Ange Postecoglou’s men couldn’t find a third, and the Gunners held on to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League.
Tottenham 2-3 Arsenal – REACTION
Right, that’s it from us this afternoon as Arsenal sent out a clear message to Manchester City.
They aren’t going anywhere in this title race, and the Citizens will be pushed all the way.
A win at Spurs is always big for the Gunners, but this result was massive.
We hope you enjoyed the coverage and we will see you all again soon.
In the meantime, read our match report.
Arteta reacts to huge win
It would be fair to say that Mikel Arteta was delighted Arsenal’s 3-2 win over Tottenham.
Speaking to the media after the game, he said: “It was happiness at the end.
“If you are going to win here, you have to suffer, and when you want big things, you have to be able to navigate through these emotions.
“But in the end, the team found a way to win it.
“We wanted to score the fourth one because we knew that would kill the game. We started the half really well, but individual errors at the back [let them back in].
“Then we made another one, but I love the reaction of the players.
“We were humble and defended our box.”
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