But it was Arsenal who drew first blood: in the 26th minute Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain had a shot parried away by Michel Vorm, but both Spurs CBs failed to track Mathieu Flamini, who pounced on the rebound and put the Gunners up 1-0.
Arsenal defender Calum Chambers has voiced his delight with his side’s performance in their 2-1 win over Tottenham at White Hart Lane.
Half-time galvanised the hosts, and striker Harry Kane had a goal disallowed for offside moments before Tottenham equalised through Chambers in the 56th minute. “What’s important is that we did well, I did well and now it’s important to recover”, Flamini said to Arsenal Player.
Tottenham must now rally themselves for a tough assignment at home to leaders Manchester City in the Premier League on Saturday.
“Everybody took their chance, but it’s not the only chance because I rotate a bit from game to game and I felt that it was needed because we’ve given a lot recently in three days with 10 players”.
However, it was Arsene Wenger’s charges who had the final say as Flamini produced another strike.
“It was the first time I’ve scored two times in a game”.
“You do not expect Mathieu Flamini to score two goals”, noted the boss afterwards, seemingly in awe as much as the rest of the football fraternity.
Flamini’s lashed a sumptuous volley into the bottom corner from 20 yards for his second goal of the match to settle the first north London derby of the season. “I’ve heard many things in the press, many people have been talking about me, but tonight I’ve proved everyone wrong”.
Arsenal’s Mathieu Flamini celebrates scoring the victor for his team in their League Cup third round victory over Spurs on Wednesday night. It is never easy when you don’t play every game.
Thierry Henry thinks the win over Spurs was just the boost Arsenal needed to really get their campaign up and running this season.
“I fought to keep him but he is at an age when you always consider it is better to let them go if they are not focused but he wanted to stay”.