Arsenal 2 Tottenham 0 LIVE reaction: Arsene Wenger and Mauricio Pochettino on the Premier League north London derby result

Arsenal 2 Tottenham 0 | North London derby | Premier League | Emirates Stadium | 12:30pm | Saturday, 18 November 2017

First-half goals from Shkodran Mustafi and Alexis Sanchez were enough to guide Arsene Wenger to a first Premier League triumph over Mauricio Pochettino and, the Arsenal manager will hope, breathe new life into a stuttering season.

Spurs were immediately spooked by an Arsenal frontline that pressed them with pace and purpose and were fortunate that a string of early errors were not converted by Alexandre Lacazette and company.

It took Mustafi’s head to hand Arsenal the lead on 36 minutes, converting Mesut Ozil’s free-kick after Davinson Sanchez had fouled his Gunners namesake.

Five minutes later Arsenal’s lead was doubled as Hector Bellerin released Lacazette down the right. The French striker cut across goal for Sanchez to hammer a powerful effort over Hugo Lloris.

In the driving rain of the second half both sides struggled to replicate the intensity of the first period as Arsenal held Spurs at arms’ length to secure a convincing derby day victory.

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Team news and starting line-ups

Arsenal XI: Cech, Koscielny, Mustafi, Monreal, Bellerin, Ramsey, Xhaka, Kolasinac, Ozil, Sanchez, Lacazette

Subs: Mertesacker, Wilshere, Ospina, Iwobi, Welbeck, Maitland-Niles, Coquelin

Tottenham XI: Lloris, Sanchez, Dier, Vertonghen, Trippier, Sissoko, Dembele, Davies, Eriksen, Dele Alli, Kane

Subs: Son, Vorm, Llorente, Foyth, Aurier, Winks, Walker-Peters

Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)