Beautiful Sarr Strike gives Tottenham victory over Arsenal

Pape Matar Sarr scored from the halfway through the line when Tottenham punished a shaky performance by Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya to win the first North London Derby that were organized outside the United Kingdom on Thursday.

Raya, who had already been caught in the country of No-Man twice, while in-swing-angles hit the post, was again in the fault in the 45th minute when Sarr Myes-Skelly just robbed within the Arsenal half.

The midfielder of Spurs looked up, saw Raya chasing his penalty area far beyond and let fly to score in a shameful manner from 50 meters.

Nominal a «friendly» for the season, no love was lost on the field between the bitter rivals.

Tackles flew in and the temperatures got in a brightly disputed collision for a 49,975 sold -out crowd under the roof in the Kai Tak Stadium in Hong Kong.

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Arsenal started strong, but it was Tottenham who hit the woodwork three times in a hectic first half and earned his lead during the break.

Arsenal besieged the Tottenham goal at the start of the second half, but the new manager Thomas Frank had drilled his defense well and the Gunners found it difficult to break through.

Gabriel Martinelli succeeded in finding an opening at 58 minutes, but shot over the bar from 14 meters.

Arsenal applied Leandro Trossard and new signing Martin Zubimendi, who almost scored with his first touch when his shot was bent over the bar.

A huge cheers went up when son Heung-Min was introduced by Tottenham in the 75th minute.

It was followed by an even larger ovation when new striker Viktor Gyokeres also came from the bank for his Arsenal debut with 13 minutes to go.

The Swedish striker, with the number 14 shirt that was made famous by Arsenal -legend Thierry Henry, was signed six days ago for $ 67 million.

He made some dartruns while Arsenal pressed a late equalizer, but needs time to get up to speed with his new club.

Tottenham is now flying to South Korea to be confronted in Newcastle United on Sunday, while Arsenal goes home after three games in Singapore and Hong Kong.