Dele Alli felt his blood boil and who could blame him? There were 73 minutes on the Emirates Stadium clock when an Arsenal supporter took leave of their senses to hurl a water bottle in the direction of the Tottenham attacker, as he walked away from the touchline. It hit Alli on the back of the head. There can be no excuse for this sort of thing, even in the heat of derby passions.
Alli had the perfect riposte: he turned to face the area from where the missile had come and flashed up the scoreline with his fingers. Two-nil to Tottenham. More than anyone, Alli had made it that way. More than anyone, he had driven Mauricio Pochettino and his team a little closer to the silverware that has so far eluded them.
Written by David Hytner at the Emirates Stadium
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/dec/19/arsenal-spurs-carabao-cup-match-report under the title “Tottenham’s Son and Alli gallop clear to trip up Arsenal in Carabao Cup”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
