5 mistakes Tottenham made against Arsenal

#2 Giving away set-pieces

Mustafi celebrates after opening the scoring for the Gunners

In total, Tottenham gave away 23 set-pieces against Arsenal, including 16 free-kicks and 7 corners-- which is something you definitely don't wanna do against a side as aerially threatening as Arsenal.

16 - Arsenal have scored 16 headed goals in the Premier League in 2017, three more than any other team. Bonce.

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While this may seem like just a lack of discipline from Tottenham's side, Arsenal didn't leave Spurs with any other option but to concede from these set-pieces. Just as explained in the previous points, Arsenal completely outclassed Tottenham on the tactical front and found holes in their system they could not fill.

With Arsenal constantly attacking through the byline, the best Tottenham could do was block the cutbacks or the shots and concede a corner. While Arsenal failed to harm from any of their seven corners, Mesut Ozil's free kick in the 36th minute connected with Shkodran Mustafi to produce Arsenal's first goal of the game.

Arsenal's pressure in the first half gave Tottenham absolutely no time on the ball and the panic it caused on the Tottenham players made it incredibly easy for Arsenal to regain possession.

Arsenal interceptions vs Tottenham (courtesy: Whoscored.com)

This resulted in Arsenal controlling possession for most of the first-half and made Tottenham use desperate measures in order to regain possession, resulting in 5 free kicks for Arsenal in the Tottenham half.