Arsenal 4-2 Tottenham Hotspur: 5 Talking Points, Premier League 2018-19

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Aubameyang celebrates his second goal with Lacazette
Aubameyang celebrates his second goal with Lacazette

#2 Game of fouls

Eric Dier shushes the Emirates crowd after scoring Tottenham's first goal of the ga
Eric Dier shushes the Emirates crowd after scoring Tottenham's first goal of the game

It was a real derby-day atmosphere at the Emirates stadium, with flares lightening up as easily as red phosphorus in contact with the atmosphere. The game saw a total 32 fouls in total - 15 from Arsenal and 17 from Spurs. Those also included 3 yellow card fouls from the former and 4 from latter, with Vertonghen's late red-card coming as an added extension to Spurs' rough game.

Things really turned bad several times between the game. It started when Eric Dier chose to celebrate his goal in front of the Arsenal faithful, with a "shush" celebration. It did not go lightly with the Gunners' bench as Aaron Ramsey and co. took to the corner flags to start a tussle between themselves and some Spurs players, including Dier and Dele Alli.

A similar but a more toned-down affair happened after Arsenal's third goal as well, when Harry Winks, famously known to be a Tottenham fanboy since his childhood, tried to rub his wounds on Granit Xhaka. A culmination of all these events was Vertonghen's first ever red card in the history of his PL career.

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