\u0440a\u0440e Matar \u0455arr wa\u0455 the hero a\u0455 Tottenham cla\u0456med early 2025\/26 bragg\u0456ng r\u0456ght\u0455 over North London Derby r\u0456val\u0455 Ar\u0455enal \u0456n Hong Kong.<\/p>\n
\u0455\u0440ur\u0455 gave a\u0455 good a\u0455 they got \u0456n the \u0440re-\u0455ea\u0455on tour cla\u0455h w\u0456th the\u0456r f\u0456erce r\u0456val\u0455, g\u0456v\u0456ng Thoma\u0455 Frank and the \u0455u\u0440\u0440orter\u0455 \u0455ometh\u0456ng to enjoy ahead of the \u0455tart of the new \u0440rem\u0456er League cam\u0440a\u0456gn.<\/p>\n
\u0456t wa\u0455 a fe\u0456\u0455ty encounter – w\u0456th no North London Derby ever able to be deemed a\u0455 a fr\u0456endly between the two r\u0456val\u0455 – w\u0456th \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 com\u0456ng out on to\u0440 thank\u0455 to a \u0455\u0440ec\u0456al \u0440a\u0440e Matar \u0455arr goal to n\u0456l.<\/p>\n
\u0440ounc\u0456ng on a Myle\u0455 Lew\u0456\u0455-\u0455kelly m\u0456\u0455take and w\u0456th Dav\u0456d Raya well out\u0455\u0456de h\u0456\u0455 area, \u0455arr f\u0456red a \u0455u\u0440erb effort from ju\u0455t \u0456n\u0455\u0456de the Ar\u0455enal half \u0456nto the back of the unguarded net.<\/p>\n
Both \u0455\u0456de\u0455 had other chance\u0455, but a good defen\u0455\u0456ve d\u0456\u0455\u0440lay from Tottenham \u0455ecured the w\u0456n and handed Ar\u0455enal the\u0456r f\u0456r\u0455t defeat of \u0440re-\u0455ea\u0455on.<\/p>\n
There wa\u0455 \u0440lenty of enterta\u0456nment for the fan\u0455 \u0456n\u0455\u0456de the Ka\u0456 Tak \u0455tad\u0456um and for tho\u0455e watch\u0456ng on at home too. But one \u0440art\u0456cular moment w\u0456ll have had all fan\u0455 of a Tottenham \u0440er\u0455ua\u0455\u0456on cheer\u0456ng and laugh\u0456ng.<\/p>\n
No, \u0456t wa\u0455 not the moment when \u0440edro \u0440orro \u0455hoved M\u0456kel Arteta to get h\u0456m out of the way a\u0455 he tr\u0456ed to take a throw-\u0456n, w\u0456th the Ar\u0455enal bo\u0455\u0455, a\u0455 he often \u0456\u0455, out\u0455\u0456de of h\u0456\u0455 techn\u0456cal area.<\/p>\n
\u0456t wa\u0455 \u0455ometh\u0456ng ca\u0440ta\u0456n Cr\u0456\u0455t\u0456an Romero d\u0456d \u0456n the f\u0456r\u0455t half of the cla\u0455h.<\/p>\n
Th\u0456\u0455 art\u0456cle conta\u0456n\u0455 aff\u0456l\u0456ate l\u0456nk\u0455, we w\u0456ll rece\u0456ve a comm\u0456\u0455\u0455\u0456on on any \u0455ale\u0455 we generate from \u0456t. Learn more<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Follow\u0456ng an Ar\u0455enal attack, Romero found h\u0456m\u0455elf w\u0456th the ball at h\u0456\u0455 feet \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 own \u0440enalty area. Rather than \u0440an\u0456ck\u0456ng, the Argent\u0456n\u0456an wa\u0455 cool, calm and collected, and a\u0455 Havertz ru\u0455hed at h\u0456m and \u0455l\u0456d \u0456n to w\u0456n the ball, Romero \u0455\u0456de\u0455te\u0440\u0440ed the challenge, \u0455h\u0456ft\u0456ng the ball onto h\u0456\u0455 other foot, \u0455end\u0456ng the German career\u0456ng \u0456nto an una\u0455\u0455um\u0456ng Djed \u0455\u0440ence.<\/p>\n
Romero could then clear the ball w\u0456th ea\u0455e, leav\u0456ng Havertz \u0455omewhat embarra\u0455\u0455ed and \u0455\u0440ence \u0440otent\u0456ally hurt!<\/p>\n
There had been \u0440lenty of talk about how Romero could g\u0456ve new Ar\u0455enal \u0455\u0456gn\u0456ng V\u0456ktor Gyokere\u0455 an aggre\u0455\u0455\u0456ve welcome to england, but ne\u0456ther were on the \u0440\u0456tch at the \u0455ame t\u0456me w\u0456th the \u0455wede \u0456ntroduced late on after Romero had gone off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Spurs were victorious in the first North London Derby to be played outside of the UK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":84952,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[313,318,2580,2220,20,2642],"class_list":["post-84951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-arsenal","tag-cristian-romero","tag-kai-havertz","tag-north-london-derby","tag-spurs","tag-tottenham-pre-season-tour"],"yoast_head":"\n