Tottenham substitute Erik Lamela made a giant impression on the north London derby however Arsenal ran out 2-1 winners.
Tottenham’s Erik Lamela was a hero and villain for Tottenham of their north London derby loss to Arsenal on Sunday.
Here, the PA information company particulars the Argentinian’s eventful sport.
19 minutes: Comes on as substitute for the injured Son Heung-min.
Lamela . Rabona. North London Derby 😲pic.twitter.com/jSRltpxtha
— Sky Sports (@SkySports) March 14, 2021
33 minutes: Scores a shocking purpose, threading a left-footed rabona kick by means of the legs of Thomas Partey in a crowd penalty space and into the underside far nook.
69 minutes: Booked for foul on Thomas Partey.
Lamela’s eventful afternoon ended along with his dismissal (Nick Potts/PA)
71 minutes: Heads tamely at Bernd Leno.
76 minutes: Sent off after receiving second yellow card for catching Kieran Tierney within the face along with his forearm.
What they mentioned
Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp saluted Lamela’s world-class end at half-time.
He mentioned: “This is without doubt one of the finest objectives I’ve ever seen within the Premier League. We’ve seen 30-yarders, we have seen nice volleys, we have seen nice workforce objectives, however we have by no means seen something like this.
“He did it in a Europa League sport a number of years again, however the audacity to do it in a north London derby, the improvisation there because it comes behind him – rabona, as they name it – is completely world-class.
Jamie Redknapp celebrates scoring a fantastic purpose in opposition to Arsenal throughout a north London derby in 2004 (Sean Dempsey/PA)
“It’s an incredible piece of ability as a result of because it comes again to him, he has to work his toes actually shortly. He stuns it. He realize it has to go low, it goes by means of (Thomas) Partey’s legs and goes into the nook.”
Fellow pundit and former Arsenal midfielder Freddie Ljungberg added on Sky: “The purpose is insane. It’s most likely the perfect one I’ve ever seen, the approach, the ability and maintaining it down – he even will get a little bit of curl on it to take it again in. It’s insane – but it surely’s a north London derby, so it is nice.”
