Declan Rice Humbles Tottenham Fan as Arsenal Bag Win in North London Derby

• Declan Rice registered a mixed performance as Arsenal beat Tottenham on April 28
• He fouled Ben Davies to allow Spurs to score the second late on as pressure ramped up
• The midfielder, however, humbled a SPurs fan by setting up Arsenal's third goal of the game

Arsenal delivered another statement win in their pursuit of the Premier League title by beating Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 on Sunday afternoon.

The Gunners will require results from elsewhere to go their way, but they showed they are ready to last the distance this time around after last season's late collapse.

First-half goals from Pierre-Emile Højbjerg(own goal), Bukayo Saka and Kai Havertz helped Arsenal to the crucial three points. Tottenham tried to get back into the game, but Christian Romero's and Heung-min Son's strikes were mere consolations.

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Declan Rice had a mixed game in North London as the Arsenal record signing continued to show why he is the difference between this team and last season's. The Englishman cleared the ball to initiate the swift counterattack that was finished off by Saka.

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He then took the corner that Havertz turned in for Arsenal's third of the game. Before he took the corner, a video that has surfaced online shows a Spurs fan trying to wound him up.

The video shows the fan shouting in Rice's ear as the Arsenal number 41 readied himself for the corner kick. In a bitter taste of karma, Rice's corner ended up being an assist, putting the game beyond the home side's reach.

As Rice joined his teammates for celebrations, cameras picked up on the fan, quickly going up the stairs and away from attention after his efforts failed miserably. The Arsenal star then turned around and taunted him back.

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Rice fouled Ben Davies inside the area, giving Spurs a way back into the game. Son scored the resultant penalty, but it was a tad too late for them to dent their rivals' title hopes.

Why van de Ven's equaliser was disallowed

Sports Brief has also reported on why Micky van de Ven's goal was disallowed in the North London derby.

The Dutch defender thought he had equalised for his side, but VAR stepped in and chalked the goal off for offside.

The ball ricocheted off Takehiro Tomiyasu and Gabriel Magalhaes before falling in the path of van de Ven, who tucked it in past David Raya.