Saka scored the Gunners’ second inside the opening half an hour after Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg’s own goal had put them ahead. A lightning counter-attack ended with Saka driving at the Tottenham defence before jinking onto his favoured left foot and side-footing into the bottom corner.

It was a fine finish from the England international, but from Tottenham’s perspective, it could have been easily prevented. Tottenham had pushed up and left an incredibly high line for Saka to run into, and he benefited by beating Ben Davies for pace and scoring his 15th of the season.

Speaking at half-time, former Tottenham and Arsenal striker Adebayo slammed Spurs and Davies for their role in the goal. “A player like Saka on the side, you know what a different player he can be.

Give him space and he can do whatever he wants to do. A player with his quality, if I am playing against him, I am telling the fullback to stay on him.

Right now, he is on top of his game and playing his best football. “But Davies is moving up front all the time.

That’s what they aren’t doing and it’s going to make life so difficult for them. If you allow Saka to play with quality with one-v-one.

We see how he makes that goal look so easy. You can’t give him that space.

Why do you allow him to have so much space to punish you?” Defeat for Spurs leaves them in fifth, seven points behind fourth-place Aston Villa with two games in hand, while Arsenal sits four points clear at the top of the Premier League table.