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Tottenham Hotspur conceded three goals in the first half alone to give their North London rivals Arsenal a disastrous first half.

Tottenham Hotspur conceded three goals in the first 38 minutes of their home match against Arsenal in the 35th round of the 2023-2024 English Premier League at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England, at 10:00 p.m. ET on Monday to go into halftime with a shocking 0-3 scoreline.

Arsenal and Tottenham are North London rivals. Arsenal leads the Premier League with 77 points after 34 games, while Tottenham is fifth with 60 points after 32 games. Arsenal is in a tight title race with Manchester City, who have played one game less and are one point behind, and Tottenham is also in a tight race for fourth place with Aston Villa, who have played three games more and are in fourth place with 67 points and a Champions League berth.

Tottenham manager Enzi Postecoglou started the match with Guillermo Vicario in goal, Ben Davies, Christian Romero, Micky Vanderboven, and Pedro Foro in the back four from left to right, Emile-Pierre Hojbjerg and Rodrigo Bentancur in midfield, Dejan Kuluczewski and Timo Werner on either wing, James Maddison in attacking midfield, and Son Heung-min up front.

For Arsenal, the Gunners started all of their key players, including Kai Havertz, Buckayo Sakho, Declan Rice, Martin Ødegaard, and William Salaba.

Arsenal struck first in the 12th minute of the first half. A long ball from Arsenal's Thomas Partey found Martin Ødegaard in the back of the defense, who slipped the ball to Kai Havertz, who found himself one-on-one with the keeper, but the goal was disallowed as Ødegaard was already offside.

In the 15th minute, Tottenham conceded a ridiculous own goal. A left-footed corner from the right was curled in by Saka Boukayo and hit the head of Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, who was trying to stop Takehiro Tomiyasu from heading it in at the near post. Instead of celebrating, the Arsenal squad huddled together in a meeting, showing a willingness to take on the game.

The Gunners missed their best chance of the first half in the 스포츠토토 20th minute when James Maddison sent a free kick from the left to the far post and Christian Romero rose to meet it, but his header hit the post.

In the 22nd minute, Tottenham almost equalized. After a corner kick from the left, Pedro Foro's long-range shot from behind was deflected by the Arsenal defense and fell to Micky Vanderboven at the edge of the box, who slotted home with his left foot to equalize. However, after a VAR review, the goal was disallowed for offside as Vanderben got to the ball.

Instead, Arsenal added a second goal. In the 27th minute, on a counter-attack after breaking up a Tottenham attack, a long pass was played into the box for a one-timed run forward by Xherdan Shaqiri, who was quick to get into the box and finish with his left foot to give Arsenal a 2-0 lead.

As if that wasn't bad enough, Tottenham were dealt an early blow in the 31st minute when Timo Werner left with a hamstring injury, forcing Brennan Johnson into action.

In the 38th minute, Arsenal scored their third goal of the game. Declan Rice curled in a corner kick from the left side with his right foot that found the head of Kai Havertz right in front of the goal, and Havertz headed it home to make it 3-0 in the first 38 minutes against Tottenham.

A golden opportunity came for Son Heung-min in the 44th minute. Right-back Pedro Foro spotted Son Heung-min in front of him and played him a long ball into the box, where the South Korean found space behind the defense and beat a defender to the ball, only to see his right-footed shot sail high into the air.

Tottenham went to the locker room at halftime with a shocking 0-3 scoreline. It was a first half that looked like it was unlikely to change the outcome without a second half turnaround.

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