Lamela put Spurs ahead with 'rabona' and nutmeg!

Erik Lamela opened the scoring in the North London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham at the Emirates Stadium. And he did so with a rabona which will be spoken about for weeks to come in the footballing world. 

After more than a half an hour gone, it was still 0-0, but the Argentine broke the deadlock with a superb goal which is not new for him.

Lamela got the ball inside the box and had two Arsenal defenders in front of him. The Tottenham man decided to go for a rabona and it was absolutely sensational. 

The ball went between Thomas' legs before going into Leno's bottom left hand corner. 

It is not the first time the Argentine has scored a rabona for Spurs. He scored against Greek side Asteras in the Europa League in 2014. He struck it first time from the edge of the box and the ball went in at the far post.

Arsenal responded to that setback though. Martin Odegaard levelled just before the interval after his effort deflected in off Alderweireld and then Lacazette put Arsenal 2-1 up from the penalty spot after Sanchez fouled Lacazette in the area.

 

October 23, 2019