Serbia drove through Nico Elvedi's own objective in first-half stoppage time and Aleksandar Mitrovic multiplied the benefit before Predrag Rajkovic saved a punishment from Swiss striker Breel Embolo. Serbia took a giant stride towards survival in the UEFA Nations League top-flight by securing a 2-0 victory over near rivals Switzerland - their first-ever head-to-head win. With Serbia and Switzerland essentially competing against each other to avoid relegation from Group A4, you’d have been forgiven for expecting a brighter start from two sides desperate to beat the other. It turned out to be quite the opposite though, as the only bright spot in an incredibly dull start came when Veljko Birmancevic ’s tame effort was easily gathered by Gregor Kobel . It took until just after the half-hour mark for the game's first big chance to arrive, but it was wasted by Breel Embolo who skewed wide after he was teed up by Silvan Widmer . That ...
Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham goalscorers
0-1 Tottenham 10' Emmanuel Adebayor goal
1-1 Arsenal 24' Per Mertesacker goal (assist by Theo Walcott)
2-1 Arsenal 42' Lukas Podolski goal
3-1 Arsenal 45' Olivier Giroud goal (assist by Santiago Cazorla)
4-1 Arsenal 60' Santiago Cazorla goal (assist by Lukas Podolski)
4-2 Tottenham 71' Gareth Bale goal
5-2 Arsenal 90' Theo Walcott goal (assist by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain)
Other match incidents
- 18' Tottenham Emmanuel Adebayor received a red card
- 45' Tottenham Aaron Lennon received a yellow card
- 66' Tottenham Sandro received a yellow card
- 80' Arsenal Lukas Podolski received a yellow card
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