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Tottenham 2 Arsenal 1 April 15, 2010

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19-year-old Danny Rose’s wonder strike set up a dramatic Tottenham derby win.

Moments earlier, Thomas Vermaelen had blocked Roman Pavlyuchenko’s close-range shot and Arsenal’s problems deepened when the Belgian defender limped off to be replaced by Mikael Silvestre.Jermain Defoe did well to hold off Emmanuel Eboue and pick out Bale with a beautifully-weighted through-ball, before stroking it into the bottom corner. Defoe and Pavlyuchenko pushed for a third.Van Persie return after five months out.The Dutch striker forced a fine reflex save from Gomes and the Brazilian then punched clear three successive hanging balls amid a mass of bodies.Better was to come a magnificent stop from Van Persie’s free-kick before turning a Campbell header onto the crossbar. But Gomes was powerless to prevent Arsenal pulling one back with five minutes left as Van Persie fed Theo Walcott to square for Bendtner.