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Referee Paul Tierney 'Destroyed a Beautiful Game' - Arteta On North London Derby

Mikel Arteta accused the match officials of "destroying a beautiful game" after 10-man Arsenal suffered a damaging 3-0 north London derby defeat and then was accused of complaining too much by Tottenham boss Antonio Conte.

Arsenal were trailing to Harry Kane's first-half penalty when Rob Holding prevented Heung-Min Son from racing in behind with a shoulder barge and saw red for a second bookable offence.

Referee Paul Tierney and VAR had earlier ignored an apparent elbow from Son on Holding but showed no hesitation giving the Gunners centre-back his marching orders, a decision which riled Arteta.