Tottenham fans head for Emirates exit after 35 minutes as Arsenal go 3-0 up
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Tottenham fans were seen heading for the exits as Arsenal went 3-0 up inside 35 minutes in Sunday's North London derby at the Emirates.
Spurs suffered a nightmare start to the Premier League clash when Emile Smith Rowe fired Mikel Arteta's side ahead just 12 minutes in.
Things got worse when Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang doubled the lead 15 minutes later, before Bukayo Saka made it three when he capitalised on Harry Kane's slip.
It was all too much for some Tottenham fans, who were seen heading for the exits with 10 minutes of the first half still remaining.
Nuno Espirito Santo's team couldn't cope with the energy shown by Arsenal from the off, with the Gunners looking a different side from the one that lost their first three league games of the season without scoring a goal.
Spurs' midfield seemingly was non-existent and their defence torn apart by the Gunners passing and movement.
Supporters may have been hoping to get ahead in the queue for a pie and a pint as they hoped for better in the second half.
But Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville said they had every right to turn their backs on their team's performance.
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"They’ve got a right to be dejected [the fans]," he said while on co-commentary duty. "You can get beat 3-0, you can be losing a game 3-0 but the approach from minute one has been appalling, it really has.
"They haven’t had the courage to play then out of possession they’re just ambling across the pitch horizontally, none of them are trying to get near the ball."
Neville said it was a far more disappointing performance than in last weekend's London derby against Chelsea, when Thomas Tuchel's side upped their game after the break with three second-half goals.
"It's been a really poor 30 minutes, and I thought they played well in the first half against Chelsea last week, I thought they were really good," he said.
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Former Spurs defender Ledley King agreed, saying: "Obviously it’s disappointing, the things I enjoyed about last week’s first-half performance I’ve not seen today.
"When you let good players play with time and space they’re going to punish you."
Of Saka's goal, which saw Kane lose possession before Arsenal counter-attacked, King said: "Harry’s lost the ball and tried to make amends and get the ball but things gone from bad to worse.
"Last week we were on the front foot we gave players no time, the opposite today."
Spurs boss Nuno made two changes at half-time, bringing on Emerson Royal and Oliver Skipp for Japhet Tanganga and Dele Alli.
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