{"id":440191,"date":"2026-02-22T20:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T20:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/440191\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T20:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T20:51:08","slug":"european-recap-arsenal-enjoy-impressive-derby-win-at-spurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/440191\/","title":{"rendered":"European recap: Arsenal enjoy impressive derby win at Spurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a week of <a data-league-guid=\"da52796f-2621-3351-8e77-955da92ea82d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/league\/_\/name\/UEFA.CHAMPIONS\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UEFA Champions League<\/a> matches, we are back with some league action in Europe! In the big game of the day, league leaders <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"feb44e87-58fa-9597-2691-b3c32768ebe4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/team?id=359\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal<\/a> turned on the style in thumping <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"f987a4b2-f3f9-e7f6-eb7d-eda43893be5a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/team?id=367\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> &#8212; under new manager Igor Tudor &#8212; 4-1 to restore their commanding five-point lead at the top of the Premier League with just 10 matches remaining.<\/p>\n<p><a data-clubhouse-guid=\"a47fbcec-c948-cf4c-9e41-3dfa37588c9c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/team?id=364\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a> beat <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"ad9ef79b-ca27-077e-8a6f-335e0d220b27\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/team?id=393\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nottingham Forest<\/a> 1-0 after late drama in the <a data-league-guid=\"6949f3af-300c-35f1-beab-b95669eedd38\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/league\/_\/name\/ENG.1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League<\/a>. After a lackluster 90 minutes, the game exploded into life in the final stages as Alexis Mac Allister had a goal ruled out by VAR for handball, before striking in the 98th minute after another VAR check for offside.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"479e0b8f-fbeb-4a27-ce19-2c6ab31ac811\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/team?id=366\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sunderland<\/a> lost 3-1 to <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"14acbd22-f709-1525-c5ab-1cb3ec8d1696\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/team?id=370\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fulham<\/a> and <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"e8703d92-a160-9bbf-cb81-1be6f3fd7969\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/team?id=384\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crystal Palace<\/a> beat <a href=\"https:\/\/soccer\/team\/_\/id\/380\/wolverhampton-wanderers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wolves<\/a> 1-0.<\/p>\n<p>Also, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/league\/_\/name\/esp.1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LaLiga<\/a>, <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"58f7c4a9-c991-4ed4-fe5c-1f833cba75b8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/team?id=83\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Barcelona<\/a> soundly defeated <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"be2c6909-0dc7-4b81-9f73-0eab434d732f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/team?id=1538\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Levante<\/a> 3-0 as Hansi Flick&#8217;s side took their chance to reclaim top spot in LaLiga from Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how Sunday played out across the top leagues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a week of UEFA Champions League matches, we are back with some league action in Europe! 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