Arsenal may have just kept their Premier League title hopes alive on Wednesday night, as they completed the double over North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur.

The Gunners did find themselves a goal down in the tense encounter at the Emirates Stadium, thanks to Son Heung-min’s 25th opener. But the turnaround was complete in the minutes leading up to half time.

First, Dominic Solanke turned the ball into his own net from an Arsenal corner, before Leandro Trossard made it 2-1 just four minutes later. That’s how the scoreline would stay, with the three points moving the Gunners to within four points of league leaders Liverpool.

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The win has reignited talk of the title race, with Arsenal hoping that the lead at the top of the table will continue to be cut. As ever, the North London Derby drew the attention of the national press, who all gathered to take in the match. Here is a look at what they made of it and their verdict on Arsenal’s title aspirations.

'They showed they had the stomach for the fight'

Jason Burt of the Daily Telegraph wrote: "Ange Postecoglou has made clear his disdain for technology in football, but how the Tottenham Hotspur head coach will have wished VAR could have intervened as Arsenal completed a hard-fought and deserved Premier League double.

"They showed they had the stomach for the fight as anything short of three points would have spiralled them into crisis, introspection and recrimination. At the end, Mikel Arteta hugged set-piece coach Nicolas Jover with an intensity that revealed the tension. And the relief.

"North London is red, as a banner unfurled prior to kick-off claimed and, maybe, the Premier League can, at last, be Arsenal’s also after a two-decade wait. They had to win to give themselves hope.

"And so it was a victory that fuelled their title ambitions – and the fact is that if we are going to have a contest this season, it looks like they are the only ones who can challenge Liverpool."

'A turnaround as well as a comeback'

Miguel Delaney of The Independent wrote: "A turnaround as well as a comeback. This spell may have seen Arsenal all but eliminated from both domestic cups may have still revitalised their title challenge. The worst week of Mikel Arteta’s season so far ends with the best possible result, which was a home win over Tottenham Hotspur.

"That was admittedly half a Tottenham Hotspur, given the injuries that Ange Postecoglou has suffered might make even Arteta sympathise. The Spaniard won’t really care, though, given this 2-1 comeback served to cut Liverpool’s lead to a mere four points, albeit with a game more played."

'Profligacy was Arsenal’s enemy in the cup ties'

David Hytner of the Guardian wrote: "The equation was clear. Manage the occasion against the team they most love to hate. And win to move to within four points of Liverpool at the top, albeit having played an extra game.

"There would be a blip when Tottenham, whose recent Premier League form is an embarrassment, went in front through their captain, Son Heung-min, midway through the first half. What a tonic it was for them and for him, as he negotiates a personally trying season.

"But the story was about Arsenal pushing out their chests and asserting themselves, running hard and winning the duels, simply doing more than Spurs, who were so tame, so lacking in basic oomph. Profligacy was Arsenal’s enemy in the cup ties, and they knew also that it was imperative to locate a cutting edge."

'Seasons turn on strange moments'

Oliver Holt of the Daily Mail wrote: "There were five minutes to go until half-time in the North London derby and the atmosphere at The Emirates was on the verge of turning ugly. Not the kind of ugliness that defaced the last days of Arsene Wenger but fretful and anxious and frustrated.

"It was the kind of anger borne from being confronted by the spectre of ordinariness when you have been promised so much more. And as Arsenal trailed by a goal to Spurs scored by Son Heung-min, ordinariness, another season of trying and failing to win the league, was staring them in the face.

"But seasons turn on strange moments and maybe Arsenal’s turned then. Leandro Trossard won a corner that should have been a goal-kick, Arsenal scored from it, forcing Dominic Solanke into an own goal, and then scored again through Trossard on the brink of the interval."