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Tottenham 2-1 Arsenal LIVE! Reaction and analysis from the north London derby, what Mourinho and Arteta said

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Mikel Arteta and Jose Mourinho locked horns for the first time as Tottenham fought back from a goal down to beat Arsenal in the north London derby 2-1 and keep their European dreams alive.

Alexandre Lacazette put Arsenal 1-0 ahead with a stunning goal, but Heung-min Son capitalised on a defensive error by Arsenal to equalise - and Toby Alderweireld's header earned Spurs a 2-1 victory.

Follow all the latest north London derby result reaction from Mourinho, Arteta and the players...

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Jose Mourinho reaction

"I would love to play Europa League. It is not a competition I am in love with, it is not a competition that I like very, very much to play, but when you cannot play the Champions League, you play the Europa League.

"In my career I have only played the Europa League twice and I have won it twice. It would not be bad to play a third time and win it a third time. We have to fight until the end to finish in a Europa League place.

"If you ask (six-time Formula One world champion) Lewis Hamilton if he wants to win Formula Two, I don't think it will be a great deal for him, but it is a competition and I prefer to play Europa League than to not play.

"I think it is a title Tottenham would obviously get. I think we should do everything possible to play Europa League next season and we have to fight for that."

Mikel Arteta reaction

"Points-wise it is a massive blow because we know the results this weekend, but we will keep trying until we have no hope..

"This is who we are. We are fighting in two different ways, one in the league and won in the FA Cup. Will we do our best and try and finish as strong as possible.

"I am disappointed and frustrated and really sorry for the boys because of the way they played and showed who we are.

"But you give the two goals away that we have given, against these players it is very difficult to win a derby.

"If we minimise the mistakes we do and keep playing like that we are going to win many, many, many football matches because we are going to make it very difficult for opponents."

Team news

Tottenham XI: Lloris, Aurier, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Davies, Sissoko, Winks, Lo Celso, Lucas Moura, Kane, Son

Subs: Vertonghen, Lamela, Sessegnon, Gazzaniga, Bergwijn, Ndombele, Skipp, Fernandes, Tanganga

Arsenal XI: Martinez, Mustafi, Luiz, Kolasinac, Bellerin, Ceballos, Xhaka, Tierney, Pepe, Lacazette, Aubameyang

Subs: Papastathopoulos, Torreira, Maitland-Niles, Holding, Cedric, Nelson, Willock, Macey, Saka

Referee: Michael Oliver

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