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title: "Our man of the match: Tottenham (League Cup)"
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author: "Daniel Emery"
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published: "2018-12-19T22:30:04Z"
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# Our man of the match: Tottenham (League Cup)

Arsenal were knocked out of the League Cup as they lost 2-0 to Tottenham in the Quarter-Final clash at The Emirates.

A goal in each half from Heung-Min Son and then Dele Alli secured the victory for Spurs, as Arsenal failed to find any sort of rhythm in the game.

Emery’s men never really had a grip of the match and were punished for defensive lapses with two great finishes from Tottenham.

Despite Arsenal’s performance, we are going to attempt to pick a man of the match from Emery’s side.

We’ve gone with… Granit Xhaka.

![Shaun Botterill/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1074417612.jpg)

Despite playing out of position as a centre-back, Xhaka had a solid game at the back.

The Spurs goals were down, in part, to mistakes from Nacho Monreal and Laurent Koscielny, with Xhaka defending well when called upon.

Xhaka made a number of impressive tackles and battled well from start to finish, unlike some his teammates.