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Jamie O'Hara threatened to leave the talkSPORT studio after Jason Cundy hilariously teased him over Tottenham's defeat to Arsenal.

The Sports Bar co-hosts were reacting to the Gunners' 1-0 win over Spurs in the north London derby on Sunday afternoon.

As with any big result, Cundy opened Monday night's show with his classic 'Has anyone seen?!' jibe, this time aimed at the derby's losers.

"Your boys took one hell of a beating!" he said alongside former Spurs man O'Hara whilst jokingly taking aim people and places related to the club.

The presenting duo eventually got down to discussing the match, with O'Hara stating his only positives from a disappointing day.

"I like [Pedro] Porro, I really like him. I think him, [Mickey] Van de Ven... that's it really from the weekend. The rest of them mate, not good enough, really poor, really poor, Solanke...

"Say well done Arsenal," Cundy teasingly replied, but O'Hara was not happy and responded: "I'm not going to say, 'Well done Arsenal' J, shut up mate, honestly."

Cundy kept insisting on his co-host praising his rivals, but O'Hara was still having none of it.

"I don't come here and do this to you with Chelsea. You say... listen, I'm not having it, no, no, no, I'm not having it, no, no. Don't give it all when we're on-air, right?

"You do this all the time, right? When Chelsea play, you hate it, I can't even celebrate when Chelsea get beat in there [points to green room] because you kick-off.

"And then I come on-air and I give you a little bit of stick but come on, don't start sitting there saying, 'Well done Arsenal.' Like, come on mate, don't be an idiot."

Cundy poke further fun at him by reading out Spurs' motto: "'To dare is to do'. Just say, 'Well done Arsenal', then you are daring."

"Cundy, do you want to do this show on your own? I'm quite happy to go," O'Hara said with a very slight grin.

But Cundy added: "Listen, you said you're going to give them a whooping, you didn't. Just say, 'Sorry,' and say, 'Well done Gooners, you deserved it.'"

The hilarious interaction between the pair concluded by O'Hara telling his co-host to: "Shut up."

Cundy continued to giggle having realised he successfully wound up O'Hara, who was despondent after Spurs' defeat.

He'll hope to be a much happier presenter on Wednesday night's Sports Bar after his beloved club's Carabao Cup third round tie against Coventry City, which is live on talkSPORT 2.

The duo will also be dissecting all the latest Champions League news as the competition returns in its new format.

Across the week, Liverpool, Arsenal, Man City and Aston Villa are all in action.

Meanwhile, England superstars Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane should be in action for Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, respectively.

Gary Cahill proved himself against quality strikers at Chelsea, but one particular test against Harry Kane sparked concern for Jose Mourinho.

The Blues faced Tottenham in the 2015 League Cup final two months after they were beaten 5-3 by their London rivals at White Hart Lane.

Kane scored two goals against a Chelsea defence that had Cahill and John Terry as the centre-backs in what was just one of their three league defeats of the season.

Mourinho knew his trusted defensive duo would be desperate to put in improved performances in the Capital One Cup final at Wembley.

After all, Cahill was able to keep other top strikers quiet prior to the match, such as Wayne Rooney, Sergio Aguero and Romelu Lukaku.

However, Mourinho appeared keen to ask the defender if would be up to scratch for another tough test against Spurs star Kane.

Speaking on John Obi Mikel's The Obi One Podcast, Cahill said: "One time, I don't think you would have known this John, when we were playing Tottenham in the League Cup [final] and I think a few weeks before that we played them away from home.

"I think Harry Kane scored two or three goals, like we got beat, which is rare against Tottenham, I think it was five, whatever. He pulled me in and he was saying, 'Are you alright? Are you alright for the final?'

"And I was thinking, 'What?' He was like, 'But Harry Kane scored', two or three goals or whatever it was, I can't remember now, but like, 'Has that affected you?'

"Almost questioned like I was staying up every night worrying, thinking about that, thinking, 'Oh, I've got the final coming, he's going to teat me apart.'"

Those fears proved to not be an issue as they went on to win the final 2-0.

Earlier in the podcast, Cahill spoke on Mourinho's mind games when commenting on an incident that saw the legendary boss threaten to sign Raphael Varane and another defender to replace him and Terry.

Following on from that, he added: "But that was just one moment of what I was touching on then, the kind of mind games that he played, and also I'd imagine he wouldn't do that to some other players.

"So when he was asking me that question, again, I could just feel like a spider coming up my back thinking, 'Are you questioning... you think I'm worried about...?' I was like, 'Please play me, play me in the game.'

"I came out thinking, 'I can't believe he's questioning my character there', like he was thinking I'm going to s*** myself against Kane, I was fuming.

"Look back now, [genius] yeah yeah, I could just imagine him as I went out going [whilst rubbing his hands], 'Lovely, got him right where I want him there.'

"He [Kane] started, we won 2-0, [he] didn't score, but I still came off, even after the game thinking, 'I knew I'd do it!' He's probably just thinking, '[I got] exactly what I wanted from you.'"

Mourinho showcased his trust in Cahill by starting him in the League Cup final against Spurs, a decision that proved successful as Chelsea won 2-0 thanks to goals from Terry and Diego Costa.

Kane, who scored an incredible 31 goals in all competitions during the 2014/15 season, was unable to add to his tally against the Blues.

Chelsea also went on to win the Premier League title two months later, with Cahill playing in all but two of their 38 matches across their triumphant campaign.

Ange Postecoglou has come in for criticism from Tottenham fans with one branding him: "Ange Poste-noclue".

Spurs suffered derby day misery as they fell to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of rivals Arsenal who made it three wins on the trot at Tottenham's ground.

Postecoglou attracted headlines after the match for his spiky interview in which he said that Tottenham would win a trophy this season.

But according to a Tottenham fan called GJ, the Australian boss should worry about getting results rather than bragging about his achievements.

Speaking on talkSPORT’s Final Word, GJ said: “I’ve been saying it for months about Ange Poste-noclue. He’s a fraud and he’s been figured out.

“I call him the Australian Ossie Ardiles, the Aussie Ossie, because he’s got crazy all-out tactics which are so easy to soak up and counter.

“I’m sick of him deflecting – like when we lost to Man City last season and he tried to pin that on the fans and saying ‘I’m a winner, everywhere I go I win and these fans want us to lose to Arsenal – don’t worry about the fans mate, you worry about what happens on the pitch!

“Yesterday he was saying he doesn’t put importance on derbies and that he treats every game the same and saying he’s a winner – you’re a winner? What have you won? Mickey Mouse trophies!”

Those views were echoed on The Sports Breakfast by a Spurs fan named John, who said: “The overall problem is Daniel Levy but Postecoglou is out of his depth.

“He’s got one way of play and he won’t adapt or change style – the more worrying thing is that if we get more injuries he’ll continue to play this style which will leave us more exposed.

“We had [Lucas] Bergvall and Archie Gray on the bench and Levy went all Hogwarts to bring in all of the kids – why didn’t he play them?

"He brought on Werner who is a busted flush, put the kids in!

“Bergvall is exactly the player who we needed to provide a spark but he went with Werner who can’t provide anything.

“He’ll be gone by Christmas, I’m telling you.

“This is what happens with Tottenham – we might win Wednesday against Coventry and we’ll probably win next weekend and the easily fooled will say we’re back and scoring goals, but the fact is that we remain vulnerable because of the way he plays.”

Lucas Bergvall agreed to join the club last January in an £8.5million deal, with Spurs snatching him from under the noses of Barcelona.

The Swede remained with Djurgarden, impressing despite being already picking up three senior international caps too.

Gray, meanwhile, was a £40million acquisition from Leeds United this summer.

The pair are yet to start in a game yet but have made three and two substitute appearances, respectively.

Ange Postecoglou has been advised to drop one of his key tactics by a Tottenham predecessor.

The Australian made it seven defeats in his past 11 matches as Spurs boss, falling to rivals Arsenal in the north London derby.

Gabriel Magalhaes was the difference both in defence and attack, scoring from a corner in a 1-0 victory.

The result means Spurs have just four points from four games this season, and it appears Postecoglou may be feeling the pressure in his second season with a tetchy post-match interview.

The former Celtic manager has regularly been told he needs a ‘Plan B’ by pundits as an alternative to his attacking style, but Glenn Hoddle has been far more specific.

A Spurs legend as a player and manager, Hoddle joined talkSPORT to dissect the derby defeat, and singled-out one tactic that really needs changing.

Explaining what went wrong against the Gunners, he said: “The inverted fullbacks worked last season to a certain degree, but I look at Tottenham now and they’ve got some very good players, but if [Heung-min] Son’s not on fire they haven’t got an X-factor player at the moment.

“I feel like the inverted fullbacks have been sussed out. They can out-possession most teams, probably only Manchester City [have more possession].

“I think Arsenal knew Spurs could out-possession them and they banked in and made it very difficult to break them down.”

Hoddle went into more detail on why the tactic is causing problems, as he continued: “What frustrates me is that unless you’ve got a [Kevin] De Bruyne or David Silva at his very best, people who can unlock a door, it’s very difficult.

“They’re trying to go through the eye of a needle, they’ve got so many men in the centre of the pitch so it’s impossible to get through the centre.

“They need that width, they need to try a different style to open teams up because as soon as teams bank against them [it doesn’t work].

“If they go 1-0 up in games like against Everton [4-0 win] they can counter then and I think they look better when they’re shifting the ball quickly on the counter, but that’s where I feel the next step needs to go, they haven’t got enough quality in the final third even though they get in some wonderful positions, the crossing was abysmal yesterday.”

Rangers legend and talkSPORT host Ally McCoist then gave his thoughts, and pondered that James Maddison could be the man to unpick teams who defend deeply against Tottenham.

Hoddle agreed, but not if the inverted fullback tactic is persisted with.

“He’s got the ability,” the former England manager began. “But if I’m playing no.10 I’m looking around me and I’ve got so many bodies in there there’s no space with the two inverted fullbacks.

“It’s like Piccadilly Circus in the middle of midfield sometimes. These wide men, if they’re going past their fullbacks and getting great crosses or shots in that would be fine, but they’re struggling, they need movement off them, once Spurs go wide there’s not enough movement.

“You see it with City, they make these lovely little blindside runs into the penalty area and they use them and use the space, there’s none of that with Tottenham.”

Jamie O'Hara was not a happy bunny after the north London derby, saying: "We are the same old Spurs".

The ex-Tottenham midfielder made a bold prediction ahead of Sunday's game and unsurprisingly it backfired.

“I’m confident we are going to rock up on Sunday and give them a whopping," he said.

Tottenham then made it three home defeats in a row against Arsenal after falling to a 1-0 defeat to the Gunners thanks to a goal from Gabriel Magalhaes.

While Mikel Arteta's side were without several core first-teamers in Declan Rice, Martin Odegaard and Riccardo Calafiori, Tottenham failed to take control of the game, something that left O'Hara very frustrated.

Speaking on The Sports Breakfast, O'Hara said: "It’s the same old Spurs and it’s a dagger to the heart when people say that, but we are the same old Spurs.

"We played well but we don’t score – take your chances. We’ve brought in good players and you expect them to do the business.

"But I look at it and think have we brought in top players? Solanke, one good season at Bournemouth and we signed him for £60million.

"Brennan Johnson, a good player and a young player at Nottingham Forest. We signed him for £50million and he looks miles off it.

"Then I look at Archie Gray who we signed from Leeds, he’s a Championship player and then we signed Odobert from Burnley.

"Daniel Levy has built this big shiny stadium and it’s only enjoyable to go to when Beyonce’s on!

"We’re not signing a top player from Barcelona or Atletico Madrid or someone who is actually at the level of where we want to be.

"We don’t sign anybody from any big clubs but then expect the boys that we sign to perform like they’re in a Champions League team.

"We aren’t good enough, it’s as simple as that. You can play good football but we can’t put the ball in the back of the net because we’re not good enough.”

O'Hara added: "I was disappointed, again.

“I really went into this game feeling confident – no Rice, no Odegaard and I thought we could go into it and really go at them in midfield but we were poor.

“Brennan Johnson was miles off it. Honestly, miles off it. He hides behind players.

“Solanke, I know he’s been injured, but I need more from him – it may as well have been Richarlison out there.

“If you’re going to sign Solanke he’s got to score goals but he’s offering us nothing.

“Son, poor again. An average performance and then you’ve got Romero at the back. I love Romero but he’s cost us four goals already this season. It’s not good enough.

“Arsenal, full credit to them because watching them live, they are brilliant defensively. They’re happy to sit in, don’t want to concede and don’t want to be Manchester City and play fantastic football for 90 minutes – they’re happy to be resilient and they were resilient.

“We couldn’t break them down. We could have been there all day trying to score goals and we wouldn’t have scored. It wasn’t good enough.

“Ange needs to be better, the players need to be better, it wasn’t good enough. That was a terrible result.”

Paul Merson says he's got a better chance of winning Strictly Come Dancing than Tottenham do at ending their trophy hoodoo this season.

The Arsenal legend was in chipper mood as he watched his former club claim the north London bragging rights with a 1-0 win at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Spurs struggled to impose themselves on a depleted Arsenal, who were without a number of players including captain Martin Odegaard and England star Declan Rice.

It will thus be viewed as a missed opportunity for Spurs, who have made a shaky start to the season with just four points from as many games in the Premier League.

Head coach Ange Postecoglou insisted this would be a season to remember despite the patchy start as he doubled down on his claim that he'd deliver silverware in what's his second season in charge.

In a spiky interview with Sky Sports, the Australian was asked about his statement at the start of the season that his second campaign at a club often sees him win silverware, and whether he had seen enough in this side to believe them capable of doing that.

Reporter Emma Saunders got her question across, she pulled the mic back twice to add to it before she heard Postecoglou's answer.

The Spurs boss then said with a smile on his face: "Am I going to answer the question, or are you going to keep asking?"

He continued: "No absolutely and I think I'll correct myself and say that I don't usually win things, I always win things in my second year.

"I don't say things unless I believe it.

Saunders got her question across, she pulled the mic back twice to add to it before she heard Postecoglou's answer.

In response, the Spurs boss said with a smile on his face: "Am I going to answer the question, or are you going to keep asking?"

He continued: "No absolutely and I think I'll correct myself and say that I don't usually win things, I always win things in my second year.

"I don't say things unless I believe it. Nothing has changed."

Quizzed on whether he was confident he could do it with his current Spurs side, Postecoglou stayed firm.

"Well, I sort of said it now," he said. "I don't say things unless I believe them."

Postecoglou could earn legendary status at the club if he was to deliver on his vow with Spurs yet to taste major trophy success in over 16 years.

And Arsenal legend Merson isn't convinced this Spurs team under the former Celtic boss will get that elusive trophy.

Merson told Sky Sports: "I like Ange, I like him. But I've got more chance of winning Strictly.

"That's what chance they've got."

Merson is taking part in this year's competition, which started on Saturday, along with three-time Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Tom Dean and Olympic gold medal-winning hockey player Sam Quek.

He's been partnered with Venezuelan ballroom dancer Karen Hauer and is reportedly the bookies favourite to be eliminated first.

Ange Postecoglou's decision not to have a set piece coach has come back to haunt him once again in the north London derby.

Arsenal went 1-0 up in the second half through Gabriel, with the defender firing in a bullet header from Bukayo Saka's corner.

Sunday's goal will have felt like deja vu for everyone.

That's because two of Arsenal's goals in their last outing at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium came from corners, when they beat their rivals 3-2.

After their latest outings, three of Arsenal's last four Premier League goals against rivals Tottenham have been from corners.

Only three of their previous 88 north London derby league goals had been from corners before this.

Despite being unable to keep corner specialists Arsenal at bay last time out, Postecoglou doubled down on not being phased by his side's set piece issues - quoting Billy Joel.

"I'm not interested," he said in May. "Never have been. Not in the least.

"It's not the first time I've been questioned about set-pieces in my coaching career.

"There is an underlying reason for that which I'm very, very comfortable with.

"To quote Billy Joel, you may be right, I may be crazy, but it's maybe a lunatic you're looking for."

And he added: "Eventually I will create a team that has success and it won't be because of working on set-pieces."

He also does not want a set piece coach.

But fast forward to September, and talkSPORT's reporter for the game Dean Ashton believes Spurs have to do something about their set-piece problem.

The former England striker said: "It’s Tottenham’s weak spot, every team targets Vicario.

“From inside the six yard box, Gabriel is one of the best. Vicario cannot react as he’s stuck on his line.”

Arsenal have created Premier League history by recording a 1-0 victory over Tottenham in the north London derby.

A header from Gabriel Magalhaes was enough to earn victory for Mikel Arteta's side and ensure that they retain bragging rights in the rivalry.

While Spurs dominated possession and had more shots on goal, it was Arsenal who retained control of the contest throughout.

In doing so, the Gunners extended their impressive recent record over their rivals.

This win at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium means that Arsenal have now won three-straight away games over the Lilywhites.

Prior to this clash, the Gunners had won their last two Premier League away games against Spurs, as many as they had managed in their previous 17 such visits (D6 L9).

They last won three consecutive away north London derbies between January 1987 and September 1988, meaning that this is the first time Arsenal have won three-straight away matches against Tottenham in the Premier League era.

Mikel Arteta's side recorded a 2-0 win at Spurs back in the 2022/23 campaign, before claiming a 3-2 victory over Ange Postecoglou's side last term.

It means that as it stands, Arsenal are very much the dominant force in north London.

Victory for Arteta's side puts them second in the Premier League with three wins from four.

It means that they are just two points behind reigning champions, Man City who have 12 from 12.

As for Tottenham, they sit 13th in the table having picked up just four points from four matches this term.

Tottenham will be hoping to dust themselves down in time for the Carabao Cup clash with Coventry on Wednesday night - live on talkSPORT 2.

They then host Brentford next Saturday afternoon in a clash that is exclusively live on talkSPORT 2.

Next up for Arsenal is a trip to Atalanta in the Champions League, before a crunch clash with Man City next weekend.

Piers Morgan has joked Arsenal won a key battle in the north London derby before a ball was even kicked.

The Gunners saw off fierce rivals Tottenham 1-0 on Sunday, with Gabriel bagging the winner with a bullet header from a corner in the second half.

But before the players had even come out of the tunnel, battle had already begun.

That is… the battle of the mascots.

TV cameras showed the youngsters waiting for their players to come out of their respective dressing rooms to stand beside them.

Only one of the kids was there for Arsenal, with the rest all Spurs.

But that didn’t stop the tiny Gooner from ensuring Arsenal’s presence in Spurs’ backyard felt from early on, as he took on his opponents in the tunnel.

He approached one of the Spurs mascots, playfully shoving him in the back.

Smooth as you like, he then high fived an Arsenal member of staff.

He then faced the rest of Spurs’ mascots and pointed to his shirt.

Fans on social media absolutely loved the cheeky youngster - including Arsenal fan Piers Morgan.

“Even our mascots are harder than Tottenham’s…” he wrote on X, reposting the clip.

A second fan said: “give this kid a statue NOW.”

“I love it. And you must also commend the composure of the spurs mascots,” a third added.

But whilst it all a bit of fun in the tunnel, the same can’t be said for the game itself.

It was 0-0 at the break, but it was an ill-tempered 45 minutes which saw a whopping seven yellow cards dished out.

That’s the joint-most cards ever shown in the opening 45 minutes of a Premier League match.

Chelsea’s win over Bournemouth earlier this weekend broke the record for the most yellow cards in a Premier League fixture.

Eight were dished out in total in north London in the end as Gunners retained derby bragging rights.

Real Madrid will be keen observers at the north London derby as they cast their eye over two defensive targets.

According to reports on Spain, Carlo Ancelotti's side will be looking at Cristian Romero and William Saliba with the view to potential moves.

Real Madrid are unlikely to pursue such deals in January, but could be looking at potential defensive reinforcements with next season in mind.

Los Blancos' chief scout Juni Calafat will be at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to take a look at both players, however it's understood that Saliba will be the main player of interest.

The Arsenal man still has three years left on his deal in north London but at the age of 23, he's thought to be a player who can dominate for many years to come.

Defensive additions are a big priority for Real Madrid with David Alaba and Antonio Rudiger both over 30.

As a result, they're looking for additions with the future in mind.

Real Madrid have worked hard over the last couple of seasons to build one of the most exciting teams in world football with new signings including Kylian Mbappe, Jude Bellingham, Arda Guler and Endrick joining stars such as Vinicius Jr, Rodrygo and Eduardo Camavinga.

Saliba is a player who is destined for the very top, a status that he's ready for after speaking about his progress during Euro 2024.

"I think I am in the top three [defenders in the league]", he told L'Equipe.

"We finished with the best defence. I watch a lot of matches. I am a very humble person but last season, just like this season, I am in the top three defenders.

"I need to continue to work to go even higher.

"In terms of concentration, I am a lot better. Before, I could play a top match but in one phase of play, I slept a bit. That is no longer the case. I am always on alert."

Since joining Arsenal, Saliba has made 86 appearances scoring five goals in the process.

In that time he has also helped France to the World Cup final where they finished as runners up, while also winning two Community Shields with Arsenal.