ARSENAL proved themselves to be Myles better than underperforming Tottenham in the North London derby earlier this week.
Spurs took an early lead at the Emirates through Son Heung-Min but were undone by a Dominic Solanke own goal and Leandro Trossard arrow late in the first half.
Ange Postecoglou's side then had no answers to reverse the score in the second half as Mikel Arteta's side put in a mature, if unremarkable, performance.
Yet it was Hale End graduate Myles Lewis-Skelly who proved to be the star of the show as he put in an assured display well beyond his years.
There was also a noteworthy showing from Declan Rice and a new-look pressing system deployed.
There were also the usual suspects of set-piece tweaks, and below our tactics guru Dean Scoggins looked at how Arsenal punctured Ange-ball.
Myles clear
Lewis-Skelly has stepped into Arsenal's backline masterfully despite being just 18 years of age and naturally a midfielder.
And when he came off the pitch after giving it large to the Spurs fans it was reminiscent of Jack Wilshere and Aaron Ramsey doing similar in years past.
Arteta made the decision to select him ahead of a more natural option like Oleksandr Zinchenko, and it proved dividends.
Lewis-Skelly was excellent up against Spurs' dangerman Dejan Kulusevski.
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But tactically, the star did not fully invert.
Instead, Lewis-Skelly went halfway with the role, leaving Kulusevski with a conundrum on whether to mark him or not, whereas a fully inverted role would have allowed another player to pick him up.
The teenager's ball-carrying exploits were particularly impressive during the game, going on to carry the ball more than Rice throughout the game.
A number of times he would pick up the ball from Gabriel Magalhaes or the goalkeeper before moving forward into acres of space.
This was helped by a particularly poor display by Yves Bissouma and a Pape Matar Sarr yellow card.
Lewis-Skelly also worked well in tandem with Rice in neutralising any Spurs threat down that side.
It will do his England chances a world of good given how Thomas Tuchel was in the stands.
And it may also see Rico Lewis - who plays a similar role - lose his spot, with the Arsenal star being streets ahead of the Manchester City star.
Rice masterclass
Against Tottenham, Rice proved why he is one of the best midfielders in the world.
The former West Ham seemed to cover every nook and cranny of the Emirates to snuff out Tottenham threat.
He was in his own area making challenges and clearances and helping Lewis-Skelly.
The midfielder then surprised everyone by popping up in the Spurs penalty area in a lung-busting display.
Such was his full-gusto performance that it was like Arsenal played with an extra man - not the referee to be clear.
Early on Spurs did a good job of defending the edge of their area, particularly in the first 15 to 20 minutes.
But it was the presence of Rice which disrupted the flow of the defence, pushing back the Spurs midfield by making runs from deep.
And it also proved effective in throwing the balance out of Spurs' attack.
Arteta punctures Ange-ball
One thing Spurs can take away from the game is that Postecoglou does not have just one way to play.
They would have been disappointed to not go into half-time level, given the corner incident and a goalkeeping error from youngster Antonin Kinsky, since their tactics seemed to work for the most part up to then.
The issue, however, that because it is such a rigid structure teams can plan to play against it - not that it means it can always be stopped.
Arsenal executed one such plan for it to brilliant effect, with the "Wheels of Chaos" we mentioned in our last show rearing their head after the break.
Yet it was the aforementioned Rice and Martin Odegaard who did brilliant jobs in midfield keeping tabs on the inside right and left players respectively.
As we mentioned, not tracking the runner from the wheel would be fatal from a defensive point of view.
But with Odegaard and Rice tracking their men along with Raheem Sterling and Trossard also doing superb defensive work, it meant Spurs often had to rush their attacks.
And the consequence of this was an effective counter-attack propped up by strong performances by Odegaard and Jurrien Timber on one side and Rice and Lewis-Skelly on the other.
New look press
After coming under scrutiny for failing to beat ten-man Manchester United in the FA Cup, Arteta came up with a superb plan to beat Tottenham and claw themselves back into the title race.
Out of possession Arsenal have been known to operate in a 4-4-2 pressing structure.
But for this game, Arteta switched that system to a 4-3-3 press instead, with Trossard tracking Porro into an inverted position.
Sterling, Odegaard and Havertz were then able to go and press as a three-man unit which stopped Spurs playing first-time balls out from the back and nullifying one of their most effective weapons.
Set piece tweaks
Arsenal are known as the king of set pieces for a reason - not that it stopped Gary Neville from slamming Arsenal set piece coach Nicolas Jover again.
They are top of the table for goals scored from set pieces and corners, and whether you want to level criticism for it or not, there is absolutely no denying its impact on getting the Gunners points.
And Jover cooked up something special against Spurs, not that the visitors didn't have some set-piece tricks up their own sleeve.
Spurs knew Arsenal packed both boxes at corners so sent two players out to be the corner takers to help drag some defenders out, while two more stars lurked on the edge of the area.
This was exactly where Son scored from with no one picking him up after Sterling, who had picked him up the corner before, was dragged away by another dummy run.
But at the other end, Gabriel came in like the unstoppable force he is to force a goal over the line.
Spurs left two players upfield in the hopes that Arsenal would commit fewer players forward, but the home side bravely left their players one-on-one, rather than have a spare man as extra cover.
Unfortunately for Spurs, there was also very little chance the goalkeeper would manage to catch any of the crosses due to the crowding around his six-yard area.
Therefore, Jover did not allow Spurs to derail Arsenal's dominance at corners by showing bravery in attacking set pieces.
