Premier League: Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur

It's been 17 years since Spurs have beaten their north London rivals away from home. In fact it's not just Arsenal they haven't beaten in that time, it's the rest of the Big Four too - that's 68 games on the road without a win. The Tottenham faithful must be hoping they can finally put all that behind them and get a win. The Arsenal fans don't think so and they unfurl a banner displaying their confidence as the teams come out Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer The Spurs players huddle before the game but unfortunately Benoît Assou-Ekotto can't join in due to his big hair Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer Derbies are normally rather tasty affairs and it doesn't help when players the involved have a bit of a grudge between themselves. Former Arsenal defender William Gallas and Samir Nasri have a feud going back to Euro 2008. The pair never spoke during Gallas's time at Arsenal. In the first minute Gallas got revenge for Nasri refusing to shake his former team-mate's hand at the start of the game by sticking out a leg and bringing him down Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer In the ninth minute Nasri opens the scoring for Arsenal. Gallas won't like that Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer Nasri and Alex Song combine to take the ball past Rafael van der Vaart Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer Halfway through the first half Cesc Fábregas receives a ball from Song down the inside right channel. He nudges the ball past Younes Kaboul, speeds into box and tries for the bottom left corner. The shot goes just wide Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer Five minutes later Arsenal double their lead courtesy of a lovely goal from Marouane Chamakh. Three quick passes on the break move the ball from the right back position to the inside left channel where Andrey Arshavin picks up the ball. He slides in a low cross which Chamakh flicks home Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer Gareth Bale and Nasri keep an eye on the ball as they tussle away Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer Five minutes into the second half and Tottenham are back in the game. The ball is flicked into the Arsenal area by Jermain Defoe, before Van der Vaart finds Bale, who scores. Spurs got a second in the 67th minute when Van der Vaart scored a penalty after Fábregas had handled the Tottenham player's free-kick Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer Bale and Bacary Sagna go up for a header Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer Sagna goes up for another header but this time he's going up with his team-mate Song Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer Fábregas tries to make amends for his handball by curling a shot towards the top right-hand corner but Heurelho Gomes leaps across to make a great save Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer Gallas loses out to Robin van Persie Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer With four minutes left on the clock Tottenham get a free-kick wide on the right and it's swung into the Arsenal box towards a waiting Kaboul ... Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer ... who flicks it past Fabianski and into the bottom corner. It's 3-2 to Spurs Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer It's no wonder Kaboul has that huge smile on his face Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer Fábregas can't believe it ... Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer ... and neither can Arsène Wenger Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer Tottenham hold out until the final whistle, after which their players go and celebrate in front of their jubilant fans Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer