‘The last 20 minutes weren’t nice, but it was worth it’ – Bukayo Saka insists Arsenal have learned lessons
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Arsenal's Bukayo Saka celebrates scoring their second goal against Tottenham
Arsenal’s narrow north London derby win over Tottenham proves they have “learned their lessons” from last year’s title collapse, according to Bukayo Saka,.
The England winger scored one and set up another as the Gunners beat Spurs 3-2 on Sunday, despite a scrappy second period seeing them nearly surrender a three-goal lead.
Saka said: “There’s not much room for error. We’ve got experience now, we’ve learned our lessons from last year. We’re ready for the last three games.
“We showed that today, maybe last season that could have ended in a draw but today we showed that we have the experience now and we can come here and get three points when the stakes are high and it’s a massive game. Delighted.”
Saka insisted he was not overly concerned that Spurs managed to fight back from three down via Cristian Romero’s goal from David Raya’s error and a late Heung-min Son penalty.
“The last 20 minutes weren’t nice, but it was worth it,” he said.
“We know it’s a big derby, they don’t want to lose 3-0 at home so once they got one the crowd was up, they were up and the momentum shifted their way but I’m proud of all the boys, we fought to the end.
“We just needed to be calm, everything was quite frantic. We showed level heads at the end.
“We know what it means to the fans and to us, we’re delighted. It means everything, we know it’s a massive win and we’ve got three [games] to go. We’ll give it everything and see where it leads us.”
