This Sunday, Arsenal lost 2-1 to Tottenham Hotspur. In this season and the last, the results have been exactly the same. Arsenal beat Spurs 5-2 at home, and Spurs won 2-1 at White Hart Lane. Cumulatively, the score is 12-8 to Arsenal. Many arguments have been made by Spurs fans that the balance of power has shifted in north London, or that the pendulum has swung in favour of a Spurs team who have improved somewhat under the management of Andre Villas Boas.
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Monday, 4 March 2013
Narrative: The tension between Statistics and Romance
This Sunday, Arsenal lost 2-1 to Tottenham Hotspur. In this season and the last, the results have been exactly the same. Arsenal beat Spurs 5-2 at home, and Spurs won 2-1 at White Hart Lane. Cumulatively, the score is 12-8 to Arsenal. Many arguments have been made by Spurs fans that the balance of power has shifted in north London, or that the pendulum has swung in favour of a Spurs team who have improved somewhat under the management of Andre Villas Boas.
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