{"id":1164048,"date":"2026-02-23T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/?p=1164048"},"modified":"2026-02-23T11:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:35:00","slug":"spurs-boss-captain-praise-arsenal-after-4-1-thrashing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/spurs-boss-captain-praise-arsenal-after-4-1-thrashing\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs boss &amp; captain praise Arsenal after 4-1 thrashing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spurs boss &amp; captain praise Arsenal after 4-1 thrashing<\/p>\n<h2>Spurs boss Igor Tudor and team captain Micky van de Ven have conceded that Arsenal were simply the better side on Sunday, with Tudor praising the Gunners as among the world\u2019s best.<\/h2>\n<p>Photo by Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Former Tottenham Hotspur manager <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/tag\/thomas-frank\/\">Thomas Frank<\/a> had a bit of a reputation for being a fan of his team\u2019s local rivals during his time in the job, regularly praising Arsenal as one of the best teams in the world.<\/p>\n<p>The situation all came to a head when Frank was spotted inadvertently <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/2026\/01\/spurs-frank-arsenal-cup\/\">holding an Arsenal coffee cup<\/a>. In the weeks afterwards, Gunners fans regularly chanted that the Spurs manager was an Arsenal Silver Member.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately for Spurs fans, Frank was sacked before Arsenal could really rub it in at the north London derby. But following another 4-1 defeat to the Gunners on Sunday, new boss <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/tag\/igor-tudor\/\">Igor Tudor<\/a> was just as complimentary of their rivals.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Mike Hewitt\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t need this game, for sure,\u201d Tudor said. \u201cArsenal are probably the best team in the world now, in this moment. It was not easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spurs captain <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/tag\/micky-van-de-ven\/\">Micky van de Ven<\/a> was similarly quick to admit that they were second best on Sunday, answering a question about Tottenham\u2019s performance by immediately praising Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Arsenal, to be honest, today overall was the better team,\u201d van de Ven said. \u201cBut first half we were still in the game at 1-1, and everything can happen. Then two minutes after the second half [started] they scored straight away the 2-1, and then after that it was really difficult.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut yeah, today they were just the better team and I think they created way more than us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Mike Hewitt\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Spurs fans may now have to live with the idea that they\u2019ve got another Arsenal fan in the dugout, but the good news is they\u2019re unlikely to see Tudor\u2019s side face the Gunners again in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Tudor has only been appointed until the end of the season, and Spurs can\u2019t face Arsenal again in the Premier League, FA Cup, or League Cup this campaign.<\/p>\n<p>That only leaves the Champions League, but Arsenal finishing first and Spurs finishing fourth in the League Phase means the two teams can\u2019t meet until the semi-final at the earliest, if not the final \u2013 depending on the draw this Friday.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unlikely both Arsenal and Spurs will get that far, to put it politely.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/spurs-boss-captain-praise-arsenal-113500528.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/spurs-boss-captain-praise-arsenal-113500528.html<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spurs boss &amp; captain praise Arsenal after 4-1 thrashing Spurs boss Igor Tudor and team captain Micky van de Ven have conceded that Arsenal were&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1164049,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1164048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1164048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1164049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1164048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1164048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1164048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}