The Spurs midfielder scored the game’s only goal in the 45th minute, spotting David Raya off his line and lobbing him from a long, long way out. There was a decent tempo to the game in the first half but both sides lost their rhythm a little in the second.

Viktor Gyokeres got his first taste of Arsenal football just five days after joining up with his new teammates, but struggled to influence the play in a 13-minute cameo as the Gunners chased an opener. He will have another opportunity to find his first Arsenal goal as Villarreal visit the Emirates next week.

Thomas Frank won his first north London derby after Tottenham defeated Arsenal 1-0 in a pre-season friendly in Singapore. Pape Sarr scored from close to the halfway line right before the break to separate the two sides in their first fixture outside the United Kingdom.