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David Byrom

Jamie Redknapp noticed what Granit Xhaka did for Alexandre Lacazette's goal vs Tottenham

Alexandre Lacazette's superb long-range goal lit up the North London derby against Tottenham Hotspur, but Jamie Redknapp was keen to point out the role another Gunners player had in the strike.

Lacazette gave the Gunners the lead with a fantastic strike before Spurs equalised shortly after.

Tottenham then took the lead with just 10 minutes of the game left to play through Toby Alderwereld's header.

The result leaves Arsenal in ninth place in the table.

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Speaking at half-time, Redknapp said that Granit Xhaka played a key role in giving Lacazette time to fire the ball past Hugo Lloris by blocking Serge Aurier's attempts to track back.

Sky Sports pundit Redknapp praised the strike, claiming it was unstoppable, and argued that Xhaka had done Lacazette a favour.

He said: "It's a beautiful strike, as soon as you hit those you know they're in.

"It's a poor piece of play by Serge Aurier, not a great header, he gets up too slowly, it's a poor touch and he needs to win the tackle.

"He doesn't win it and the ball falls to Lacazette, who just hits that so well.

"It's just pure, everything you'd want in a strike.

"The technique is good, he gets his head over the ball, it's just unstoppable.

"A beautiful strike."

He added: "The ball came to him so quickly.

"Granit Xhaka does him a favour as he just gets in the way of Aurier.

"He just steps across him, that buys Lacazette a fraction of a second to get a shot away, otherwise Aurier might have been able to get back to slide tackle.

"He hits it so hard, no chance for the goalkeeper."

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