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 came on in the 77th minute to make a hotly anticipated debut just five days after signing, but struggled to influence proceedings as Arsenal desperately searched for an equaliser. Expectations are understandably high after the Gunners spent £63.

Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur continue preseason preparations on Thursday, when the north London rivals meet outside the UK for the first time in derby history — in a so-called friendly — in Hong Kong.