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A video footage of Arsenal’s Takehiro Tomiyasu and Tottenham’s Richarlison snapping at each other has gone viral after the Gunners’ emphatic North London Derby win at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. It got highly tensed at the end of the 90 minutes, as Richarlison was involved there as well. The boiling tensions peaked when Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale got ‘kicked’ by a Tottenham fan while he was having a rift with Richarlison.

It seemed as if the Brazilian was loving to be at the centre of all the wrong things, as he had a spat with Ramsdale, wherein even tried to punch the England international in the face. Richarlison has a reputation of getting embroiled in such incidents, as he was also caught on the camera, trying to disrupt an Arsenal throw while warming up on the sidelines. However, Tomiyasu ensured none of his antics affected his side’s play.

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Richarlison was on the side of everything that was wrong during the North London Derby. Credits: Twitter

Fans react as Richarlison gets it all wrong during the North London Derby

Arsenal won away at Tottenham for the first time since the 13/14 season, and piled up more misery as well in the process on the their rivals. The defeat put fifth-placed Spurs five points behind fourth-placed Manchester United, who also have a game in hand. Moreover, the club’s fans were already enraged at their board led by Daniel Levy for not investing enough this transfer window in order to beef-up Antonio Conte with a couple of solid signings.

And that frustration was apparently shared by the players as well, with Richarlison the testament to it. While on the sidelines, warming up to come on in the game, the striker tried to shout and disrupt an Arsenal throw-in. Richarlison apparently grew angry at Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey who trying to waste a little of a time while taking a throw-in. The former Everton striker first tried to attract the referee’s attention, and after no avail, was about intervene himself.

However, the Gunners’ full-back Tomiyasu, who was also warming up there put his hand in front of Richarlison to stop him from creating a distraction. The Spurs’ summer recruit angrily pushed the Japan international’s arm, the very first expression of his frustration at his team losing 2-0. It was not over there, as after coming on in the 71st minute, Richarlison was still unable to provide a change to the scoreline his side’s favour.

At full-time whistle then, he got into a verbal spat with Arsenal’s Ramsdale, which turned physical as the Brazil international literally tried to punch the 24-year-old in the face. Fans were evidently not happy over the striker’s this behaviour, as they condemned it through their furious reactions on Twitter in response to the video. Here are some of them: