Spurs beat Arsenal 1-0 in the first-ever north London derby held outside of the UK, as Pape Matar Sarr's long-range goal was the difference in Hong Kong.

Pape Matar Sarr scored from the halfway line as Tottenham punished a shaky performance by Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya to win the first north London derby staged outside the UK 1-0 on Thursday.Raya,

Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has given his patented “here we go” to João Palhinha’s loan move to Tottenham Hotspur. The English club will pay Palhinha’s salary and the midfielder is headed to London for testing. ⚪️ João Palhinha to Tottenham, here we go! Final green light arrived right now from Bayern.

Sources said Spurs previously held an interest in Palhinha prior to Thomas Frank's arrival as head coach but it is unclear whether the Portuguese midfielder would be interested in a return to London so soon.

Tottenham are understood to have opened talks with Bayern Munich over the potential loan signing of Joao Palhinha. Palhinha joined Bayern from Fulham last summer in a deal worth up to £47.4million, but endured a difficult debut campaign in Germany.