Danny Rose believes Tottenham’s Carabao Cup win at the Emirates delivered some “karma” in response to the way Arsenal celebrated their 4-2 Premier League victory over Spurs earlier in the month.
“We had the motivation of getting to the semi-final but the cherry on top was silencing them,” the defender said. “Just remembering, they won a game at the beginning of December and they’re celebrating like they won the league. We’re over the moon we’ve put that result right. We’ll see where they are come the end of the season and we’ll see where we are.
Walking into the office this morning like… #COYS pic.twitter.com/zbQcCgd9Dp
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) December 20, 2018
“We were fully relishing the opportunity. Our only motivation was remembering the nonsense that Arsenal posted after the game a few weeks ago. That was our motivation. Players that have only played 10 games for Arsenal were getting ahead of themselves. We used that in a positive way.
Karma is a … it’s a … you know. They fully deserve what they got, Arsenal.”
Let’s watch that again…#COYS pic.twitter.com/tGlrJs2SUa
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) December 20, 2018
At the same moment Rose was outlining his opinion in the game’s aftermath, his teammates Dele Alli, who was keen to point out the score after being struck on the head with a bottle, and Harry Kane were posting celebratory tweets on social media. The irony was lost in this case, but in the heat of derby emotion being one eyed is an entirely reasonable part of any local rivalry.