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Champions League spot with two games left of the season. The night’s talking points were not the goals but the penalty awarded by referee Paul Tierney for a shove by Cedric Soares on Son for the opener, and then a second yellow card for Arsenal defender Rob Holding after he seemed to push his elbow in to the face of the Korean after half an hour. Arsenal manager Arteta was so enraged that he refused to talk properly about them afterwards. He said: ‘I can’t do it as I want to be on the touchline on Monday (against Newcastle). I can’t lie and if I speak about it I will be suspended so I prefer not to. A beautiful game has been destroyed.’ Spurs manager Conte was quick to hit back. The Italian said: ‘Mikel Arteta is doing a really good job but I listened to him complain a lot. ‘I think he has to be focused more on his team and not complaining.