Arsenal offered reality check by Graeme Souness as he delivers damning verdict

Graeme Souness has poured cold water on Arsenal's north London derby win insisting they beat "as poor a Tottenham team as I've seen in a long, long time."

The Gunners eased past their north London rivals, scoring all three of their goals in a rampant first-half.

Nuno Espirito Santo's side were poor and conceded three for the third consecutive game as their promising start to the season is undone.

Arsenal meanwhile are the opposite, having won their last three following a dismal start to the campaign.

Norwich, Burnley and now Tottenham have been brushed aside but Souness is adamant the Gunners will still not reach the top four as he questioned how much has changed from their poor start.

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"Arsenal, enjoy your moment but you won't play against such a poor team that Spurs were the first 45 minutes," he told Sky Sports.

"They were so bad, they're as bad as you'll see this season. Enjoy your moment, but we'll [Tottenham] be back.

"I'm looking at the crowd singing Aubameyang's name, you go back last year and he was getting enormous abuse for the way he was playing and not scoring goals. Football is such a fickle game.

"That literally is one swallow, that's not made your summer. I don't believe Arsenal have gone from what we were seeing…They've now beat Norwich, Burnley and had a good 45 minutes against as poor a Tottenham team as I've seen in a long, long time.

"Enjoy your moment but that's not going to make you a top four or Champions League team next year.

"You will not play such a poor team as Spurs were in that first half every week in the Premier League."

Emile smith Rowe opened the scoring before Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Bukayo Saka also got in on the act.

Heung-min Son pulled one back for the visitors late on, but they were well below par, as their new boss conceded.

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"The performance was not good. The game plan was not good. The decisions were not good. It was not a good day for us. Definitely not a good day," Nuno admitted

"The decisions were not according to the game plan and I take responsibility. I won't name individuals, but the game plan was not right according to the players who were on the pitch.

"We were not aggressive enough to control Arsenal in midfield. They were faster, stronger, more aggressive. We suffered when we wanted to go in front, and we allowed Arsenal to come to us. Bad decisions."