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Gary Neville believes Antonio Conte managed his first North London Derby perfectly as Tottenham Hotspur beat Arsenal 3-0 on Thursday night.

Two first-half goals for Harry Kane meant that Spurs went into the half-time break in cruise control. They were helped by the fact that Gunners centre-back Rob Holding was sent off in the 33rd minute for a second yellow card offence. Son wrapped things up almost immediately after the restart as Spurs eased to three points. Victory means they now trail their arch-rivals by just one point with two games to go in the race for the top four.

But Neville believes that Tottenham were set up perfectly by Conte. In fact, he even likened the managerial performance to a classic Jose Mourinho-type 'masterclass': "You used to say Mourinho masterclass didn't you," he said on The Gary Neville Podcast after the game.

"I think Conte's the type of manager that would've looked at Arteta tonight. Mikel Arteta, I think is right. You don't drop your principles. He's come out of the Pep Guardiola school of 'we play our way', and he's not going to go back to his own box and defend ten outfield players behind the ball and say, 'come on, we're just going to counter-attack on you'. They try and push up the pitch, they try and keep at least a mid-line."

He added: "Conte will ruthlessly go back to the edge of his own box. He very much at the start of the