Yesterday's North London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham finished 1-1 with the goals coming from Kieran Gibbs and Harry Kane.
While Kane may have been expected to score in the game, Gibbs's strike came as a shock. It was only the Arsenal defender's second ever league goal.
The two goal scorers were also London born. The London Times today published a fact that showed it was the first derby between the two sides that saw a local player from each team score in the game in over quarter of a century.
It is a simple statistic that shows how English football has become over reliant on foreign stars.
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