Bent sensed Gunners tension

Bent: Not surprised by Arsenal

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Darren Bent has claimed that he 'knew something was going on' at Arsenal during Tottenham's game at Emirates Stadium last month.

Gunners defender William Gallas this week revealed details of a dressing-room argument that happened at half-time of the North London derby.

Gallas has since been left out of the Arsenal squad for the defeat to Manchester City on Saturday and reportedly stripped of his captaincy.

And Bent could hear the quarrelling from Arsenal before Spurs plundered two goals at the death to snatch an astonishing 4-4 draw.

"It's not that hard to feel the tension between them and we knew that something was going on," said Bent.

"We always felt at 4-3 that if we could get the ball in the box one more time they'd crumble and luckily enough that happened.

"You could definitely hear the players arguing between themselves but we were just focusing on what we had to do and we put them under pressure and got our rewards."

Bent insists the spirit at White Hart Lane could not be stronger, despite the fact that Tottenham remain in the bottom three.

"As far as our dressing room is concerned everybody's happy, everybody's upbeat and looking forward to the next game.

"Maybe once you get under their skin and play as well as we did, it's always going to frustrate you and obviously it got to them."