In this football language podcast for learners of English, we look at some of the words and phrases from the recent North London derby between Tottenham and Arsenal from a report from the Guardian newspaper and in particular how they described the three Spurs goals, including the words, ‘flicked header‘; ‘converted penalty‘; ‘assured finish‘ and ‘stooping header‘. You can also read a transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our site to access all our previous posts and podcasts. If you have any suggestions or questions then you can contact us at admin@languagecaster.com. Learn English Through Football Podcast: Tottenham 3-0 Arsenal May 2022 DF: Hello again everyone and welcome to Languagecaster.com – the football-language podcast for learners of English who love the beautiful game of football. I’m Damian and I’m here in a sunny London and I’m one half of the languagecaster team, the other member of course is Damon who’s based in Tokyo, Japan. Now, it’s the day after the North London derby so I am in a pretty good mood as my favourite team Spurs beat their rivals Arsenal last night by three goals to nil. Come on! So, on this podcast we look at some of the words and phrases from this game from a report from the Guardian newspaper and in particular how they described the three Spurs goals, including, ‘flicked header‘; ‘converted penalty‘; ‘assured finish‘ and ‘stooping header‘. Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (in Spanish) Converted penalty Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'BKqAApd3ReRCukOOfOl0CA',sig:'FRSQ8WbCWiwesIpnc_S1zzMkcWT0T1kQX5HDGPgNcn4=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1240626051',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); This is how the newspaper reported on the opening goal and they start by explaining that South Korean striker Son Heung-min caused continuous problems for the Arsenal defence; the phrase tormented the defence means he never let them relax at all throughout the game – he was clearly much better than them. This part of the report doesn’t mention the actual foul that gave away the penalty but highlights the fact that the striker made the defence suffer. To bully an opponent is another way of saying this though I am not sure that it was Son’s physical presence and much more to do with his speed and trickery. The penalty was scored by Kane (this was his 20th successful spot kick in a row) so we can say that he converted the penalty – he scored from