Antonin Kinsky's error in the north London derby shows life comes at you fast, writes SAMI MOKBEL... how he bounces back could define the rest of his Tottenham career
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Antonin Kinsky has one option: to puff his chest out and go again. But this will sting, make no mistake. Life comes at you quick. First you're chalking off your first clean sheet in a dream debut against Liverpool. You follow that up with another shut-out in the FA Cup win over Tamworth on Saturday.
![[Lenadro Trossard's strike found its way under the goalkeeper and into the back of the net]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/00/94146521-0-image-a-38_1736986427853.jpg)
All of a sudden you're being billed as the next Tottenham No 1 for a decade. But then last night happens. A crash course in the perils of Premier League football for Tottenham's rookie keeper. His first mistake in English football was a big one. Antonin Kinsky's error for Arsenal's winning goal against Tottenham on Wednesday will sting.
![[How the goalkeeper recovers from the error against his side's rivals could define the rest of his Tottenham career]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/00/94146641-0-image-a-39_1736986442567.jpg)
Lenadro Trossard's strike found its way under the goalkeeper and into the back of the net. How the goalkeeper recovers from the error against his side's rivals could define the rest of his Tottenham career. Playing for Tottenham, it doesn't get much bigger than playing against Arsenal.
![[Kinsky has no alternative other than to get straight back on the horse at the weekend]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/00/94146637-0-image-a-41_1736986453948.jpg)
Making a mistake against Arsenal, that's something entirely different. When your team concede and lose because of your error in an north London derby, well…. Kinsky has suffered that ignominy now. The sight of Leandro Trossard's albeit fiercely struck effort squirming away from his outstretched left palm may cause him nightmares.
![[Ange Postecoglou's side are injury-hit with Kinsky currently the No 1 choice between sticks]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/00/94146531-0-image-m-42_1736986457483.jpg)
How the keeper recovers from that blow could well define the rest of his Tottenham career. That may sound dramatic and rather reactionary. Perhaps it is. But you don't get too many opportunities to make blunders like this as a rookie Premier League goalkeeper before the pressure grows.
![[The 21-year-old also made a number of errors that would have given Arsenal confidence]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/00/94147309-14290149-image-a-58_1736987383027.jpg)
