Two men were arrested ahead of today's north London derby as football fans clashed with police.

The Metropolitan Police said the two men were detained for separate public order offences at around 12.30pm at the Park Lane junction of High Road, in Tottenham, near to White Hart Lane.

The arrests came as tens of thousands of fans headed to the ground to see Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal in a hotly-anticipated Premier League match.

Footage posted on social media appeared to show some Tottenham fans clashing with mounted police and one man was seen with a bloodied face in a photo uploaded to Twitter.

Objects including bottles are seen to be thrown at officers by some fans, while others try to escape the melee.

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Oliver Barr, 23, a Fulham fan who attended the game, said some Tottenham fans had lined the road from the stadium's south stand, which seats the away fans, to High Road, as well as the route taken by police escorting Arsenal fans.

Although he did not see what sparked the clashes in the video, he said: "I could quite clearly see bottles being thrown and mounted police using batons on fans as they tried to get control of the situation.

"After regaining some degree of control, the police managed to gather all of the away fans into a double-layered cordon of officers outside of the away end but you could clearly see coins and other objects being thrown between the two sets of fans as mounted officers encouraged Spurs fans to move to their seats.

"I was shocked to see such violence erupt so close to the ground and with such a huge police presence around. I have been to many away games supporting Fulham but never experienced violence against regular, everyday fans like that before."

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