2 Points Dropped for Arsenal? Arsenal 2-2 Spurs

Arsenal fought back from two goals down to salvage a 2-2 draw with bitter rivals Tottenham in an enthralling north London derby at the Emirates.

Arsenal started the strongest of the two sides, but another defensive mistake, Sokratis missing a header in the midfield allowed Harry Kane to start an attack. Spurs moved the ball wide to Erik Lamela, whose shot was saved by Leno, but right into the path of Christian Eriksen, who tapped home from close range for his 

50th Premier League goal. Harry Kane's converted another penalty in a North London Derby after Granit Xhaka's crazy and erratic nature took over yet again, committing a foul on Heung-min Son in the area.

Alexandre Lacazette sparked the Gunners' fightback in first-half stoppage-time with a beautiful three tough move, taking him away from the defender and smashing home from close. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang levelled the tie with 19 minutes left on the clock with a smart finish.

Arsenal had the ball in the Tottenham goal for a third time, when Sokratis bundled home a Sead Kolasinac cross, but VAR ruled it out as the left back was found to have been offside. Spurs escaped the Emirates with a point, and for the second time in as many seasons leading the game 2-1 at half time.

Arsenal started with Pierre Emerick Aubameyang, Nicolas Pepe and Alexandre Lacazette in attack for the very time and dominated the first 10 minutes, and Pepe fired the first chance of the game over the bar, with not even two minutes of the clock.

Bernd Leno somewhat made up for his mistake for the first goal, with two saves as the visitors controlled the game following their goal, and threatened kill the game off quite quickly, as they continued to hit Arsenal on the counter, catching hold of keeping hold of an Eriksen curler, before producing a sublime fingertip save to tip a Son shot round the post.

Pepe thought he had got Arsenal level on 23 minutes, as he nodded a header towards goal, from an Aubameyang cross, Danny Rose managed to get the block in and turn it behind for the corner. 

Granit Xhaka gifted Spurs the chance to double their lead on 39 minutes, as he made a reckless and stupid unge on Son. Martin Atkinson correctly gave the penalty, and Harry Kane stepped up and scored, to become the north London derby's all-time top scorer with his 10th goal in the fixture. With Spurs dominating, and 2-0, many Arsenal fans thought the game was over before half time, until Lacazette fired in on the stroke of half time, giving the hosts a lifeline. 

Arsenal tried everything to level the tie; Tottenham keeper Lloris tipped Matteo Guendouzi's drive behind on 56 minutes, and from the corner, Lacazette flicked it on, but Kolasinac got in front of the on-running Aubameyang, but he missed from a yard out. 

Harry Kane saw his drive smash the inside post and away from danger, and Hugo Lloris tapped a Dani Ceballos looping shot over the bar. 

The Emirates breathed a collective sigh of relief on the hour as Kane's swerving drive cannoned off the inside of the post, while substitute Dani Ceballos almost made an immediate impact when his dipping shot drew a fingertip save from Lloris.

Arsenal’s equaliser finally came as Aubameyang got inside the centre backs and was on the end of a Guendouzi cross to put it behind Lloris.

VAR was called upon in the final minute when Sokratis and Kane went down in the Arsenal area and referee Martin Atkinson's decision not to award a penalty was correct, and the North London sides took 1 point each.