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Your support makes all the difference.Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang missed a 90th-minute penalty as a scrappy north-London derby against Tottenham Hotspur ended in a 1-1 draw on Saturday.
Hugo Lloris got down low to keep out the substitute's poor kick and rescue a below-par Tottenham who had equalised in the 74th minute through Harry Kane's spot-kick.
Arsenal, bidding to close the gap to their arch-rivals to one point, had taken the lead in the 16th minute when Aaron Ramsey broke clear after a mistake by Davinson Sanchez.
Kane had a first-half header ruled out for offside but Tottenham struggled to create chances as a third Premier League defeat in succession for the first time since 2012 loomed.
Alexandre Lacazette had wasted a good chance to make it 2-0 to Arsenal, but it was the man who replaced him, Aubameyang, who cost his side victory with a poorly-struck penalty after Sanchez was adjudged to have fouled him.
A niggly game ended with Arsenal's other substitute Lucas Torreira being red-carded for a high tackle on Danny Rose.
Tottenham's first league draw of the season left them third in the table, four points above Arsenal who can be overtaken by Manchester United if they beat Southampton later.
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A half that never truly exploded into life, with Arsenal very content to sit back and force Tottenham to create, something Mauricio Pochettino's side struggled to do against Burnley and Chelsea.
And Unai Emery's plan has largely worked, a phenomenal double save from Bernd Leno as the half ebbed to a close the only moments of real threat that Spurs produced, other than a disallowed Harry Kane header, the England captain clearly offside.
And Spurs were a touch over-confident after an early ascendancy in possession, every player in white inside the Arsenal half as Davinson Sanchez failed to deal with a bouncing ball.
Alexandre Lacazette collected and played Aaron Ramsey in, Ramsey surging clear of Victor Wanyama's valiant efforts to get back, rounding Hugo Lloris and slotting Arsenal into the lead.
Might Spurs be paying for their lack of investment?
Some of Mauricio Pochettino's players looked uncharacteristically lacking in energy in that first half as we approach the end of a three-game week.
A reminder that Arsenal were ten points behind Tottenham at this time last weekend - as things stand, they are going to pithing a point of their rivals...
SJA Sports Columnist of the Year Jonathan Liew weighs in on Tottenham's midfield (or lack thereof) from Wembley.
Two superb saves from Bernd Leno to keep Arsenal ahead.
A huge second-half ahead, and the players are retaking the field...
A half-time change - Matteo Guendouzi has not re-emerged with his teammates, and Lucas Torreira will take his place in midfield.
47 minutes
Alexandre Lacazette has gone down off the ball on a couple of occasion today, seemingly with nothing untoward causing him to do so, with Anthony Taylor's cursory glance all the Frenchman receives in terms of action from the officials.
Aaron Ramsey and Kieran Trippier are arm in arm as if escorting each other to the altar, with the Arsenal man adjudged to have been the offending part by Taylor, much to Ramsey's chagrin.
49 minutes
Christian Eriksen hasn't been at his effervescent best in recent weeks, and after strong work from Moussa Sissoko by his own right corner flag the Dane rather wastes an opportunity to look long to Harry Kane and Heung-Min Son.
Tottenham rebuild and Kane does well to free Kieran Trippier on the right, but the wing-back produces a cross that rather characterises his season. Awful.
51 minutes
Tottenham have really lacked in accuracy this afternoon, and there seems to be real frustration in their performance, now.
Kieran Trippier for some reason fouls Alex Iwobi with the Nigerian watching a ball sail past his nose out of play.
Spurs do deal with the free kick effectively enough, but Mauricio Pochettino's half-time team talk seems to have done little.
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