Tottenham vs Arsenal LIVE – Harry Kane scores and Hugo Lloris saves as penalties define north London derby
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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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53 minutes
Huge chance, huge miss!
Alexandre Lacazette passes out to Alex Iwobi, who holds Kieran Trippier with the threat of a shot akin to the one who released in the first half, before finding Nacho Monreal overlapping with a reverse pass.
Monreal returns the ball to Lacazette eight yards or so from goal, but the Frenchman slices his side-footed effort across and past Hugo Lloris' left-hand post.
55 minutes
Side netting!
Tottenham again create from a free kick, Shkodran Mustafi's defensive header turning into a flick-on for Toby Alderweireld at the far post.
The Belgian hits his volley cleanly and sections of the stadium briefly erupt as the net ruffles, but the effort is wide of the post, and it is the side netting disturbed.
56 minutes
Change number two for Unai Emery.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is a more than handy man to bring on from the bench. Alexandre Lacazette trots off, disappointed.
57 minutes
Finally, a booking.
You'd have got decent odds on Henrikh Mkhitaryan being the first to be cautioned, particularly given the Armenian had not yet received a yellow card this season.
Sokratis is covering well but Mkhitaryan takes no chances as he fells Harry Kane looking to move down the left.
59 minutes
Mauricio Pochettino has seen enough, and goes to his bench.
Erik Lamela for Victor Wanyama.
Another attacking option for Spurs, and the combative Lamela should relish the increasingly tempestuous nature of the game.
61 minutes
Davinson Sanchez is one of very few centre-halves in the league to be able to keep pace with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, tracking the striker all the way and stepping across as Aubameyang shoots, blocking the ball away.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan is found by Aubameyang as Arsenal look to rebuild, and the Armenian cleverly welcomes the contact from Danny Rose, earning a free kick in the right corner.
62 minutes
Granit Xhaka whips the free kick beyond the far post, the curl of the ball taking it relatively close to the top corner and nearly catching out Hugo Lloris, who is fortunate that the Arsenal player cannot keep it in and head back across with Nacho Monreal ready to head home.
63 minutes
Erik Lamela is booked for a mistimed and somewhat nasty challenge on Granit Xhaka.
Inevitable.
64 minutes
Alex Iwobi twists this way and that, finally shooting into Toby Alderweireld's midriff and earning Arsenal another corner.
Danny Rose meets the resulting delivery and a grounded Kieran Trippier sweeps the ball further out.
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