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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82 minutes
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang appears to take a long ball down with his arm, but the Gabonese striker can't effectively combine with a teammate with Spurs' defence briefly stretched and by the time Shkodran Mustafi finally gets his cross in, Tottenham have recovered.
Tottenham have altered their formation, and Danny Rose is now peculiarly buzzing about in defensive midfield, with Jan Vertonghen deployed as a traditional left-back.
84 minutes
Anthony Taylor draws the ire of the Wembley crowd as Fernando Llorente is adjudged to have used the elbow to beat Laurent Koscielny in the air, especially after reaching into his pocket and retrieving his yellow card.
85 minutes
Toby Alderweiereld moves across to his left swiftly for fear of Henrikh Mkhitaryan releasing a teammate, but the Armenian's ball is poor and Alderweireld shields the ball back to his goalkeeper with none of the drama of the other night.
That's how you do it, Kieran Trippier...
Shkodran Mustafi crashes into the back of Harry Kane to concede the penalty from which Kane levelled. Foolish.
88 minutes
Jan Vertonghen has impressed in his stints at left-back this season, and though he has not the pace to surge past Henrikh Mkhitaryan, he has the guile and cunning to keep the attack alive and eventually produce a dangerous cross, Harry Kane and Fernando Llorente rather occupying the same space and allowing Arsenal to clear.
PENALTY! Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang goes down under pressure from Davinson Sanchez and Anthony Taylor again signals for the penalty!
89 minutes
Henrikh Mkhitryan slipped Aubameyang in behind, and the Gabonese striker got ahead of Sanchez, though contact seemed to be minimal.
Aubameyang will take...
90 minutes
Villain-of-sorts in midweek, hero today!
Hugo Lloris saves well to his right as Aubameyang telegraphs a poor penalty, and Jan Vertonghen phenomenally recovers to prevent the Arsenal striker turning in the follow up.
Massive moment, and into five minutes of stoppage time.
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