07 November,2016 08:05 AM IST | | AFP
Harry Kane marked his return from injury with the equaliser as Tottenham Hotspur drew 1-1 at Arsenal yesterday to keep their arch rivals from the Premier League summit
Spurs striker Harry Kane (left) is ecstatic after scoring a goal during the English Premier League match vs Arsenal yesterday. Pic/AFP
Spurs striker Harry Kane (left) is ecstatic after scoring a goal during the English Premier League match vs Arsenal yesterday. Pic/AFP
London: Harry Kane marked his return from injury with the equaliser as Tottenham Hotspur drew 1-1 at Arsenal yesterday to keep their arch rivals from the Premier League summit.
Arsenal took the lead late in the first half courtesy of Kevin Wimmer's own goal, but Kane levelled from the penalty spot early in the second period after a foul on Mousa Dembele by Laurent Koscielny.
The result prevented Arsenal from supplanting Chelsea as leaders and opening up a six-point gap over Spurs, who remain fifth, three points below Arsene Wenger's men. "It was a game of high intensity," said Wenger, who felt the penalty awarded by referee Mark Clattenburg was "harsh".
"In the first half we always looked like we could score every time we crossed the halfway line. In the second half we looked a bit more flat physically and less sharp," Wenger said.
Wenger has now gone five league games without beating Spurs for the first time, while Mauricio Pochettino is the first Spurs manager to avoid defeat in his first five top-flight North London derbies.
