No limits for Spurs – Pochettino

Wenger had limited options available on the bench and his decision to withdraw Cazorla caused a few surprise, but he has since explained that the Spain midfielder did not feel well enough to continue. He is not sick.

Full-back Gibbs had only just been introduced when he got in behind Kyle Walker to volley home a teasing cross and earn a share of the points with just his fourth touch of the game.

“I hope it’s nothing bad, but he says he’s all right now”. “Then on the other hand you have players that are injured because their body doesn’t take it”.

“We were a bit on the ropes and we responded. But we responded. I think we respond well”.

Arsene Wenger’s side had suffered a humiliating 5-1 reverse at Bayern Munich in the Champions League during the week and Mertesacker felt it definitely played a part in their below-par showing.

“I was happy to come on in a big game like that and get a goal”.

The Spurs boss said: “A fair result?”.

“We probably deserved to win against Liverpool, we beat Manchester City and probably maybe deserved to win at Arsenal as well”.

“I am very proud of my players and the character we showed, the level we played the game”.

But with Mauricio Pochettino’s Spurs putting in a performance of real industry at the Emirates, the Gunners found it hard to get a prolonged foothold in the game. The effort of my players was brilliant.

“We played very well”. We showed maturity. It’s a very young team.

Gunners defender Kieran Gibbs grabbed a late equaliser after Harry Kane had put Spurs 1-0 up in the first half, with the visitors dominating the majority of the Premier League game.

“When you are 1-0 down, it is a mixture or relief and regret because if we were really clinical we would have won it in the last 15 minutes – (Olivier) Giroud had the chances to score”. Therefore, as a result of injuries, a shocking display and a ideal substitution in bringing Gibbo on for Joel, did the draw give us a platform to build on after the global break with the one point, or was it a disappointing result and thus it was as though we lost two points?