Cazorla suffers dizzy spell in Arsenal draw

Nonetheless it was a valuable point for Spurs given that only Manchester United and Leicester of their nearest rivals won over the weekend.

The breakthrough arrived on 32 minutes as Danny Rose swept a ball into space behind the floundering Per Mertesacker and Kane ran on to tuck it calmly beyond Petr Cech for his sixth goal in four games. Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal, thrashed 5-1 by Bayern Munich in mid-week, were on course for another dispiriting defeat as Olivier Giroud spurned chance after chance to bring them level.

“Goals don’t come often for me”, he admitted afterwards. “We know what it means on both sides”. “With Manchester City dropping points it was a good opportunity for us to get ahead of them”.

After the global break there are seven English Premier League fixtures before the year ends, which looks to put pressure on every team’s fatigue and abilities.

That followed on from a Capital One Cup fixture between the pair last month that saw Arsenal supporters pulling advertising hoardings off the stands at White Hart Lane. “He felt perfectly alright earlier, but when we went to go back out they said he felt dizzy”.

Indeed, despite Arsenal’s initial dominance, the pendulum swung very much in Tottenham’s favor after the break, with Kane, Toby Alderweireld and Christian Erikson spurning chances to go two goals to the good.

“I hope it is nothing bad, but it does not look like it, because he says he is alright now”.

Speaking on talkSPORT’s Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast show, Friedel said: “I tip Tottenham to get into the top four this season, and that’s not because of my allegiance to them – I really believe in what Mauricio Pochettino is doing there”.

“The way that we play, I think we need to have character and clear ideas”, he added.

Instead, they had to fight back in the second half following a labored first half display, and Wenger was keen to praise them for once again showing they have the mental resources required to compete in the Premier League. “We probably deserved to win against Liverpool, we beat City and probably maybe deserved to win against Arsenal on Sunday as well. The progress we are making is correct”.