Harry Kane gives Spurs lead in North London derby vs
Harry Kane had given Spurs a deserved first-half lead at Emirates Stadium when he latched onto Danny Rose’s long ball forward, but left-back Gibbs poked home a 77th-minute leveller – his first league goal in more than three years – shortly after replacing Joel Campbell.
Tottenham will move just a stone’s throw from their current White Hart Lane ground and are planning to relocate for the start of the 2018/19 season. We had great chances to score.
A fine ball from the halfway line fell to Kane in behind the Arsenal centre-back and a cool finish from the striker made it 1-0 at the break.
After a cagey opening, the first chance of the game arrived in the 25th minute when an un-marked Eric Dier headed wide of the mark from close range.
“For all players, they all need confidence, trust in themselves and to be patient”, Pochettino said.
“It is too far until the end of the season so it’s a question mark but with the way we played today and the way we have done, it’s impossible to set a limit to what we can achieve”, he said.
TOTTENHAM boss Mauricio Pochettino could be forgiven for ruing opportunities missed in a typically hectic Derby – but instead praised the efforts of his young side.
Eriksen was thwarted by Cech with another good strike and Alderweireld’s header forced a strong parry from the former Chelsea star as Spurs looked for a killer second, but instead Arsenal grabbed an equaliser against the run of play through the most unlikely of sources.
“Every time we have a dissspointment I feel we respond well in the game after”.
“I hope it is nothing bad, but it does not look like it, because he says he is alright now”.
Gabriel spoke a little about a few of the derbies that he grew up watching in his native São Paulo, “São Paulo has four big rivalries, especially when Corinthians plays against Palmeiras, it is a great derby similar to Arsenal and Tottenham, with a great rivalry on and off the pitch”. I can’t speak about the Tottenham that you have seen before but I am very happy with the way that we develop our philosophy.
“We are struggling with a lot of injuries at the moment so we don’t have a lot of options”, Gibbs said. The effort of my players was brilliant.
“I think we have shown character today because we were a bit on the ropes and we responded”, added Wenger. It is a very sensitive subject and a very complicated one that we try to work out.