Usually a draw at Arsenal is not at all a bad result and we can be proud of that. But when you consider the fact we dominated the match, scored first and conceded a late goal, this is a disappointing result. We played well and after taking the lead, had enough chances to kill the game off. But as usual, we lacked the cutting edge and it cost us all 3 points. We probably would have won this match had Arsenal scored first as we look more comfortable coming from a goal behind rather than defending a lead this season. Disappointly, this is almost a carbon copy of the result there last season, when Chadli scored early in the 2nd half but Arsenal scored a late equalizer in the 74th minute. Well, atleast we can be satisfied with the fact we are unbeaten against Arsenal in 3 league matches and are unbeaten in 11 league matches this season.
Credit to Kane for scoring his 6th goal in 4 matches and total 7 goals for the season. It was a well-taken one-on-one goal which he could have wasted when he was badly out of form earlier in the season. It is great to see him continuing his goal run. Hopefully he can emulate the 31 goals he scored last season or atleast score more than 20 goals this season. Too bad his goal was not enough to help us beat Arsenal. He could have scored at least 2 more goals if he had been more clinical in front of goal. Similiarly, others like Eriksen and Dier should have done better with the goal scoring chances they got. I think we could have won this match if we had gone 2-0 ahead, as Arsenal were struggling badly until their goal. Wish the likes of Eriksen, Dembele or Lamela had managed to score a goal. Disappointingly, we lacked a cutting edge to kill the game off.
Thought our midfield did really well and dominated for most of the match. Credit to Dier, Alli, Dembele and Lamela for not letting Arsenal settle down in midfield. Special mention to Lamela who were hassling all the Arsenal players including the goalie all around the field whenever they get anywhere near the ball. Too bad Lamela couldn't create or score for us as that would have been a fitting tribute for all his hard work. But Lamela was so effective in tackling that Arsenal only scored after he was replaced by Son. He probably would have tackled Ozil from making that cross that resulted in their goal.
Our defence would have had perfect mark if not for the late goal conceded. Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Rose and Walker had almost a perfect match to keep our Arsenal. Too bad about their goal as we could have stopped it. Lloris did well to make a great save early in the second half but he has to take the blame for their goal. He should not have been beaten at his near post like that. Thought he could have come out to collect the cross before it reached the Arsenal player. Other that that, we also had to ride our luck as Arsenal had 2 or 3 to score but wasted. And the goal posts came to our rescue yet again when Arsenal hit it in the 2nd half.
We really should have beaten Arsenal comfortably with all the chances we created. But atleast we managed to get a draw. With us being unbeaten in 11 league matches now, hope we will keep on improve our performances and results to achieve our goals this season.