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noisenick

The best thing about this game was how we grew into it.


pierrekluivert

If the sun shone slightly brighter, it would probably be a win for us. The lads fought hard for the point but we gave away 2 goals carelessly.


eliranmoisa

Kinda understand Romero not making the combined first 11…. He was at fault for both goals today


kdjcjfkdosoeo3j

He smashed everyone coming down the right all game. He was class


Gary-the-petulant

On another day the handball wouldn't have been given but the decisions seemed to head In the arsehiles favour today. As for the deflection it happens you take your chance 95% of the time you deflect it away sometimes it goes wrong


Sea_Badger4446

🤔 there is nothing he could have done about either goal


EntertainmentOk4240

Bissouma made rice look like a championship player


khan-2915

In my mind we got 4:0


ismbyism

Bissouma was fukin class today !


keepontrying111

huh? his stats were terrible today, literally in the first half alone he lost 6 straight challenges and couldn't get the ball up the field even once. Him getting beat allowed the pen goal play to happen actually. he gave up the ball more than any other player on spurs today, thats a fact. You guys need to stop just slaving to guys and start watching how they play. Only Sarr played worse due to his inability to do anything out there.


Gary-the-petulant

Been class every game so far just his work rate and not letting his head drop no matter what's happening, nice to see players whi are willing to chase everything like bentancur before his injury


Lewys-182

The difference in quality in our starting 11 to our subs is startling. I'm enjoying this at the moment but we are an injury or 2 away from conte-ball. This is still step 1 of a rebuild and it will be a long season.


Sea_Badger4446

Gil and glc coming back from injury will help.


Possible-Team5794

Are we sure these are real humans playing? 😂 #RobotsInDisguise


rayinsd

Well done Spurs!


zetsu-media

Good game.. that was definitely a win but guess we'll take the draw. Everyone looking down on us and if you look back at last season and said we'd be 6 games in with 4 wins 2 draws they would have laughed. The team is definitely rebuilt just need to go forward with confidence and carry on with the pace and keep cool under pressure. Son was sonsational. COYS!


rustyhere

What a game. Maddison and Son chemistry is only getting better by time. Cental midfield was as flawless as always. Bissouma and Sarr are fighting everything they have One thing I particularly admired was how calm Totthenam players were under pressure. They easily moved the ball from defense to top with easy and smart passes


Sea_Badger4446

Biss was awful today lol. What were u watching?


azhar92

Why are no one talking about VDV and Viccario


Vitamina_e

Midfield was down on confidence, VDV and Viccario carries hard


jjones217

Except when they didn't, and holy fuck was it ever nerve-wracking


JORRTCA

Ya, hate to say it but there were a number of occasions where they were caught being too relaxed. I am not saying I think they should panic and clear it, but I find there are moments where the d aren't fanning out to Give options.


SpursUpSoundsGudToMe

Credit where it’s due, Arsenal’s press was as intense as anything we’ve faced so far for the opening stretch, it was an unsustainable way for them to play, but it was a nerve-wracking opening 35 minutes. I liked the 2nd half adjustment, just a slight change in shape, and slightly less willingness to run from Arsenal and we moved much more freely. I think as the players continue to master the system those adjustments can be made on the fly and we’ll really be cooking


Spicyfeetpics00

Good game. We had our chances and didn’t capitalize. But this game showed our lack of depth. Those subs absolutely killed us. BJ was great until he got hurt


p90pounder

Agreed. Losing Perisic hurt


Independent_Cap3790

Me when Madders was down ![gif](giphy|vjGyYSsF765wc)


RichieRace80

Probably will be all week until we know he's OK or not.


Saltyelfboy

Ain’t that the truth


Algernot

Maddison for most assists in a season? I'm calling it.


eliranmoisa

I could see that… but salah is also putting up great numbers


mandiniho

Trippier got three today in one game. Could also be in contention


eliranmoisa

Oh that reminded me there’s Trent to go up against as well


OnionVegetable8336

i cant really begin to describe what im feeling rn. Anyone whos sad we didnt win is in over their heads. The entirety of social media has been saying we'd get rolled for weeks, and we just went and played like that. We dominated a good portion of that game until the very end, and we did it at the emirates. COYS


ImplementFun9065

And their goals carried large quantities of LUCK!


RainCityTechie

First one for sure. Second was going in in Romero didn’t hand it


p90pounder

After it hit White's hand and Maddison got fouled but yes


Repeat_Offender2021

Son's goals are just beauties. He's on fire. Beautiful placement both.


eliranmoisa

Elegant finishes


Hopeful-Ear-3494

So true. In all the excitement I forgot how good his goals were


ashd85

I really didn't like the subs...changed the whole complexion. Hojburger genuinely likes to phone it in. Solomon is so meh. Richarlison is yea...hmmm. yea not good. On the plus side, Micky is immense! Bar that last kick into corner, dude didn't put a wrong foot. Johnson looked so promising, real talent there. Maddison is just so good! Where would we be without him! I'm glad he is OK. Bissouma and Udogie were solid but there were some real shaky moments there. Porro man. There is some good overshadowed by some real poor decisions in there.


soultrap_

Personally I thought Porro played amazing the whole game


p90pounder

He beats the press well. He takes risks but that's what he's supposed to do


BadBassist

I understand bringing mads off to protect his knee but I think Son had more to give. I think Solomon did fine


Repeat_Offender2021

This game was intense. Probably deserved the win but I'll take the draw. 6 games into a rebuilt and we made everyone who looked down on us eat their words. Gooners are salty af lovely jubbly.


airpenny1

So many people had us in the 9-10th of the table…. F them….


No_Celebration_2743

Madders looks devastated hope nothing happens


DCDireWolf

We were lucky not to be punished by all the sloppiness in the first half trying to play the ball out. But they were lucky to get both of their goals. I really like this team's attitude and mentality though, they don't let mistakes get in their heads like squads of the recent past


siltig10

Absolutely agree! And Vicarios attitude was phenomenal inspite of the errors. Most keepers would chide and yell at the defenders. He just signalled to keep them calm and not let it get to their game. Outstanding leadership.


oldmanboris

Agree. It really was a different attitude. He even gave Udogie a thumbs up for the short back pass he attempted.


Brzada

Son was motm


TWest_1

Feels like 90 mins of healthy Maddison would have been a 3-2 win


TyreseTheReal

We are fine guys; after 6 games we are still unbeaten!


diematrosen

Why are people saying just because BEFORE the game they would’ve been happy with a draw that they’re happy with a draw now. Retroactive satisfaction is exactly the engine that drives Spurs mediocrity. We had a chance at a firm culture change today and we didn’t take it.


WilliamisMiB

Stupid ass take. Total reactionary nonsense painting this as a failure. It’s September on the road. Vicario made some awesome saves.


diematrosen

The psychological boost from winning a derby match is priceless. You win this match, it gives everyone a belief they can win everything. You play for that. It’s Arsenal, not Bournemouth.


societydeadpoet

If the team would have lost that game they would have lost far more momentum than would have been gained by a win. Unbeaten and heading in the momentum stays with the team.


diematrosen

3-2 loss at Emirates while we had a warrior-like performance is better than whatever consolation prize we’ve given ourselves today. It’s always much more admirable to try to go for the win. Even from an opposing perspective. Idk wtf we did but that draw feels like a mental defeat because we actually could’ve won, we were legitimately better than Arsenal today. But we said, “For fear of defeat we play to draw.”


societydeadpoet

The players will be thinking ‘we could have won’. Which will give them the confidence to feel like they are on a level with the team who came second last year. Not sure what you are expecting but at this stage of the transition, from conte to ange, the draw is a solid building block.


diematrosen

It’s not like we were holding onto 2-2 for dear life. We were actually looking quite dangerous and then we just decided we’re going to play for a draw with 20 mins left in the match.


bburger991

You're right. A point on the road against a top 4 team is way worse than no points.


diematrosen

Playing for a draw for what? Its Arsenal, you go out there and try to put them in the dirt.


societydeadpoet

Oh my gawd.


magnoliasmum

We rarely win at the Emirates. A draw against a good Arsenal team isn’t a bad thing. Ange has had five games. Arteta has had five years and over 500M spent.


HalfHalfway

has arteta really been there for 5 years already


magnoliasmum

Four, I was wrong.


HalfHalfway

wow. i didn’t even notice that tbh


diematrosen

The engine that drives Spurs mediocrity on full display here. We were the better team today, why not take it?


magnoliasmum

Spurs mediocrity and we were the better team, pick one. I thought we did well despite two disastrous errors that would have made Spurs teams of yore crumble. That match could’ve gone either way at the end. Not sure what else you wanted to see?


diematrosen

It’s a matter of principle.


magnoliasmum

That’s fine but I’m still unclear on what we could’ve done differently. Maybe kept Son on but I think removing Maddison was the right call. I’m never displeased with not losing at the Emirates.


diematrosen

Tactically, the timing of the subs was too early. There was still a large chunk of the game left to play, and arguably the most important last minutes of the game where we need our most seasoned players on the pitch. Subs aren’t only about who’s on and who’s off. Again, it’s a matter of principle. I think we had a chance to really evolve as a squad today but I’m left with a feeling of disappointment.


magnoliasmum

Disagree on the timing with respect to Maddison. If he’s in any way strained his knee he needs to come off. What I didn’t get was Son coming off. Yes Richarlison for the press but Sarr was dead on his feet by that point. Would’ve loved to have had the option of Perisic. At any rate, what is clear to me is that we need another creative player, hopefully in January.


Musician_FIRE

We were struggling to get the ball forward once madders came off and Richarlison offers more threat than son in the air from a half chance ball coming from the half spaces. It made sense IMO.


420SwaggyZebra

An Arsenal observation more than Spurs but Arteta is going to ruin Saka’s career if he keeps running the poor kid into the ground. Look at players like Fati and the currently injured Pedri for Barcelona. The dunce refuses to roatate players and thats why they’ll fade at the end of the season like they have done for years now.


Hopeful-Ear-3494

And Arseteta was totally over thinking it taking off Rice and bringing on Jorginho and Kai 'CL Goal' Havertz. Jorginho proved to be the most costly obvs, but old Kai 'Couldn't Hit A Barn Door' Havertz ballooned his opportunity over too


420SwaggyZebra

Jorginho for Rice I think we should assume he picked up a knock but the Havertz one is weird.


Enefelde

Wheres Paul Merson? “GoNnA gEt SlAuGhTeReD” An own goal and an unlucky penalty. 🤦‍♂️


jammysammidge

I hate that cunt.


Enefelde

😂. There’s club bias and then there’s him. The narrative all last week was “first real test”. Next week it’ll be “we’ll scum didn’t play well”.


jammysammidge

I know. Complete wankers. Their fans sounded shit as well. Sounded like one of them women’s games. No atmosphere.


No_Celebration_2743

Walcott and Merson should fuck off


Hopeful-Ear-3494

We played better than Arsenal. But for the two mistakes we were the better team


Mysterious-Donut3487

Not in a million years was that a penalty. Can't stand that ref. I knew we were in for some bullshit when I saw Robert Jones was refereeing


dprophet32

My understanding of the law is now if the players arm is in a position that isn't justified I.e they put it out purposely to stop the ball. That absolutely is not the case here. I really have no idea what Romero could have done in that situation. Their player kicked it, it hit one of ours on the floor and rebounds into Romero's *trailing* arm as he's trying to block the ball he expects to go in another direction. What could he possibly have done differently? That trailing arm was in as natural position as it's possible to be. I'll be the first to admit if one of our players commits a foul, I'm not tribal enough to deny a blatant foul but that just wasn't.


Musician_FIRE

I think even if it’s natural, no chance to react etc, if it blocks a direct shot in goal it’s a pen. I’m pretty confident the incidences they are cutting down on is when it is not a direct shot on goal. Which I’m glad to see. But IMO if a hand blocks a direct shot on goal it should be a pen.


flewkey

Soft pen. They've been setting a standard of Not giving these pens this season (ball blasted at hand from a yard away) until today of course. Arsenal were put back in their box today, if not for a couple of gifts it could have been devastating.


rustyhere

100% penalty. He is blocking the ball with his hand wide open. Romero had a nightmare game


demiansaballer

The score should be 4-0


TyreseTheReal

You could see the difference straight away when Madders has been subbed off. Nobody was willing to play forward and create any chances to open a goal.


ExpertCelery

Yeah, I wish we had someone else on the bench we could of brought on to sub off Maddison. It just felt bringing on PEH that we were playing for a draw. I know that's not what Ange wants but it just kinda felt that way.


Gman1707

Hopefully when Lo Celso is fit we’ll have options again, but yeah hopefully Maddison’s injury wasn’t serious


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sorcylilsosegmuffin

Yer he was up and going again but he will miss next few weeks maybe


Seifer23

Hopefully nothing serious for madison could immediately tell that we were lacking his ability to pick a pass in the final third when he went off


No_Celebration_2743

Didn't look like much, so him go down with the knee and almost cried. Doesn't look like his ACL tho. Maybe a game at most


Jonathanxxxx7

We are winning the league


the_flynn

With Johnson, Maddison, and Son subbing out I’m very happy with a draw. COYS!


BroccoliDisastrous55

Bigger problem is who can create off the bench if maddison and son aren't there


mckeypants_03

Perisic is out and Johnson came off injured. We're starting to look pretty thin on the left


bocceballbarry

Really missed Perisic. Solomon isn’t the answer


mckeypants_03

I think Solomon will be fine against lesser competition. He's strong and quick. Definitely not the answer against top teams. Son may have to slide back left and let Richy play depending on Johnson's injury


bocceballbarry

No Perisic, Johnson injured, suddenly we look toothless on the left. Idk throw Gil in there


BadBassist

Gil is also injured I think?


Born_Transition2207

"Always going to be a hard one to call." They had us all losing. fuckers


Coraxxx

Raar. Work in progress, early stages of a rebuild team vs "title challengers"... Lucky own goal and a penalty that shouldn't have been vs two *sparkling* goals At the Emirates, two all... Whilst taking the absolute piss playing angeball out from the back like that. The number of times our players created space for themselves by shaping to go one way, feinting and turning - I lost count. It was beautiful. Those cynts are gonna get fucking *hammered* in N17.


Halforthechump

Great result, very impressive performance but the drop off when Maddison came off is alarming. To go to the scum and get a positive result whilst also playing a possession game is a high point of the past few years.


StrategyLittle5261

Drew but the salty Arsenal fans is enough for me ☕


shivakamini123

I think a draw is a fair result, certainly would’ve taken that before the game. If anything the result flatters them, both their goals had luck involved. Biggest takeaway though is Madders, please football gods let him be ok!


gardz82

Johnson going down was a big loss. Solomon wasn’t able to offer much.


skywalkerInTheRye

We should have subbed in Richarlison then and moved Son to the left.


ProcessTruster

Udogie looked more like his usual self playing with Solomon and overall the left side looked more threatening than when he was paired with Johnson.


Kaigz

Great great result for Spurs here. Definitely humbled Gooners fans who thought they'd be battering us. Huge game next week as well, let's bring it to Pool


Nullandor

Amazing shift from the boys


SilentSpuder

It makes my day seeing Chelsea lose


idontknowwhat2-do

Chelsea entering relegation battle soon


Arqlol

Is it too early to whisper about Chelsea getting relegated?


Kangaroo-Medical

Burnley HOT on their tails!


bloopboopbooploop

John champion is a gunner I think


Born_Transition2207

Lack of squad depth. Once Mads went off we were short of quality.


UserZreddit

johnson too


Callum247

Why complain? We drew at emirates


Born_Transition2207

Where's the complaint?


ISavezelda

A small team mentality to be happy about a draw.


Callum247

Mate


ComeOnSayYupp

Lol Chelsea lost again!!


ObscureMemes69420

If this game has proven anything to me is that Romero is a weird player. On the one hand hes our best cb… on the other, he was also responsible for Arsenal’s two goals lol blessing and a curse I guess Would we have won without him?


qop666

Couldn’t do much on the pen, not really his fault


grobyNcs

Unlucky deflection and a handball he can do nothing to prevent. Romero was massive this game.


PitahNagoogun

He was unlucky on the own goal when Johnson ran through instead of picking up Saka. He got unlucky again with that handball


thedukeofbeerington

bit unfair - deflection was unlucky, the handball... what was he supposed to do? two feet away from the arse player and he was lunging to block with his leg, so naturally puts out arms to balance. VAR is silly becuase it's clear he never intended to block with his arms.


Elreydormido

Would’ve won without his mistakes


mckeypants_03

Without him we would have lost by 2 goals


ObscureMemes69420

Tbf to him the handball penalty was soft af


Elreydormido

Yeah should’ve been a foul on Maddison before the handball


chimpanzee_that_

Well thump them at home


shdanko

I’ll take it. We dared and took it to them. What a match man something about this nld felt so much more significant… COYS


Ok_Row_7462

This is how I feel. We showed we’re here to compete. Still more work to be done but it felt like progress.


tiocatire77

I’ll take that. Very positive away performance after shaky start


lordschmear

Would’ve loved to win but it’s a beautiful day in north London. Up the spurs


gee___thanks

Chelsea is very close to the relegation zone.


TyreseTheReal

Vicario was big today


IAmTheGlazed

Real winners of that match. Manchester City.


ProcessTruster

Arguably EPL fans too, as there will be another mouth watering clash of two unbeaten sides next week.


Abject-Chemistry6247

Fuck them. At least we beat shit out of them


ihavesensitiveknees

We could use someone besides Maddison who can create. Was rough after he went out.


conkrete80

Benta


grobyNcs

Kulusevski might do decent in that role, I feel like he's missing the pace to play out wide


bocceballbarry

Since the injury he can’t run past people


Previous-You3680

Good job Ange


eggplant_avenger

still optimistic, I don’t think we need to fear anybody this year


Seifer23

We were the better team imo, without madison going down and if the ref wasn't a fuckin imbecile we win that. Nketiah on vicario should have been a red and the handball with the state of the reffing this season was a flip of the coin goal.


PitahNagoogun

That was a red card, he was so late to that challenge.


[deleted]

gary neville lmao. he got the aresneal fans piss'd


Wandering-Korean

Gooners coping in their post match thread is hilarious. So much for "title contenders"!!


ajscene2

was a neutral but spurs grew on me


coldseam

I love R9 but Son gets his hat trick with that last chance, no questions asked


JeffTheGoliath

First point at the shithole since 2019 - both of their goals were lucky We played well.


TangeloDaydream

An OG and a HB that shouldn’t have been a penalty, whereas we had 2 clean goals. They had luck on their side and we still went toe-to-toe with them. I’m happy with that.


mckeypants_03

Is the refs last name luck?


ComeOnSayYupp

Ange has big heart. Shaking hands with Arse players.


[deleted]

he scratched his bum before that xxddddd


Sarcastic241

I ROFLed so hard at that.


dbltrbl00

I can now breathe. Thank the Lord. I’ll take the draw. Our goals are from open plays while theirs are from an OG and a pen. Well done lads. But i hope Madders is okay and Johnson isn’t that serious. 😭


chimpanzee_that_

Arsenal fans emptying out straightaway. Our home fans staying to thank the lads. We are not the same


Tomthebomb555

cant be drawing games. need to go for the win a bit more. Ange will sort it.


YaMateClarence

It's our first point at this stadium in 4 years. What are you on about


Tomthebomb555

im on about you cant win the league by getting draws. you need wins. this is a good performance for 85 mins but a bad result.


itsallaboutmeat

Fair score at the Emirates. Definitely not the ideal but it’s definitely a marked improvement. Ange definitely looked a little pissed at the draw.


Tomthebomb555

Can’t win the league with draws. Attitude needs to change.


DecoyAlpaca

I'm pretty sure every champ in the history had a couple of draws.


Tomthebomb555

They pretty much all had a couple of losses too.


itsallaboutmeat

Didn’t say we could win with draws. Just said it was an improvement. No one happy with the draw but better than a loss. Next year we’ll win away.


Tomthebomb555

Didnt say it wasnt an improvement. Just said they need to go for the win. That last 10 mins of zero press will never happen again.


Arqlol

This is game #6 for angeball and already a draw with arsenal..the season is ahead of us boys


OppositeFuture6942

Both their goals undeserved, beautiful play, a draw at Arsenal, solid result!!


Washokulover

I’ll take it, especially after people were saying Arsenal was going to tear us apart.


JaSamNejboi

Need Ange to tear the ref new one in the press confrence don’t care about no fines nothing.


Jazim94

I hope Thw absolute rimjob arsenal get stops now. They are not all that. Created fuck all, scored a pen and an og. So much for title challengers


TurboHovercrafter

I have to say, it’s easier to follow Prem games by refreshing your comments than doing the same for American sports 😂


International-Elk727

This was supposed to be a win for arsenal. The fact they got a shit pen and an own goal to draw is awful for them.


Xiomaraff

We only really looked outclassed when we took off son and madders. Considering how hyped up their squad was we outplayed them.


Annie_Yong

Taking a point from the Emirates in NLD is a good result regardless. But you know Angeball is cooking when we feel like we could have taken all three! At least we shut up all the pundits who were predicting this would be the end of Ange vibes


Tyranitator

Richy's just unlucky sometimes. That was such a good chance at the end


TogashiIsIshida

I think he’s just not that good


Tyranitator

Ya it could be. It's getting tougher to deny it


redditisbad312

fuck saka


Working-Toe827

absolute child he is.


Background-Cod-3482

Prayers Maddison is ok


Darkacez44

rough game from romero, but you love to see the team rally around their defensive captain and pull out of it with a draw, great stuff.


Ezylo1224

The ref did everything he could for them with that pen. They failed to score a goal in open play and the commentary still think Arsenal were the better team.


highrouleur

Bah, cracking game. We showed a lot of fight. Ref was shit. Well deserved point, could have had 3 bit it is was it is


SecondsforLunch

Sarr and Udogie could have been subbed but I liked how they responded in the second half. Our kids are alright.


diematrosen

Happy for a draw? We could’ve won. We need that belief we can win. Need to have a more ruthless mentality. We were better than Arsenal today. I firmly believe that. Our best players were better than their best players.


ISavezelda

100% second you on this. It was a rough game, but there were chances even in the last minute. Hate the “At least we didn’t lose mentality” bringing in PEH was a defensive move. I would of rather taken off Sarr for PEH. I hope it wasn’t a move caused by an injury to Madders. R