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Arsenal 1-1 Tottenham: How Twitter reacted to the North London derby

Sun 6 November 2016 20:30, UK

The 179^th meeting of the North London Derby took place at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium. The home side went into this fixture on a red hot streak, whilst Spurs remained unbeaten in the Premier League. Harry Kane returned to Pochettino’s starting XI for the first time in seven weeks after injury.

After a well observed period of reflection (and with both sides donning Poppies), one of the fiercest rivalries in English football got underway, but not before some lighthearted ‘banter’ between the two sets of fans.

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Tottenham started brightly in the first five minutes, with Son expertly turning Bellerin on the Arsenal right hand side/Spurs left hand side but his final ball evaded Kane in the Arsenal box.

Son what a chance wasted
— 1GAD (@EssienVeratti)

Is the commentator having a fucking laugh? perfect ball by Son with Kane standing there like a lemon
— Jamie (@FCTwenteBenson)

Before Coquelin showed his moves…

When you've got north London derby at 12 and breakdance class at 5
— Cam (@CamHall13)

However, it did take a while to get going…

Waiting for a shot on target in
— Telegraph Football (@TeleFootball)

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After half an hour, Arsenal had their first real chance of the game, after a sustained period of possession, when Alex Iwobi fired straight at Lloris from inside the area.

And then, out of almost nothing Theo Walcott hit the bar from 20 yards, with Lloris well beaten.

CRACK … Walcott hits the wood….
— Katharine Merry (@KatharineMerry)

Arsenal getting closer. Walcott thunders a superb strike against the post with Lloris beaten.
— Phil McNulty (@philmcnulty)

Off the bar! Theo Walcott smashes the ball against the crossbar with a spectacular effort!
— Telegraph Football (@TeleFootball)

GOAL – the pressure from the home side told, as Kevin Wimmer nodded into his own net.

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So Spursy
— COPA90 US (@Copa90US)

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On the replays it looked as if the goal should not have been given, with Sanchez and at least one other Arsenal player in an offside position. However, Howard Webb, in the BT Sport studio, deemed the decision to allow the goal a correct one – giving this spicy fixture a very controversial moment to debate in the pub after the final whistle.

42 minutes: Arsenal 1-0 Tottenham.

HT: Arsenal 1-0 Tottenham: One nil to the Arsenal.

49 minutes: PENALTY!

Laurent Koscielny gives a penalty, up steps the returning Harry Kane…

50 minutes: GOAL!

Harry Kane makes no mistake from 12 yards.

Brainless from Koscielny
— Ed Malyon (@eaamalyon)

What a penalty 😍
— Sheridan (@SheridanRobins)

Kane you belive it! Goal! 1-1
— Saad Wadia (@SaadWadia_)

Harry's back!
— Gary Lineker 💙 (@GaryLineker)

Arsenal 1-1 Tottenham.

This sparked the game into life, with chances coming and going for Eriksen, Kane (after top defending from Monreal) and Xhaka.

Arsene Wenger made the decision to go for the three points, by bringing on Ramsey, Oxlade-Chamberlain and Giroud all before 70 minutes.

For the away side, Vincent Janssen replaced Harry Kane on 72 minutes, with the goalscorer unable to go distance on his return from injury.

The tension grew and grew…

I'm sat here with 2 Spurs fans and an Arsenal fan…can see the TV going out the window at one stage to be honest.
— Stevie Georgiou (@georgiousworld)

First North London derby since moving to Finsbury Park, atmosphere in this pub is mad
— Harry Pettit (@Harry_Pettit_)

83 minutes POST! A Christian Eriksen free kick evades everyone in the box and hits the post. A touch of any kind from a Spurs shirt would likely have put that in.

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Then, as Son chases down a back pass to Petr Cech, the ‘keeper slips over but Son fails to put a challenge in.

Son has to challenge for that.
— Seb Stafford-Bloor (@SebSB)

Son just bottled the winner in a north London derby. Legend
— ⚒ (@martm8)

Chances for Giroud and Janssen came and went before Mark Clattenburg blew the full time whistle.

FT: Arsenal 1-1 Tottenham.

Every time Arsenal trying to approach the top of the league..
— Breath Koora (@Breath_Koora)

TBH the players lost that game. We had our chances
— Toronto Gooner Paul (@Toronto_Gooner)

1-1. Really good , breathless, end to end, helped by ultra-fit Clattenburg’s use of advantage. Spurs the happier.
— Henry Winter (@henrywinter)

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