LONDON -- It was a north London derby that neither side could win and as highly entertaining as this 1-1 at the Emirates was, it merely created more debate as to whether either of these sides can actually win the league. In that tense, it was a strange game in that sense, one that merely maintained the status quo.
At 1-0 up, Arsenal both blew the chance to beat an ailing Tottenham Hotspur and the chance to stay joint top of the league. The fact they could have sent their closest rivals into something of a crisis only deepens the sense of missed opportunity since a home win would have inflicted Spurs' first league defeat of the season.