LONDON -- Results mean everything in football. Managers will always talk up the importance of performances but supporters are more interested in the cold reality of the final score, which is why Arsenal head coach Unai Emery will have left the Emirates feeling like the big winner of Sunday's pulsating North London derby against Tottenham.
Emery spends most games wearing a pained expression in the technical area, but the Spaniard allowed himself to smile in the closing stages of this one, perhaps because deep down, he knew that he and his team got away with it against Mauricio Pochettino's side by claiming a 2-2 draw after falling 2-0 behind in the first half.