3 reasons why Arsenal drew 2-2 with Tottenham | Premier League 2019/20

#2 Individual mistakes return once more

Eriksen wheels away to celebrate his 50th Premier League goal after a weak save by Leno

Despite their successful efforts to get back into the match, Arsenal shouldn't have found themselves in that situation to begin with. Sure, they were busy defensively during specific spells - but that's to be expected, given Spurs' attacking prowess.

Nonetheless, that doesn't excuse the effortless way they gifted two goals against their north London rivals. On another day, they would have been duly punished to a point of no return. Fortunately though, Tottenham have been increasingly poor defensively in recent times and that was again the case on this occasion.

Christian Eriksen broke the deadlock from close-range after nine minutes, netting his 50th Premier League goal by doing so. It was undoubtedly his easiest and most straight-forward finish, the subsequent celebration showing the Denmark playmaker could not believe his luck. His anticipation and movement in transition proved key, reacting quickest to pounce after Bernd Leno's weak parry from Heung-Min Son's effort saw the ball trickle across into the 27-year-old's path. With the goal gaping, the wantaway midfielder made no mistake.

Then for the visitors' second, enter another inexcusable individual error. Last week it was David Luiz being given the run-around at Anfield. Leno should have done better to either clear his lines or smother the danger from Son's effort, but Granit Xhaka's involvement in Spurs' second strike was naivety at its finest.

He lunged in with a needless slide tackle, as the Switzerland international so often does, missing the ball completely and scything Son to ground in the box. Kane slammed home from the resulting spot-kick and Tottenham found themselves a comfortable cushion without truly breaking a sweat inside 40 minutes. Worrying isn't quite the word to describe the way Arsenal concede goals.