Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Arsenal: 5 Takeaways from the game

#4 Gunners Kept a close watch on Eriksen

Eriksen was kept quiet for most of the match

Christian Eriksen is Tottenham’s engine room, he is the heart of Pochettino’s team and everything good that happens in this Spurs team almost always has his magic touch in it. As such, Emery knew that to stop Spurs, he had to stop Eriksen. But it was easier said than done.

The Dane likes to drift behind the strikers and tends to pop up across the front line, making it very difficult to mark him. He also likes to operate in the area between the midfield and the defence, and it is from here that he picks out the final balls that break open defences

Emery set his team out accordingly, putting Granit Xhaka and Matteo Guendouzi very close to his back four and denying the Dane any room to thread those passes. Other players chipped in whenever required and apart from that one moment that he broke away and almost scored, Eriksen had a relatively quiet outing. He was not afforded time on the ball and failed to influence the game.