Brittle tittle-tattle exposed as Spurs find hard edge to grind out derby draw | Barney Ronay

By any reasonable measure Mauricio Pochettino’s side proved themselves up to the task by clawing back an ugly point from an Arsenal side playing more than ever in Unai Emery’s image

It’s happened again, it’s happened again. Oh, Tottenham Hotspur. The harvesting of enough points to guarantee another season of Champions League football ahead of less frugal rivals: it’s happening again.On a mild north London afternoon Tottenham scragged their way to a bitty 1-1 draw with Arsenal at Wembley. For Spurs it felt like something more significant, an ugly point gained from behind, while playing for much of the afternoon with a ragged, brittle, angsty edge.

It was a point to prevent a poor week becoming a desperate one. Beyond that it was an unfortunate turn of events for those keen to riff on that narrative of Spursiness, of annual chokes and chuckings-in, of a basic weakness of spirit.

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