Which means we’re finished here. Thanks all for your company and comments; enjoy the rest of the weekend, gmar chatima tova to those celebrating Yom Kippur, and peace out. We’re about to get going at Bramall Lane. But first, a minute’s silence in memory of Mandy Cusack of Blades’ women’s team, who died tragically earlier this week. “Spurs no strength in depth?” says James Walton. “They’ve still got Bentancur, Gil, Sessegnon, Lo Celso to return… and their bench today was better than Arsenal’s with Dier, Davies, Hojbjerg, Richarlison, Solomon, Royal, Skipp… Arsenal with Kiwior, Soares, Tomiyasu, Smith Rowe and Nelson…?” Matter of opinion, obviously, but – in mine – Bentancur is the only one of those anywhere near good enough to make a serious difference to a season, and even in his case, that’s a reach. “Big love for the FIFA 98 reference,” says Thibault Barillon. “All I can hear now is David Ginola (he was commenting the matches in the French version) saying ‘Meme ma grand mere aurait pu arreter ce ballon’ (‘even my nan could have caught that’). And Song 2.” Yes, that was in the English version too. And these are the kinds of offences i was referencing when describing that Nketiah challenge. On Arsenal, I wonder if the Champions League is their best chance of doing something serious this season. They’re good enough to beat anyone and, by the time things get heavy in February, Arteta should have a decent idea of his best side and players who, thanks to the squad Arsenal now have, are fresh. Even after six games, I just can’t see them chasing down a City side who already lead them by four points. Maddison and Son are both happy with the result. The former notes that though he gave the ball away and was almost punished by Jesus, bottle is trying to play your football ands he thinks Spurs did, dominating for stretches. That feels like a reach to me, but the way they hung in there was impressive and they’ll be a better, more confident side for this game. Next up: Liverpool at home, which should be a jazzer. Big Ange, eh? His ability to fortify players with confidence and composure is so, so good. The same Spurs side with a different manager lose that by a couple, I think, and though I wonder how they’ll fare as the season continues because they don’t have any strength in depth, if they can win all the games they should, they’ll have a decent shot of a top-five finish, which should get them Champoons League football. Liverpool and Brighton, both of whom win 3-1 – against West Ham and Bournemouth respectively – move above both of these two. Villa, who won at Chelsea, go sixth, Chelsea are now 14th! 1. City P6 18Pts 2. Liverpool P6 16Pts 3. Brighton P6 15 Pts 4. Spurs P6 14Pts 5. Arsenal P6 14 Pts 6. Villa P6 12 Pts FULL-TIME: Arsenal 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur Arsenal will be disappointed with that; Spurs will be satisfied. 99+10 min Porro swings out, Gabriel heads clear, and that’s that! 99+10 min Hello! Kuluseksvi gets space down the right, stands up Zinchenko, and cuts back for Richarlison! But a redemptive winner is aborted when Jorginho gets a sock-fibre to his shot, and the eventuating corner will be the last action of the match… 90+9 min Zinchenko sticks a decent ball into the box but Udogie, who’s done really well following a disconcerting start, head clear and Spurs avert danger. 90+6 min Arsenal send on Smith Rowe for Saka, and it’s Arsenal looking to win it now, Spurs sat in their shape. A goal doesn’t look imminent, but it wouldn’t be surprising were one to arrive. 90+5 min In comms, they agree Arsenal need a proper striker, and my guess, based on nothing, is that they go in big for Evan Ferguson. It’s funny really, because signing Gabriel Jesus galvanised them at the start of last season, lifting the mood at the club following a dispiriting collapse which cost them a Champions League place. But, though he does a lot Arteta likes, a reliable scorer is more important. 90+3 min Spurs get the corner away, but a replay shows Gabriel heading into the raised arm of Udogie; VAR says nothing. Which is part of the frustration, because it looks more of a penalty than the one we saw given, and yet. Nor is it even about the specifics on this occasion, just that we should be able to see the action and have a pretty solid idea of what it means. These days, though, we’re guessing. 90+2 min Saka collects a loose ball outside the box, takes a fine touch that brings him central, and from just outside the D, and Vicario tips his low shot away at full stretch. Arsenal are ratcheting up the pressure now. 90+1 min A massive roar from both sets of fans as we learn there’ll be 10 minutes of added time, and what an improvement it is that we now see a proper game instead of a random interpretation of ill-kept time. 90 min Caught by Udogie’s full-length, arms-first dive, Saka hurts his knee, but I think he’ll be fine. 89 min Nelson swings it in, Romero heads back towards his own goal – he must have swallowed his sensitive parts there – but Bissouma’s there to win a massive header and save his mate from the mare of a thousand mares. 88 min As per the below, this hasn’t been a game of great quality, but are you not absorbed? The people lucky enough to be at this game will emerge shaking, and that’s the kind of feeling only football can give you. Beauty you can get in an art gallery, and Arsenal win another corner… 86 min Looking again, I’m not sure Nketiah was getting to that but Arsenal are boiling now and Havertz is on the edge of the box when a Saka cross is cleared to him. Is this the moment he becomes a Gooner? No! He thrashes over the top, and Tottenham survive. 85 min Saka’s corner it a beauty too, Gabriel winning the near-post flick … only to catch Nketiah on his heels at the back post! As Gary Neville notes, that was Ian Wright’s position, and also where Rice was when he scored the winner against man United. 85 min And, as I type, here comes Nelson looking to repeat last season’s Bournemouth heroics, shifting it a foot to his right to work an angle for a curler … which is deflected behind. 83 min As it goes, neither side look poised to steal this, but Arsenal know how to build momentum at this stage of a game, especially at home, and also the better players. So, though they don’t look likely to win at the moment, I’d not be at all surprised if they did. 81 min Mitoma has scored again, so Brighton now lead Bournemouth 3-1. 80 min The problem Arteta here is that Man City have won six out of six, and a draw here would put the gap at four points. In normal circumstances, that wouldn’t be the worst, but Pep Guardiola football is so hard to stop and his side are never losing a title to this Arsenal from in front. I’d go as far as to say that if the Gunners drop here, if they do so again before City do, their title challenge will be close to over. 78 min I’m not sure if Postecoglou is making a defensive change in picking Hojbjerg to take Maddison’s place, or doing the best he can with a poor squad. Either way, that injury could stymie Spurs’ good start to the season even if they earn a point or better form this game because they’ve lost the man who makes them tick. 78 min Change for Arsenal, Nelson replacing Jesus; double change for Spurs, who replace Son and Maddison with Richarlison and Hojbjerg. 77 min “Not the best advert for football, is it?” reckons Hari Nair. “Really scrappy from both sides and neither team able to get into their rhythm.” I’m not sure about that. I know what you mean, but I prefer intense football to aesthetic football, and this has been a lot of fun. 75 min Porro swings the corner out and a Tottenham head clears it away. 74 min Kulusevski’s coming into this now and he feeds Porro down the right whose cross is blocked behind. Spurs are the better side now, but of course Romero somehow manages to get himself booked for grabbing Jesus’ throat. His commitment to being his authentic self at all times a therapist’s dream. 74 min Odegaard swings out, Jesus gets a touch at the near post, and Vicario claims. He’s looked pretty solid in what I’ve seen of him so far. 73 min Arsenal have had a poor few minutes, but Havertz wins a corner down the left…