Lucas Moura did well to take down Sergio Reguilon’s long pass and fed the ball to Lamela who, from the left edge of the penalty area, wrapped his left leg around his right standing leg to ping a low shot past the bamboozled Bernd Leno. It was the second time in his Spurs career that Lamela had scored a ‘rabona’, a trick that originates from his native Argentina.
Arsenal’s response was strong, however, and Cedric Soares hit the post with a piledriver. They got their reward when Tierney’s cut-back was met by Norwegian youngster Odegaard whose shot deflected off defender Toby Alderweireld before beating keeper Hugo Lloris.
Arsenal, who left skipper Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on the bench for “disciplinary reasons”, went ahead when Tottenham defender Davinson Sanchez made a clumsy tackle in the penalty area on Lacazette who had just scuffed an attempted volley. Lacazette got up to beat Lloris from the spot.
“We played really bad in the first half. The 1-1 score was not a fair reflection of the first half. We were poor. Defending bad. No intensity or pressing. Some important players hiding,” Spurs manager Jose Mourinho told Sky Sports.