MANCHESTER CITY won the North London derby as Arsenal and Spurs cut each others’ throats to fall four points behind Pep Guardiola’s champions.

A full-blooded Emirates encounter ended all-square as Tottenham carried out Ange Postecolglu’s pre-match threat to “scare the life” out of Mikel Arteta’s men.

Son Heung-Min was the hero for Tottenham as he scored twice at Arsenal

Bukayo Saka had given the Gunners a 2-1 lead from the penalty spot

Cristian Romero was judged to have handled in the box as Arsenal got the penalty

Son Heung-min had the last word as he instantly equalised to earn Spurs a point

Twice Arsenal led through a Cristian Romero own-goal and a Bukayo Saka penalty.

And twice they were pegged back by Spurs skipper Son Heung-Min as both teams maintained their unbeaten start to the season.

With Arsenal pressing like mad things right from the off, it was a match played at 100mph with absolutely no time for anyone to breathe, let alone catch their breath.

The Spurs keeper had already pulled off vital saves from Jesus and Eddie Nketiah to keep his team in the game as Arsenal threatened to run riot.

But he should have had no chance when Jesus robbed James Maddison on the edge of his own area but fired over with only Vicario to beat.

And that miss came back to haunt Arsenal when captain Son levelled just before half-time.

David Raya had already pulled off a wonder save to deny Tottenham new boy Brennan Johsnon when he pushed Dejan Kulusevski’s looping cross back into play when he probably should have tipped it out for a corner.

And though the Spanish keeper was able to block Johnson’s 42nd minute shot, Arsenal were never able to clear the danger before Maddison pulled back for Son to convert with a smart first-time finish.

Having enjoyed the lion’s share of first-half possession, the visitors would argue that equaliser was the very least they deserved for their bold approach.

But just nine minutes into the second-half they were behind again when the unfortunate Romero blocked Ben White’s shot on the turn with an outstretched arm and Saka scored from the spot following a lengthy VAR review.

Yet once again Arsenal were unable to hold onto their lead and within seconds of regaining the lead they had conceded again.

Jorginho had only just replaced Declan Rice as a half-time sub when he inexplicably tried to pull off a drag back when he was the last man back.

But his attempts at being clever backfired disastrously when he lost the ball to Maddison and Son was free to pick his spot for his second goal of the afternoon.

The Korean striker is the first Tottenham player to score a double at Arsenal since John Hendry in a Premier League match since May 1993.

The events at the end of the match were somewhat lackluster, as Tottenham withdrew Son and Maddison left the field to focus on defense, and Arsenal was exhausted and could no longer maintain as much pressure as before. The most notable situation came in the tenth minute of injury time, when Kulusevski passed back so Richarlison’s kick hit the Arsenal player’s foot and missed the post.

Arsenal drew their second match since the beginning of the season and dropped to fifth in the Premier League with 14 points, four points behind top Man City. Arteta also faced personnel concerns, when Trossard, Martinelli, Jurrien Timber, Thomas Partey were injured, Rice left the field right after the break and Saka limped at the end of the match. Meanwhile, Tottenham continued its progress under Ange Postecoglou and continued to rank above Arsenal thanks to its superior sub-index.

In the next round, Tottenham has another difficult match against Liverpool, and Arsenal is a guest of Bournemouth.