Arsenal manager Unai Emery has defender Granit Xhaka after his stupid challenge gave Tottenham a 2-0 lead in the North London derby.

The Swiss tackled Heung-min Son in the box which gave Harry Kane the opportunity to double the visitors lead.

But Arsenal eventually got levelled the game after goals from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette.

Asked about Xhaka after the game, Emery said: "In 90 minutes, I'm very proud of his work. Some mistakes we can have, I want to use them to progress, to learn and improve. There are a lot more positive things individually and collectively, and also with Xhaka for me. The penalty incident is a disappointing action but he played very well and worked very well.

"If we win that match, maybe we are speaking about that mistake less, but really there were two mistakes in the first half and they scored from both of them. In the second half,

"I think we spoke in the dressing room about that, and we learned and we did well in the second half. We continued to get the ball, we continued to take a lot of corners, taking a lot of shots, but we didn't get the positions to score the goal. I think we deserved a third goal."