Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino was left to rue the timing of Alexandre Lacazette's goal in Sunday's North London derby.
Lacazette scored for Arsenal on the stroke of half-time to peg the scores back to 2-1 before Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang tied things up in the second half.
Pochettino said: "That goal that we conceded in the last action of the first half gave the belief to Arsenal.
"Of course it was a big emotional hit for us because from here in one action you were down. For them the same they were down and suddenly their emotion was high and the belief in football is about emotions. For sure, if we don't concede at the end of the first half, I think we will win the game.
"Overall, the most important for us is not the table, not the points, it's the performance. We have recovered the good feelings after Newcastle and a very tough summer - all that happened in these last four weeks. That is the most important."