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02nd Mar 2019

Replay appears to show Harry Kane offside for Tottenham penalty

Wil Jones

This one will be debated for a while

A frantic North London derby has been tinged with controversy after Harry Kane appeared to be offside when he won Tottenham a penalty midway through the second half.

A Christian Eriksen found its way to Harry Kane in the Arsenal box, but Shkodran Mustafi brought down the England striker and a spot kick was given.

However, the reply appears to show that Kane was in an offside position.

 

Kane slotted away from the spot to equalise for Spurs.

Arsenal then received a contentious penalty themselves in the 89th minute, when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang went down under pressure from Davinson Sanchez – but Hugo Lloris saved Aubameyang’s spot kick.

Arsenal broke the deadlock in the first half, when Aaron Ramsey burst forward and went around Hugo Lloris to slot the ball home.

Arsenal ended the game with ten men, after Lucas Torreira received a straight red