Mauricio Pochettino felt Tottenham were deserving of all three points despite needing Hugo Lloris to save a stoppage-time penalty in Saturday s 1-1 draw against Arsenal.
Having fallen behind to Aaron Ramsey s early goal, Spurs equalised through Harry Kane s spot-kick, although the striker looked to have been offside in the build-up to the award.
It looked as though Pochettino s men would fall to a third straight Premier League defeat for the first time since 2012 when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang went down under minimal contact from Davinson Sanchez in the box, but the Gabonese s weak effort was kept out by Lloris.
Regardless of that late escape, Pochettino believed his side were in the ascendancy and should have emerged victorious.
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Besiktas are interested in signing Mohamed Elneny from Arsenal, according to Turkish newspaper Fotospor.
The midfielder started his career in the Egyptian Premier League with Al Mokawloon Al Arab, before moving to Basel in 2012. He arrived to north London in January 2016.
The Egypt international s time with the Gunners has been heavily hampered with injuries. Quite apart from that, manager Unai Emery increased the competition for his place in the middle of the park by signing Lucas Torreira and Mateo Guendouzi last summer, and with Granit Xhaka also in the mix, Elneny s time at the Emirates may come to an end this summer.
Besiktas, on the other hand, are apparently set to lose Atiba Hutchinson after the end of the season, and they see Elneny as a suitable repla…
Alex Teixeira has completed his move from Shakhtar Donetsk to Jiangsu Suning for a transfer fee of €50million.
The Brazilian attacker previously appeared to be on his way to Liverpool, but the move eventually fell through as the Premier League side refused to meet Shakhtar s valuation of the player.
Jiangsu quickly moved in to lure the 26-year-old to China instead and the deal has now been completed.
Shakhtar Donetsk and Jiangsu Suning have agreed on all the necessary formalities for the transfer of Alex Teixeira to the Chinese club, read a statement on Shakhtar s official website.
The transfer fee for the Brazilian midfielder is €50million.
Shakhtar thank Alex for the time spent with the team and wish him success at his new club.
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