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Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal’s armchair supporters were sent into something of tailspin on Saturday afternoon, as BT Sport’s coverage of the north London derby cut out in dying moments.
As both teams searched for a decisive goal with the score at 2-2 in the stoppage time, television screens across the country suddenly went black.
After a few seconds, an apology appeared on screen on behalf of BT, who promised to return to the action as soon as possible.
Images from White Hart Lane without sound appeared a minute or so later. Gradually, the stadium microphones began to pick up the sound of the crowd and the co-commentary feeds returned, but chief commentator Darren Fletcher was not heard again until after the final whistle.
Tottenham 2 Arsenal 2 player ratingsShow all 24 1 /24Tottenham 2 Arsenal 2 player ratings Tottenham 2 Arsenal 2 player ratings TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR: Hugo Lloris - 7 out of 10 Difficult to fault for either of Arsenal’s goals, made a couple of smart saves and was quick off his line to sweep up the danger on several occasions.
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Tottenham 2 Arsenal 2 player ratings Kyle Walker - 7 out of 10 Good performance defensively from the full-back to help combat Sanchez whilst posing a constant threat down the Spurs right.
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Tottenham 2 Arsenal 2 player ratings Toby Alderweireld - 7 out of 10 Dragged out of position for the opening goal but redeemed himself with a superb finish for the equaliser.
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Tottenham 2 Arsenal 2 player ratings Kevin Wimmer - 4 out of 10 Given the run around by Welbeck at points in the first-half, was regularly exposed by pace and movement of Arsenal in final 3rd. Did make a crucial tackle late on to deny Ramsey.
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Tottenham 2 Arsenal 2 player ratings Danny Rose - 5 out of 10 Fairly solid defensively, however, end product very poor at the other end.
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Tottenham 2 Arsenal 2 player ratings Eric Dier - 4 out of 10 Regularly bypassed in midfield and gave possession away several times inside his own half, disappointing derby for the 22-year-old.
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Tottenham 2 Arsenal 2 player ratings Mousa Dembele - 8 out of 10 Very composed performance from the Belgian, regularly helped recycle possession for Spurs and brought a much needed cool-head to the derby.
Tottenham 2 Arsenal 2 player ratings Erik Lamema - 5 out of 10 Disappointing performance from the Argentine, missed a guilt-edged first-half chance and was replaced on the 67th minute.
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Tottenham 2 Arsenal 2 player ratings Dele Alli - 7 out of 10 Hard-working display from the Englishman, superb work in the assist for Kane’s goal.
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Tottenham 2 Arsenal 2 player ratings Christian Eriksen - 4 out of 10 The pace of the derby didn’t suit the Dane, looked slow and produced a number of wayward passes.
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Tottenham 2 Arsenal 2 player ratings Harry Kane - 9 out of 10 Sensational performance from Kane, his hard- work forced a silly challenge and a red card for Coquelin before producing a moment of magic to give Spurs a short-lived lead.
Tottenham 2 Arsenal 2 player ratings From the bench: Ryan Mason - 5 out of 10 Brought on at 2-1 to sit in front of the back four, he allowed Ramsey to break free for Sanchez's goal.
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Tottenham 2 Arsenal 2 player ratings ARSENAL: David Ospina - 9 out of 10 Made a couple of wonderful saves to earn his team the point, couldn’t fault the Colombian for either of Spurs goal.
Tottenham 2 Arsenal 2 player ratings Hector Bellerin: 6 out of 10 Good assist for Ramsey’s goal, didn’t offer his usual threat going forward for the Gunners.
Tottenham 2 Arsenal 2 player ratings Gabreil Paulista - 7 out of 10 Fairly solid performance from the Brazilian, difficult afternoon whilst others around him were regularly exposed.
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Tottenham 2 Arsenal 2 player ratings Per Mertesacker: 3 out of 10 Routinely caught out of position and made to look out of his depth by the hard work of Kane, at fault for Tottenham’s second ‘If in doubt, get it out’.
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Tottenham 2 Arsenal 2 player ratings Kieran Gibbs - 6 out of 10 Decent performance from Gibbs, coming in to start only his second Premier League game of the season
Tottenham 2 Arsenal 2 player ratings Francis Coquelin - 1 out of 10 Tackle for the second yellow card was incredibly naive and immediately changed the complexion of a game Arsenal looked to be controlling.
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Tottenham 2 Arsenal 2 player ratings Mohamed Elneny - 5 out of 10 Tottenham’s midfield certainly had the upper-hand in this one, struggled to contain Dembele.
Tottenham 2 Arsenal 2 player ratings Aaron Ramsey - 6 out of 10 Clever finish for his goal, worked hard but lacked quality and routinely gave away possession.
Tottenham 2 Arsenal 2 player ratings Mesut Ozil - 5 out of 10 Largely innocuous performance in midfield, the German did produce a couple of nice touches but struggled to get any time on the ball.
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Tottenham 2 Arsenal 2 player ratings Alexis Sanchez - 8 out of 10 Sanchez worked exceptionally hard, making several crucial interventions defensively before producing a wonderful finish to help keep Arsenal’s season alive.
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Tottenham 2 Arsenal 2 player ratings Danny Welbeck - 7 out of 10 Arsenal’s front man worked exceptionally hard and gave Spurs’ centre back’s a tough afternoon, however he struggled in-front of goal and missed a couple of chances.
Tottenham 2 Arsenal 2 player ratings From the bench: Olivier Giroud - 7 out of 10 Came on for the final 15 minutes but was a handful for the Spurs defence, easing the pressure and holding the ball up well
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BT Sport anchor Jake Humphrey apologised for the technical errors once coverage had returned to the studio, citing a loss of electrical power as the reason for the outage.
This was later confirmed by a BT spokesperson, who said: "We are sorry for the temporary loss of picture and sound during our broadcast of the Tottenham versus Arsenal match this afternoon. This was due to a loss of power at the stadium and we are continuing to investigate the root cause."
Fortunately for viewers, none of the game’s key moments were missed, but that did not stop them from making light of the matter on social media.
Here’s the best reaction from Twitter… It could have been worse. They could have missed a goal.
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