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Arsenal missed the chance to go level on points with Tottenham after
John Fleck scored a late equaliser for Sheffield United in a 1-1 draw at
Emirates Stadium.
The Blades arrived in North London having lost their two previous
Premier League away games but restricted Arsenal's chances before
hitting the hosts late on.
Gabriel Martinelli scored his ninth goal of the season in all
competitions to put the Gunners ahead just before half-time and the
Arsenal revival under Mikel Arteta looked set to continue as the game
entered the last 10 minutes.
But United refused to roll over and Fleck took advantage of some static
defending when he rattled in his fifth league goal of the season to
clinch his side a share of the points.
Lys Mousset headed over the crossbar in a good opening spell for the
visitors but as the first half wore on the Gunners redressed the balance
of play despite their failure to create clear chances.
On the stroke of half-time, Mesut Ozil and Alexandre Lacazette combined
to carve the Blades defence open before Bukayo Saka's cross found
Martinelli at the far post and he side-footed a volley into the
unguarded net with Dean Henderson stranded.
Jack O'Connell appeared to bring down Nicolas Pepe as he sprinted into
the box midway through the second half but referee Mike Dean - and VAR -
dismissed the Ivory Coast international's penalty claim.
Callum Robinson felled Lucas Torreira as he stormed towards goal moments
later to present Lacazette with a free-kick just outside the box but
the France international curled his shot over the crossbar.
Arsenal looked set to close out the win but Robinson's cross caught the
home defence napping and bounced off Ainsley Maitland-Niles to Fleck,
who sent his shot into the ground before it bounced over Bernd Leno and
into the top corner of the net.
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