Half-Time Report: Mathieu Flamini goal gives Arsenal lead over Tottenham Hotspur at break

A Mathieu Flamini goal has given Arsenal a 1-0 half-time lead over Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane this evening.

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The game's first chance fell to Arsenal winger Joel Campbell, who headed over the bar from a Kieran Gibbs cross that had missed intended target Olivier Giroud.

The visitors took the lead on 26 minutes after Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain tested Michel Vorm, before Mathieu Flamini pounced on the rebound to score the game's opener.

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Tottenham's first chance fell to Danny Rose, who was played in by Harry Kane before dragging a right-footed shot narrowly wide.

Chamberlain missed a great opportunity to double Arsenal's lead before half time, but his curled effort from inside the penalty area went high and wide.

Kane had a chance to equalise just before the break as the England international led a counter-attack, but his left-footed effort flashed wide of the Arsenal goal.