
The audience peaked at 7.8 million viewers at 9.15pm-9.30pm as Arsenal mounted a comeback to draw 2-2.
BBC One’s drama 'New Tricks', which aired between 9pm and 10pm, was impacted by the match and had slightly lower ratings than usual, at 3.7 million and a 15.1% share for the channel.
Channel Four's latest episode of 'Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA' attracted 1.9 million viewers and a 7.9% share of the peaktime audience, including the ratings for Channel 4+1, while Five’s instalment of 'NCIS' was watched by 1.7 million viewers with a 7% share.
BBC Two's new series, 'Who Needs Fathers?', which follows three fathers trying to keep regular contact with their children, drew 1.5m viewers.