Tottenham vs Arsenal (16/17)

Team news:
Tottenham: Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Mousa Dembele (ankle) will be assessed and defender Danny Rose (knee) remains doubtful despite taking some part in first-team training. Michel Vorm is back from injury but Cameron Carter-Vickers (knee) is likely to miss the rest of the season.

Arsenal: Arsenal centre-back Laurent Koscielny has a chance of being fit but fellow defender Shkodran Mustafi is still two weeks away from a return. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is fit after being rested against Leicester City in midweek.



THE MANAGER
Mauricio Pochettino has rejuvenated Tottenham with his brand of high-energy, heavy-pressing football. Although it initially seemed as though Spurs were too reliant upon their pressing for their attacking play, they've developed a more creative side to their game over the past 18 months, with Christian Eriksen and Dele Alli providing great invention from between the lines.

FORMATION
Pochettino has played both 4-2-3-1 and 3-4-3 in recent weeks, and Spurs seem equally comfortable in either system. The former means room for an extra attacking player, most likely Son Heung-min, whereas the former suits Tottenham's flying wing-backs, with Kyle Walker and Ben Davies - in place of the injured Danny Rose - able to motor forward more regularly.

STRENGTHS
Tottenham's ability to recover the ball quickly remains their main strength. With Jan Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld capable of playing a high defensive line and Hugo Lloris a comfortable sweeper-keeper, Spurs attempt to play the entire game in the opposition half, squeezing quickly and consistently.

DANGERMAN
Harry Kane's goalscoring ability can hardly be ignored, but Alli is Spurs' in-form player. His brilliant runs from midfield into goalscoring positions are often impossible to track, and his ability to provide a moment of magic in tight situations is useful in terms of both creativity and goalscoring.

AREAS TO TARGET
Spurs push their full-backs (or wing-backs) forward aggressively, which means teams can sometimes exploit the space behind them with quick counter-attacks and forwards happy to drift wide. Arsenal might make this a key part of their approach.

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20170427/the-breakdown-tottenham-preview

Confident we will win this

2-1

Spurs with six straight wins, last ever NLD at White Hart Lane and a chance to confirm finishing above us... they're going to be hyped I just hope we're prepared for that and just as hyped to crash their party.

This'll be the biggest test of our 3-4-3 so far.

Please please win this one Arsenal.

Let's settle for a draw, shall we!!!

We need to keep Chelsea within sight, don't we

I think we all want a Arsenal win, here

Kick wrote:I think we all want a Arsenal win, here

That wouldn't be nice, would it !!!

Cech; Gabriel, Koscielny, Monreal; Chamberlain, Xhaka, Ramsey, Gibbs; Ozil, Alexis; Giroud

Let's do this ffs.

Things have gone so well in the other games, Chelsea pretty much secured the league over Tottenham, Man Utd dropped points, City are dropping points-- just need to get the job done today.

Let's do this

What's wrong with you lot??? Don't wanna be 4th no more!!!

later guys, this is too much for me.

Sooooo

What's everyone making for dinner tonight?

We've looked like a mid-table team being swatted aside by a vastly superior team.

With a 17 point gap that's probably more accurate a statement that I want it to be.

What a surprise that we started playing better without Giroud. Awful. Wenger even worse that he keeps starting him.

5 defeats in our last 6 away games. Only win came at Boro.

Two more years of this.

I am starting to hate Ramsey more than i hate spurs.

Can anyone dig up stat of how many goals have we scored from outside the box (not counting free kicks)??? Remember only the Xhaka one this season.

Just when monreal started scoring goals we put him in as Centre Back!!!!

I think Monreal playing centre back is the least of our concerns.

3 at the back was just a placebo lol. It never fixed anything.

Alexis Sanchez, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Kieran Gibbs all lost possession 20 times each against Tottenham

All Wenger had to do was not lose. Just gain a point. Even Pulis can do that, it shouldn't be that hard.

RealGunner wrote:3 at the back was just a placebo lol. It never fixed anything.

pretty much this and our players were level below Spurs today all over the pitch. It's not that we need 1 or 2 more players to compete anymore, it's near wholesale if we're being harsh.

Yep

It's a bit concerning that we played A LOT better when we had the likes of Song, Gervinho, Benayoun, Bendtner, Chamakh etc than we do with our current squad.