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Tottenham face Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday at 17:30 CET, seeking to extend their winning streak in the league and with a clear goal: to play in Europe next year.
Good football day that the Premier League provides us in this, which will be number 28. This is helped by games like this North London derby that we will live in the Emirates. This North London derby will consolidate the good streak of one of the two. Those of Mourinho have three consecutive victories that keep him in seventh place, while Arteta’s men have only lost two of the last five Premier games.
Tottenham comes from playing electric games, remembering the team that was the leader for so many days at the beginning of the season, thanks in large part to Gareth Bale. We had not seen such an unbalanced Bale for a long time, as he has been in the last month and a half. This means that the Welsh is being a key piece in the right wing of Mourinho’s. And it is that the Portuguese has found, thanks to Bale and the good level of Lucas Moura as a midfielder, an eleven of “gala” that he has not had throughout the season. He has already finished his test period of lineups and players, already having a fixed eleven that can choose to achieve things.
“It’s an important match. We believe we have the potential to be in a better position in the table – we have to try to win.”
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– Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) March 13, 2021
Obviously the other key to this Tottenham, and probably the most important, is Harry Kane. The Englishman is serious doubt for the meeting, since he was substituted in the final stretch of the meeting in the Europa League, due to a blow to the knee. The good news is that, it is only a coup. Mourinho himself said he is confident that he can play the derby.
Arteta’s men, for their part, come from winning in the Europa League against Olympiacos, with a great match by Odegaard with a great goal included, which aims to start. The “Gunners” will try to stop the attacks of Kane, Son, Lucas and Bale, but they know that Tottenham is weak in defense. This circumstance can be taken advantage of by players like Aubameyang or Bukayo Saka, the young promise of the London team.
Possible lineups:
Arsenal: Leno; Bellerín, David Luiz, Pablo Mari, Tierney; Thomas, Xhaka, Odegaard; Saka, Willian and Aubameyang.
Tottenham: Lloris; Doherty, Alderweireld, Sánchez, Reguilón; Winks, Hojbjerg; Bale, Lucas, Son and Kane.
Tomorrow.
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– Arsenal (@Arsenal) March 13, 2021
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