The Gunners face Spurs at White Hart Lane knowing that victory would haul them level on points with their arch-rivals and could see them move back within three points of top spot in the Premier League if Leicester City lose at Watford.
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Michail Antonio headed home a goal that could have seismic ramifications in both the race for Europe and the Premier League title.
Luckily Swansea and former Spurs’ player Gylfi Sigurdsson were able to beat Arsenal and Manchester City lost 3-0 to Liverpool so now one in the top four gained ground on Spurs.
The Reds left it late but squeezed out an invaluable three points thanks to a spectacular Juan Mata free-kick, which saw them maintain their fifth place. We prepare for every single game with the same intensity, the same focus and there are not a lot of special things to do. Fans can watch a live stream of the 183rd, which some experts on English football say is the most important game ever played between the two venerable clubs, who first faced each other in 1887.
Pochettino will hope for more in Saturday’s north London derby against an Arsenal side who seem to be regressing fast.
“We were poor. We know”. Arsenal are third on 51 points with Manchester City in fourth on 47 points.
However, the Soccer Saturday panel are all backing Spurs to drop points at Upton Park in their Sky Bet tips and expect the Gunners to reduce the gap with a victory over Swansea at the Emirates.
“There is no reason why he shouldn’t continue (to improve) if he continues to work hard, if he doesn’t become big-headed”.
It means there could yet be a happy ending for Carroll to a season in which injuries have restricted him to just 20 appearances after also managing just 16 games in each of his first two years as a full-time Hammer.
And despite a midweek defeat at West Ham, there is a growing belief amongst Spurs fans that something truly remarkable could happen this season.
Hitting the net was the problem. Alderweireld smashed an effort from 30 yards and Adrian pushed the ball straight into the path of Harry Kane, but the England worldwide scuffed his effort horribly wide from a couple of yards out.
After an even start West Ham went ahead with less than 10 minutes on the clock.
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The prospect of Tottenham heading to the main 2012 Games stadium as champions for the first time since 1961 is still plausible.
