Igor Tudor insists Spurs will go for the three points against Arsenal on Sunday, despite only having 13 senior players guaranteed to be fit.
As covered earlier this week, Tottenham Hotspur will have a number of injury and suspension absentees for Sunday’s visit from Arsenal for the north London derby.
At least 10 players are guaranteed to miss the match, with Cristian Romero suspended and Wilson Odobert, James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski, Rodrigo Bentancur, Mohammed Kudus, Ben Davies, Lucas Bergvall, Destiny Udogie, and Kevin Danso all injured.
There’s also some doubt around Richarlison and Pedro Porro, both of whom have hamstring injuries. One or both could return, but there’s no certainty there.
To make matters worse for Spurs, they’ve been sweating on Dominic Solanke this week after he had an issue with his throat, though he’s since returned to training.
Speaking to the media, Spurs boss Igor Tudor admitted they’ve been holding training sessions with just 13 players, but he believes that’s enough to get the win this weekend.
“We made training with 13 players, so it is how it is,” Tudor said. “It’s not fantastic, beautiful, but in this case it’s an even bigger challenge to succeed.
“13 we will have for sure, and it’s quite enough to achieve what we want on Sunday, and that’s the first goal. Of course I understand the importance of this game. This is a derby, north London derby.
“Everybody expects the points, three points from us, and we are aware of this.”
Arsenal have had their own problems over the last week or so, and the pressure is definitely on in the Premier League title race.
But with Spurs sitting 16th in the table and struggling with so many injuries, the Gunners themselves need to be thinking that three points is the bare minimum to take away from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.