Tottenham Hotspur vs Arsenal

Matthew and Paul survey the wreckage of Sunday’s visit to the toilet bowl, wonder how we got duped again, and look wistfully back at dropping…

Arsenal shot themselves in the foot to throw away a lead and lose against Tottenham Hotspur in a key match for European football on Sunday.

Tottenham fans may not be in the ground this weekend when Arsenal roll up to their £1bn toilet bowl, but they’re planning a ‘Levy out’ banner to fly over anyway because they think they were nearly as good as Liverpool.

As Arsenal play Spurs this weekend, I thought it might be fun to look at press reports from some of their earliest meetings, but I didn’t expect to find two games that went unnoticed by stat collectors.

Arsenal had a bit of good news in their team news update ahead of the North London derby, with Bernd Leno progressing well in his recovery.

Jose Mourinho says Dele Alli has a ‘small’ hamstring injury, and he’ll miss Spurs’ visit to Bournemouth, ahead of the North London derby this weekend.

Tottenham Hotspur defender Eric Dier will miss the North London derby after picking up a four-match ban for his actions after the FA Cup match against Norwich.