Arsenal’s Hector Bellerin, Laurent Koscielny major doubts vs
“I believe that in the Premier League we have a strong confidence and focus and that is what we want to reproduce on Sunday against Tottenham and, as always, it is a derby”.
To date he has played 228 less games in the division than James, but could equal his clean-sheet tally tomorrow.
“We are still in the position where we need to win our last two games and make sure we have a better head to head against Olympiacos”.
The contest at White Hart Lane looked to be heading for a draw when Harry Kane’s first-half strike was cancelled out by Imoh Ezekiel, but Dembele came off the bench to score a stunning victor in the 87th minute.
But the crisis needs to improve soon, as they aim to win the league for the first time in 12 years.
“We’re working from game to game and now we’ve got an important league game on Sunday”, he said.
The report says Townsend has also attracted the interest of fellow Premier League sides West Brom, Sunderland and Aston Villa.
Both defenders missed Wednesday night’s damaging 5-1 Champions League defeat to Bayern Munich which leaves their hopes of getting out of the group hanging by a thread. Only goal difference is keeping Arsenal behind leaders Manchester City heading into the derby and Cech knows the players can not go into that game still thinking about their humbling defeat in Germany.
Meanwhile, Wenger is certain that they will face a very tough Tottenham team on Sunday, like they have every year. “I give Koscielny 80 per cent. He will have a test tomorrow”. “But once a player is at Spurs you don’t even consider him anymore”.
Dier has been a key part in Tottenham tightening up their defence this season, with Pochettino’s men conceding seven fewer goals than at the same stage previous year.
The 33-year-old will equal David James’ total of 169 clean sheets if he can keep out north London rivals Tottenham tomorrow.
Tottenham travel to the Emirates Stadium in fifth place in the Premier League, five points behind Arsenal. But I believe we can challenge [for the title].
“Arsenal have a lot of attacking players with great quality and you want to play against those sort of players and in these sort of games”.