Arsenal v Tottenham: Confirmed Starting Line Ups – Mesut Ozil starts

“Bellerin I don’t think will be available and Koscielny has a small chance”.

“My memory isn’t good enough to tell you if that is the worse defensive performance in 19 years and it won’t stay in my memory as anything positive”, said the 66-year-old. I would like that kind of pressure but it’s too early. I want to be in the fight.

However, Arsenal are joint-top of the Premier League table alongside Manchester City and will be looking to maintain their title push against the club’s North London rivals. Arsenal will look to him as their target man and aerial threat inside the box. However, in the Premier League they have been impressive, last time out they managed a 3-0 win away at Swansea.

Ozil’s dead-ball delivery caused Tottenham problems all afternoon with Olivier Giroud guilty of several bad misses but Spurs were full value for their point having shown good composure and resilience for long periods.

“They have done well”.

Spurs started the match with the same lineup as the one they used to beat Aston Villa on Monday, with the in-form Mousa Dembele playing a defensive #10 role ahead of Dele Alli and Eric Dier in the pivot.

Arsene Wenger says that Tottenham Hotspur will pose a bigger challenge to Arsenal when they move into their new stadium in the next few years.

Commenting on the clash with their nearest neighbours, Wenger said: “They are a side that are strong defensively and can play at a a high pace in a committed way”. They are very stable. Then after Eriksen played through to Kane, the England forward dragged a shot wide.

“He gives leadership because he is a leader on the pitch, he talks, he is brilliant intellectually, his analysis capacity is very strong, he is highly focused”.

“He has great qualities and he will make a great career”.

Gunners manager Arsene Wenger revealed the latest updates on his injury players, following the Champions League defeat to Bayern Munich, while ruling out a certain player joining Arsenal in the near future. Wenger, however, is adamant that confidence has not been affected.

He said: “It was a disappointing result on Wednesday night, but before that we did extremely well in the Premier League, so we will try to continue from one competition from the other”.

Tottenham, unbeaten in the league since the opening day, is five points back in fifth and was the more aggressive team throughout the first half, with Erik Lamela shining as he harried the hosts who were bruised by a mid-week loss at Bayern Munich.