Tottenham prepared for ‘intense’ Arsenal recreation says Ange Postecoglou
Tottenham prepared for ‘intense’ Arsenal recreation says Ange Postecoglou


Tottenham supervisor Ange Postecoglou says his aspect are prepared for the ‘intense’ environment of the north London derby when Arsenal go to on Sunday.

Postecoglou guided Spurs to a 2-2 draw on the Emirates Stadium final season in his first derby earlier than Arsenal left with all three factors at Tottenham in late April.

Tottenham misplaced at Newcastle of their final recreation earlier than the worldwide break however the former Celtic supervisor says they’re able to placed on a efficiency in entrance of their followers.

He stated: “Each derby is a bit totally different, clearly this one, you possibly can inform it’s pretty intense between the 2 golf equipment, clearly geographically we’re located in the identical a part of city.

“We’re on the identical turf, there’s a bit little bit of an edge. I assumed each video games final yr had been entertaining.

“We all know what it means to our supporters and the membership and we’ve bought to go on the market and carry out.”

Spurs fell away final season, shedding 5 of their final seven Premier League video games to complete fifth and miss out on the Champions League.

This season, Postecoglou says his squad can compete with one of the best once more.

He stated: “It’s not particularly Arsenal, we need to be a membership that may problem everybody. That’s what we are attempting to goal to turn out to be.

“To do this, you’ve bought to carry out at a sure stage, at a constant foundation, the squad’s sturdy sufficient to try this. We’re in a superb place to push on from final yr and enhance on all areas.

“There’s no purpose why we will’t [challenge] this yr.”

Document signing Dominic Solanke may function after returning to coaching whereas defender Micky van de Ven is anticipated to be match.

“Everybody’s reporting all nicely aside from Yves Bissouma,” added Postecoglou. “He’s bought a little bit of a difficulty, however we’ll take a look at him over the subsequent couple of days and see the way it settles.”





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