- Arsenal register interest in Brazilian prodigy Estevao
- Arsenal interested in signing Man City star Bernardo Silva
- Intriguing Vlahovic to Arsenal transfer claim made
- Arsenal target Alexander Isak exit links have Newcastle star worried
- Arsenal eyeing swoop to sign Joshua Zirkzee this summer
- Arsenal remain keen on signing Danilo from Forest
- Ambitious Arsenal want Gyokeres as part of £200m+ spending spree
- Confirmed line-ups: Arsenal vs Chelsea – Partey starts for Gunners, no Palmer for Blues
- Arsenal ‘showing strong interest’ in signing Dusan Vlahovic
- Arsenal’s ‘top target’ Viktor Gyokeres set for PL move
Confirmed teams: Arsenal v Tottenham: No Ozil or Lacazette as Emery goes with a back 3
Arsenal can secure the bragging rights in north London and boost our top four hopes with a win over Tottenham at the Emirates this afternoon.
As expected, Unai Emery has made wholesale changes from the side that played in the Europa League on Thursday night but the boss has stuck with the back three that played against Bournemouth last weekend.
Bernd Leno, Hector Bellerin, Sead Kolasinac, Lucas Torreira and Granit Xhaka are all recalled but there is no Mesut Ozil once again as he’s not even in the squad due to an apparent back problem.
Emery has gone with Alex Iwobi and Henrikh Mkhitaryan behind Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang meaning Alexandre Lacazette is on the bench.
These are the teams:
Arsenal
Leno, Bellerin, Sokratis, Holding, Mustafi, Kolasinac, Xhaka, Iwobi, Torreira, Mkhitaryan, Aubameyang
Subs: Cech, Elneny, Ramsey, Lacazette, Lichtsteiner, Maitland-Niles, Guendouzi
Tottenham
Lloris, Aurier, Vertonghen, Foyth, Davies, Dier, Alli, Sissoko, Eriksen, Son, Kane.
Subs: Rose, Alderweireld, Winks, Walker-Peters, Llorente, Gazzaniga, Lucas Moura