Gareth Bale has compared the two
big derby matched he has played in in his career — the North London Derby between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal, and Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid.
It's
the big derby match tonight between Arsenal and Tottenham and I'm getting pretty excited.
«Being from the north east, I know what
a big derby match means.
Not exact matches
They sit fourth in Liga MX with seven points from their last three
matches, and they're coming off a
big win in another
derby against Atlas.
Unfortunately form rarely holds up going into
derby matches, regardless of the size of the teams involved, and this could well prove to be one of the
biggest NLD
matches of the PL era.
Unfortunately, it's against one of our
biggest bitterest rivals in the EPL and London, Chelsea — and yes, they are cruising into the
derby from their latest
matches, while we are barely pulling through.
This could be an even
bigger test for the Gunners than last week's
derby given our two tight
matches against Burnley last season and our abysmal form away from the Emirates this season....
Before Arsenal took on Southampton and all the rest of the Premier League action this weekend, Arsene Wenger was asked in his press conference, reported by Arsenal.com, about the
big match of the weekend, the Manchester
derby and the clash between Jose Mourinho at Manchester United and Pep Guardiola at Man City.
Obviously the
big match this weekend is the famous North London
derby between Arsenal and Tottenham at the Emirates, and this year's version is set to be even more important than usual.
The manager Jose Mourinho therefore would not want to lose any more points in the home game before the
big matches coming up with Arsenal and later with City in the Manchester
derby.
With things not going well for the
big teams from the top flight of English football thus far, it will be a
match of really
big proportions and things could get intense, as any
derby game generally is.
The Magpie would be staring down a
big hole if they end losing this one and the recent head to head form in their
derby matches against Sunderland is all with the Black Cats, who beat them 3 - 0 earlier in the season.
El Clasico — the most anticipated
match in Spain, and on the
biggest derbies in world is on schedule this Sunday night at the Camp Nou.
James Milner, rightly, referred to being in control of a
big match only to have heads bowed at the final whistle as a «theme»: the collapse in Sevilla last month, the Merseyside
derby in this one and now the ridiculous scenes at the Emirates.
The Latics win their
biggest ever trophy in history and the victory ensures that there will be no Manchester
derby for community shield
match next season.
A massive
derby, arguably still the
biggest match - up in English football regardless of where the teams stand in the league table and it's an absolute certainty that the animosity between two most successful institutions in the English game...