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They banked a 1 - 0 home win over rivals Arsenal Last time out in the league and that extended their great form to nine unbeaten now (W6 D3) in the top flight.

Ten years on from the second European Cup victory Spurs fans had the perfect day enjoying Tottenham's biggest win over their rivals Arsenal.

In this article for EPL Index, I tactically analyse how this new formation has changed the midfield strata of the team, with cases from the thrilling 3 - 2 away win over West Ham United as well as the 2 - 1 triumph over rivals Arsenal.

The Blues looked sharp and they were enjoying themselves in a 3 - 0 friendly romp over rivals Arsenal on the weekend in China.

Given that the Blues have gone W7 D1 L1 in their last nine away games in the Premier League, you would have to expect that they come through this, especially after such a convincing demolition job done over rivals Arsenal last weekend.

A single headed goal from Harry Kane was enough to edge Tottenham the win over rivals Arsenal in Saturday's North London Derby.

Not exact matches

While many Arsenal fans still don't want to lose him, they'll certainly hope he doesn't move to Man Utd having lost so many key players to direct rivals over the years including the likes of Robin van Persie and a string of stars to Man City, and based on these latest suggestions, perhaps it's highly unlikely.

Despite all that the big striker has still been chosen by Didier Deschamps over the Manchester United forward Anthony Martial, highlighting the huge difference between Arsenal and our Premier League rivals at the minute.

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Arsenal sealed their place in the Champions League for next season tonight, thanks to London rivals West Ham's win over Manchester United, so we thought we'd take a brief look into who could possibly aid us in the bid for Champions League glory next year.

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Premier League rivals Arsenal and Crystal Palace have come to an agreement over the loan signing of young French striker Yaya Sanogo, report the Daily Star, with the former Auxerre man set to move to Selhurst Park until the end of the season and join Alan Pardew and the Eagles» fight for Premier League survival, that was given a huge boost with the weekend win over Tottenham Hotspur.

A wrongly disallowed goal and a horrible deflection were really harsh on the Welsh club but at the end of the day it has left Arsenal facing a crucial clash with Manuel Pellegrini and his players next week, with the winner getting one over on their main Premier League rival.

This transfer news which is apparently going to be officially confirmed by the Arsenal board this week is a big boost for everyone connected with the club and suggests that our days of losing key players to big rivals in the Premier League and Europe are well and truly over.

Arsenal have had a difficult start to the Premier League campaign, despite successive 1 - 0 victories over West Bromwich Albion and Southampton, leaving them a long way adrift of rivals Chelsea and Manchester City in the battle for top spot in the English top flight, which already looks like very much being a two horse race.

The report states that the Spanish tactician has already held talks over taking the Arsenal job and that means the Gunners would hold a big advantage over their rivals if Messi were to ever consider a transfer to the Premier League.

In talks over a new Arsenal contract, Theo Walcott has not always been a regular for the Gunners this season and has been linked with a surprise move to rivals Liverpool.

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Both men picked up their fifth bookings of the season and in turn will sit out a game through suspension, but with a nine - point buffer over their rivals, Conte will be delighted that his side have piled the pressure on them to respond with Arsenal and Manchester City facing each other on Sunday.

Arsenal, for some reason, generally do well against our biggest rivals, like finishing above the every single season since Arsene Wenger became our manager, and Le Prof was asked if we had a mental advantage over the Spuds.

The main thing is that Arsenal won the game and ended Arsene Wenger; s long run of games without a win over his arch rival.

As long as Arsenal go north and conquer on Monday night then last night's victory for Hull City over our top four rivals Liverpool will be a great result for everyone connected with the Gunners.

Arsenal would not want to see the Germany international move to a Premier League rival, but Lawrenson has poured cold water over the speculation as he does not believe a move to United would be a good fit at all.

Arsenal won their second consecutive competitive match in three months against 10 - man rivals Chelsea today as the Gunners secured their third Community Shield victory since 2014 with a 4 - 1 penalty shoot - out victory over the Blues following a 1 - 1 draw in normal time.

While Arsene Wenger seems content to bide his time over the Arsenal transfer business of the summer, it looks like our Premier League rivals are being much more proactive, especially the team we pipped to avoid the Champions League play - off games.

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Arsenal will certainly be losing a major strength and handing him over to a direct rival, but signing Aubameyang surely makes it a worthwhile decision, while Lacazette and Aubameyang fighting for a starting spot will be healthy in itself.

It's been a fair few years since Arsenal were last forced into selling one of their best players and brightest talents to a rival and those days are supposedly over for good now, given that the stadium debts have finally been paid off.

So even though Arsenal finish the calendar year of 2015 on top of the Premier League table, and having won more points over that 12 month period than any of our rivals, and are favourites for the title, the likes of Jamie Carragher can not help themselves in watering down any praise.

Arsenal have sold a number of key players to the Citizens over the past decade, but I no longer believe we have such a need to sell to our big - spending rivals, with the Emirates now paid off in full.

Arsenal record in the first half of the season against the Top 6 has been abysmal other than the victory over Chelsea, so it may be a tall order to expect them to beat all our rivals, but we do still have hope.

It seems to be a pretty desperate move from Arsenal now in truth, as they know that they must respond to avoid falling into a crisis in the sense that two of their best players could leave to join direct rivals, while supporters would be up in arms over the situation.

It has been hailed as a tactical triumph for Wenger over his rival and it was, but it was also a triumph of Wenger's philosophy with Arsenal to play attacking football and try to win games rather than hold out and nick a goal.

Arsenal were never a threat based on what they accomplished over the summer compared to theier top rivals.

Wenger has overseen the deterioration of Arsenal's league form over the past 10 years and seen the club lose their most important players to rival teams and bigger teams, as he failed to hold on to them.

While reminding our rivals of this little fact the Frenchman also decided to pile on the pressure ahead of their game against Southampton tomorrow by reminding them that, although the chances are that they will finish above us for the first time since Wenger took over the job of Arsenal boss, they could still muck it up as they have in the past.

Not only could we do without a long list of Gunners having to sit out games every week, it would be a big help if our title rivals had to cope with the same sort of problems that have affected Arsenal over the first half of the season.

If Arsenal fans were hoping for a slip up or two over the christmas period from any of the other clubs in with a chance of challenging for the Premier League title, then we were left with just one hope and that was soon snuffed out last night as our north London rivals Tottenham ran out 4 - 1 winners over Southampton.

This may be a pretty season friendly but it's against our arch rivals Chelsea who have tormented Arsenal over the years.

Barcelona are reportedly looking into signing Mesut Ozil in the January transfer window, giving Arsenal a perfect opportunity to get one over rivals Manchester United.

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If the top players are tempted to China then I think it could help Arsenal compete with the big spending clubs here, as the players after the really big money will be over there rather than playing for one of our EPL rivals.

Arsenal can not go to the top of the Premier League with a home win over Man City this evening, because of that pesky Leicester City side of Claudio Ranieri, but we can open up a four point lead over the club that is likely to be our main rivals for the EPL title.

Until then Arsenal can take this on the chin and try to get back in the groove with another win over the local rivals.

Chelsea winger Willian appeared to mock Arsenal over the departure of Alexis Sanchez to rivals Manchester United in this January's transfer window.

There is a saying that Arsenal fans might want to think about as we try to get over the pain of losing to our north London rivals Tottenham for the first time since goals from Bale and Lennon beat us at White Hart Lane nearly two years ago.

This win for Arsenal over Premier League rivals Manchester United saw a great all round performance from the Gunners, both in attack and defence and there were lots of candidates for the Man of the Match, such as Petr Cech who made three crucial saves, Alexis Sanchez for his two great goals and Theo Walcott for his best game at centre forward, but for me it was Mesut Ozil who stood out with his sublime passing, movement, vision and work rate.

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Arsenal have already signed prolific French striker Alexandre Lacazette, who previously rivalled the Swede for the Ligue 1 Golden Boot, but with a question mark over the future of Olivier Giroud, we may well require further additions in attack.

After offering the hand of truce, literally, before the game between Arsenal and Chelsea just over a week ago, Jose Mourinho took no time to aim a few more words of disrespect at his managerial rival Arsene Wenger, with the spurious claim that the Frenchman and Arsenal have some sort of special relationship with the FA and get everything going our way.