7′ A rapid counter finds Tierney high up on the left flank and Aubameyang is only denied by a sharp low save from Lloris. It wouldn’t have counted, though, as the assistant’s flag is raised once again.
6′ Ultimately ruled offside, Son scuffs the first shot of the game well wide of the left post, following a pass from Alli.
4′ Reguilon wins a free-kick by positioning himself well under a skewed clearance from Spurs skipper Lloris, as Arsenal press high up the field.
2′ Remarkably, Tottenham have won just one of their last 28 away league games against Arsenal – losing 16 – with a dramatic 3-2 win in November 2010 being their last such success.
1′ Following a tribute to the late, great Jimmy Greaves, we are under way at the Emirates!
The players are out on the pitch amid a raucous atmosphere, and this much-anticipated game is within moments of kick-off!
For the visitors, Tanguy Ndombele has worked his way back into Nuno Espirito Santo’s thinking and, after registering Spurs’ opener in midweek, joins Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg in the all-important engine room. Meanwhile, Lucas Moura starts in a three-man attack led by Tottenham talisman Harry Kane.
Arsenal’s Granit Xhaka returns from a three-game suspension to immediately regain his place in the hosts’ midfield, seeing Albert Sambi Lokonga dropped to the bench by boss Mikel Arteta. In goal, Aaron Ramsdale makes his derby debut and retains the gloves ahead of Bernd Leno after back-to-back clean sheets in the Premier League. While, up front, captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang starts despite Alexandre Lacazette’s good goalscoring record against Spurs.
SUBS: Pierluigi Gollini, Giovani Lo Celso, Bryan Gil, Emerson Royal, Ben Davies, Cristian Romero, Dane Scarlett, Joe Rodon, Oliver Skipp.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR (4-3-3): Hugo Lloris; Japhet Tanganga, Eric Dier, Davinson Sanchez, Sergio Reguilon; Tanguy Ndombele, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Dele Alli; Son Heung-Min, Lucas Moura, Harry Kane.
SUBS: Bernd Leno, Nuno Tavares, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Nicolas Pepe, Alexandre Lacazette, Rob Holding, Cedric Soares, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Gabriel Martinelli.
ARSENAL (4-2-3-1): Aaron Ramsdale, Kieran Tierney, Ben White, Gabriel Magalhaes, Takehiro Tomiyasu; Granit Xhaka, Thomas Partey; Martin Odegaard, Emile Smith Rowe, Bukayo Saka; Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Arsenal have not failed to score in a Premier League meeting at home to Tottenham since the turn of the century, and meet a Spurs side that has suffered successive 3-0 defeats in the top flight, having won both of their two most recent league outings 1-0.
While the Gunners come into this match following a 3-0 EFL Cup success over AFC Wimbledon in midweek, Spurs needed penalties to get past Wolves in the same competition. Now, the old foes clash in the first derby in front of a full stadium for well over a year.
Hello and welcome to coverage of the North London derby at the Emirates Stadium, as Arsenal host arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur!
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