It's the first North London derby ever played outside the United Kingdom and it comes at a critical juncture for both teams. It seems as though the gap between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur is as wide as it has been in a generation, and the reality is you have to go back nearly 50 years, to Spurs' temporary sojourn in the second tier in 1977-78 for the last time as many positions separated them from their rivals down the Seven Sisters Road.

Arsenal ended 2024-25 in the familiar position of second, while for Tottenham this proved to be a year they flirted with both triumph and disaster, landing on a curious form of the latter by winning the Europa League and finishing in 17th, just above the Premier League drop zone. The latter cost Ange Postecoglou his job with Thomas Frank quickly al

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