Saturday, February 7, 2009

Fixture Focus - Spurs (8 Feb 09)



Tottenham Hotspur vs Arsenal FC








It's here again, the famous North London derby, to be held at White Hart Lane itself. Expect no love lost for this one.

A few reasons, though, for the "no love lost" comment. Spurs are still in the danger zone, with the (been mentioning about this umpteen times) last 9 positions of the league still as elastic as ever, they needed a win, and a win bad. Arsenal, on the other hand, had lost their "Top 4" label to a NKOTB - Aston Villa, and they would want to catch up on points fast, before the Champions League comes knocking again. Last but not least, it's a North London derby, after all....

It would be a cracker in this game - Spurs has welcomed their latest old boy - Robbie Keane - back. Arsenal, too, has just got the attacking maestro Arshavin, and he may be potentially in the starting lineup.

How is this game going to fair? As I had said previously, it would be no love lost. Footballing sense, it would be cracker, and expect the intensity of the previous 4-4 meeting at the Emirates Stadium.

COYS!!!!!

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