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The pressure is now on Arsenal to overcome Tottenham Hotspur when both teams clash in the Premier League derby on Sunday evening.
This follows Manchester City’s 2-1 win against Newcastle United on Saturday night at the Etihad Stadium.
Recall that Pep Guardiola’s side defeated Newcastle at home, thanks to Nico O’Reilly’s brace.
The outcome of the match means the Cityzens are now two points behind Arsenal on the Premier League table after 27 matches played.
Arsenal will extend the lead to five points with a game more than City if they beat Spurs on Sunday.
But Tottenham will hope to avoid another defeat to the Gunners after they lost the reverse fixture 4-1 at the Emirates Stadium last November.
Recall that a hat-trick from Eberechi Eze and a goal from Leandro Trossard gave Arsenal the victory against Tottenham.
Ahead of today’s encounter, both Arsenal and Tottenham failed to win their last Premier League fixtures against Wolves and Newcastle United, respectively.
Arsenal played a 2-2 draw with Wolves, while Tottenham lost 2-1 to Newcastle at home.
Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, is expected to be with a full squad against Tottenham as no fresh injury concerns in his team at the moment.
The likes of Kai Havertz and Martin Odegaard are expected to be part of the squad to face the hosts.
On his part, Tottenham manager Igor Tudor will be without Wilson Odobert, who is out for the season after rupturing his ACL against Newcastle, joining the likes of Pedro Porro (thigh), Dejan Kulusevski (knee), James Maddison (ACL), and Mohammed Kudus (thigh) on the sidelines.
The kick-off time for the Tottenham vs Arsenal game is 5.30 pm, Nigerian time.
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