In the League Cup, Arsenal easily defeated Liverpool, who were also mixed to reach the quarter-finals, although the League Cup was just a chicken rib competition, and it was not the main squad of the two sides, but this game still attracted a lot of praise from the media.

The headline of the "Every Post" read: Swept Liverpool to advance to the quarter-finals, Arsenal marched to the championship.

The Times believes that Arsenal have the upper hand in the battle between youth teams and substitutes, with young talents emerging and growing rapidly, and these players are all fully available in the long journey for the title in the future.

"The Sun" believes that there is not much gap between the two sides in this contest of reserve forces, Arsenal only has a slight advantage, but the score proves that Arsenal's overall style of play has gradually taken shape from another side, as long as there are talented players like Li Huan and Nasri, they will be able to improve a notch immediately.

However, the League Cup is the League Cup, and the youth and substitute teams will not be paid too much attention by reporters, just one day later, the media and fans have all turned their attention back to the league, and in the 11th round of the game, Arsenal will host Tottenham Hotspur, the opponent of the north London derby, which is their 162nd derby match, and it is also the highlight of this round of the Premier League.

With a history of home to a number of teams in England's top flight, a 'derby' is not uncommon in the city. But among the countless London derbyes, only the "North London Derby" between Arsenal and Tottenham is considered the most authentic London derby. The feud between the two teams began a hundred years ago when Arsenal settled in north London and fought for turf with local snake Tottenham Hotspur, but the north London derby became the hottest derby in green football because of a mysterious case.

At that time, the FA made the decision to expand the First Division, and the First Division was about to expand by two teams, ranking second to last in Group A and 19th, that is, Chelsea, which was originally going to be relegated, was allowed to stay in the relegation, leaving a team that should have been selected from Tottenham Hotspur, the last and 20th place in Group A, or Barnsley, who were in third place in Group B, but surprisingly, Arsenal, who were fifth in Group B, were invited to be promoted, because the FA executive committee members thought Arsenal had made an 'outstanding contribution'. And Tottenham Hotspur was relegated in a daze. Although there is no substantial evidence, the rumours still allege that Arsenal chairman Thierry Henry? Sir Norris used the back-and-forth deal to get there. It also became one of the most controversial events in the history of English football.

The incident ignited a flame of animosity between the two clubs, and every time the two teams met, they always burst into a particularly fierce spark on and off the pitch, thus establishing the special place of the "North London Derby" in English football. Since the inception of the Premier League, Arsenal have clearly outperformed Tottenham, but the latter has never lost the determination to continue to fight their opponents. Even if they don't necessarily win against Arsenal on the pitch, Tottenham will draw attention to the 'North London Derby' in their own way. For example, the scene of tens of thousands of fans booing "traitor" Campbell in White Hart Lane left a deep impression on the world.

Despite Arsenal's high prowess and Tottenham's long-term nightmare against Arsenal in recent years, they have not beaten their rivals in 19 league games, with their last win coming 2-1 at White Hart Lane on 7 November 1999. But the biggest attraction of the "derby" is that the two sides tend to fight hard regardless of the normal comparison of strength, and many times they will play a more dramatic effect.

Before the game, Arsenal ranked first in the Premier League with nine consecutive league wins, and Tottenham was only fourth behind Manchester United on goal difference, which was the first time in the history of the Premier League that both north London doubles in the top four before the derby, and it was also the closest that the north London rivals looked close to each other. The last time the two teams played in the top four in the league was 19 years ago in the old League One, when the two teams played 0-0 at Highbury, but there were only two league games at the time, and it was impossible to see who was the champion. However, in the end, Arsenal lost just one game to win the 1990/91 League One title, while Tottenham, who had Gascoigne and Lineker, finished 10th.

After two consecutive years of large-scale player introductions, Tottenham's squad has gradually become more and more complete and has the strength to challenge for the top four. However, after Arsenal brought in Li Huan in the summer, both in strength and in all aspects, it is undoubtedly higher than in previous seasons, and Tottenham Hotspur is still unable to catch up. Because every season the north London derby is a major event in the Premier League. In order not to let this traditional and hot competition be lonely, the new topic that has been hyped by the media this year is "Tottenham is close to Arsenal?" ”

The topic initially originated from Tottenham striker Robbie? Keane. The Irishman's experience of never successfully playing for a big club before has given the Irishman a natural resistance to the big clubs, and it is clear that Tottenham are strong and have a good record, which makes Keane even more proud: "We thought it would be good to get to the Europa League this season and finish fifth. But when it comes to the game, we've found that it could be better. I think it might depend on the outcome of our games against Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea. Arsenal? Our bench strength may be better than theirs. ”

"The bench may be stronger" is just a very reluctant comment from Keane, for a big name who has been famous for a long time, it is natural to praise the strength of the team, and Robbie. What Keane said wasn't too outrageous.

Judging from Tottenham's squad configuration this season, they have as many as 23 main players, in addition to the starting lineup of this derby, Cudicini, Bale, Butcher, Hutton, Woodgate, Dos Santos, Lennon, Modric, Defoe and Pavlyuchenko are all battle-hardened stars, at least in terms of stars, no worse than Joel Luca, Palacios and other starters.

On Arsenal's side, there are absolutely qualified substitutes to enter the main lineup, but Eboue, Rosicky, Walcott and several others, even if they add young players Gibbs, Ramsey and Wilshere, their absolute number of substitutes is not better than Tottenham.

But what does the British journalist eat, Robbie Keane's words completely changed the taste in the reporter's mouth, and the reporter took advantage of the ambiguity in Robbie Keane's words, saying that Robbie Keane's sarcasm Arsenal is not as strong as Tottenham Hotspur's bench.

Robbie Keane's words were immediately taken by the reporter of the "Sun" to ask Wenger, in the face of the provocation of a century-old enemy, even Wenger, who is as humble as a gentleman, cannot show weakness, the professor said that he can understand Keane's wording, and which captain will say to the media that his team is weak, the important thing is not to see what others say, but how to do it, Arsenal only needs to win the game and win the league championship and everything will be fine. "I don't want to talk about his opinion, it's just an opinion and we're just looking at the performance, not what other people think. It's part of the game, Tottenham fans have opinions, Arsenal fans have opinions, I'm happy with the players I have, I don't want to compare with Tottenham, I'm confident in them and I feel like we have the strength to win the title. ”

Then Tottenham Hotspur's manager, the old coach Redknapp, also joined the war of words, perhaps last season Arsenal led 4-2 but Tottenham scored two goals in the last moment, making the old Ray look down on the young opponent. Redknapp believes Arsenal are on a ferocious streak at the moment, winning 16 in a row in all competitions, but their players are still too young to have much hope of winning the title, and the Premier League title will be between Chelsea and Manchester United.

Perhaps it is the history of four consecutive years without a title that has made Wenger have a phobia, and he is now most disgusted by people saying that Arsenal does not have a championship appearance, even if the respected Redknapp said such a thing, Wenger unceremoniously shot back: "How do you judge the size of a club? Succeed? If you want to look at honors, they still have a lot of homework to do. We've played in the Champions League for 12 years in a row, so if they want to say they're close to us, then at least once first. You can never say never, they have potential, they have fans, they are a big club, but the next step is a continuous succession of progress, and now no one can deny that Arsenal are ahead of them, we are always ahead of them, we were, we were, we were, we were. The chairman of Arsenal, the old man Hillwood, said even more, "The north London derby? This is made up by you journalists, I never thought there was a north London derby, there was only one team in north London, and that was Arsenal. ”

Tottenham Hotspur's talented full-back Bale is Walcott's good friend, they both debuted in Southampton's youth team, both are good at playing on the wings, they are very fast, they originally hoped to become Southampton's magic wings, but unknown fate turned them into a pair of enemies.

Bale was not prepared for a war of words with Arsenal before the game, but his personal relationship with Theo Walcott is still very good. But Wenger and Hillwood's words made him angry, and in an interview with reporters, Bale said indignantly: "There was only one team in north London, and that was a hundred years ago, when there was no so-called Real Arsenal. It seems that the professor is satisfied with the ranking above us, no wonder they haven't won a championship in 4 years. Anyway, we won a League Cup. ”

Arsene Wenger also felt that what he said was a bit excessive, as a strong man on the top, he behaved ungentlemanly, and in his subsequent speech, Wenger affirmed Tottenham's progress in recent years, "The chairman may be telling jokes, this is his usual habit, Tottenham Hotspur are of course opponents in the north London derby, they are already a threat, in 2006 they were close to the Champions League. They get a lot of money in every year, how can they not be a threat? Redknapp did a good job because they were trying to keep it from sinking and I think they found the right coach and he showed experience and intelligence. ”

Arsene Wenger wanted to remain a gentleman, but his players were not so polite, Van Diaby told reporters nakedly, "Derby is a war, we will not let Tottenham Hotspur go at home, and playing Tottenham Hotspur out of north London is Arsenal's biggest goal." ”

When Van Persie heard that Tottenham Hotspur had the idea of moving to the Olympic stadium, he quipped: "They only deserve to play derbies with West Ham United and the brutal workers of Millwall, and north London is not the right place for them." ”

As the hero of Arsenal's recent rise, the new cadre who attacked the city, Li Huan was not silent before the game, the Chinese defender is the first time to participate in the north London derby, he is full of curiosity and expectation for this game, "From the perspective of history and grievances, the north London derby is certainly one of the most famous derbies in the world, although I have not participated, but I can imagine how fierce this derby will be." We had a good result against Tottenham but that was just a sign of the past and we need to work very hard to win this game. The last games have been a bit like the devil's schedule, we have played against strong teams in quick succession, and we have played two games a week and I hope to get three points and consolidate our position in the table. ”

Theo Walcott, who missed several games due to a back injury some time ago, has been given permission from the team doctor and Arsene Wenger to come off the bench for at least 10 minutes or more. Walcott, who was in a good mood, also began to joke about his friend's team before the game. "You (reporters) ask me if there is any pressure, if the opponent's fouls and injuries are pressure, my pressure is not small, but my motivation is greater, I am very eager to participate in this derby, for any player, it is an honour to be able to participate in such a derby, I discussed it with my good friend Bale before the game, and I was going to exchange jerseys with each other after the game, and he said that if we win, he will congratulate me, and similarly, if we lose, I will also congratulate Bale, But I feel that my reassuring may be a little more surname. ”

Arsenal beat Liverpool 2-1 in Arsene Wenger's 750th game in charge of the Gunners, and this weekend Arsenal host Tottenham Hotspur in another record-breaking fixture. If he wins this derby, Arsene Wenger will step into the Premier League coach's "1,000-point club", which only counts the number of Premier League points earned by a manager at a Premier League club, and so far only Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson.

Since taking charge of Arsenal in 1996, Arsene Wenger has led Arsenal to 495 Premier League games, winning 290, drawing 127 and losing 78, with 997 points in the Premier League, second only to Alex Ferguson in the current managerial rankings. If he can lead his side to beat Tottenham this weekend, that number will reach a milestone of 1,000 points.

In the 11th round of the league, Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea's top three opponents are all weak teams, only Arsenal's opponents are tougher, whether it is to represent a vanity of a thousand-point club, or a real three-point, Arsenal must win this game, although it seems that Arsenal is a lot ahead now, but with Chelsea is a one-game gap, the league has just been played less than a third, and Arsenal has not yet breathed a sigh of relief.

On October 31, the 11th round of the Premier League first kicked off in north London, and at 2:40 pm, players from Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur walked out of the players' tunnel, indicating that the 162nd north London derby was about to start. The stands were packed, and Gunners fans were spared no histories of cheers and boos, of course, for Arsenal and Arsene Wenger, while the boos were reserved for Tottenham boss Redknapp and his disciples. A Chinese fan in an Arsenal shirt shouted: "Come on, Gunners, pull out the stab successfully!" It was applauded in unison by other gunner fans of different skin tones.

At this time, Su Dong, the commentator of Guangdong Satellite TV, also began to introduce the lineups of the two sides to the Chinese fans in front of the TV:

Arsenal are still in their traditional 4-3-3 formation, 1-Almunia/13-Li Huan, 10-Galla, 5-Vermaelen, 22-Klich/4-Fabregas, 17-Song, 2-Diaby/52-Bendtner, 11-Van Persie, 27-Eboue.

Walcott, Rosicky, and Eduardo sat on the bench, since this game was on Eboue and the double back, not on Nasri and Rosicky, it shows that Wenger still puts the focus of the attack on the side, hoping to open the situation from the side first, Wenger believes that Li Huan will be able to suppress Wales' 'little Giggs'.

Tottenham's 11 starters are 1-Gomez/22-Joel Luka, 26-Ledley King, 19-Boumson, 32-Ekoto/5-Bentley, 3-Bale, 12-Palacios, 8-Jenas/10-Robbie Keane, 15-Crouch Tottenham played a 442 formation today, and the core of the midfield, Mordrich, has just recovered from an injury, and like Walcott, he can't play the whole game, so he can only watch the game and arrange their playing time, However, since the two managers have brought such powerful players, they will definitely give them the opportunity to play. Much to the frustration of Tottenham boss Redknapp, it was the accumulation of yellow cards and suspensions for their main striker Defoe, which was a huge loss for Tottenham, even more so than the absence of Arsenal.

At 2:45, with the whistle of referee Clattenburg, the game officially began. The fans at the Emirates Stadium began to go out of their way to cheer for their team. Rhythmic cheers come and go. The fierce scrambling and wonderful cooperation between the two sides on the court again and again attracted bursts of laughter and angry scolding from the fans. The game entered a fierce battle from the beginning, with neither a little foreplay nor a little prelude, like a pair of enemies who met on a narrow road.

(To be continued)