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The 2nd northbound London derby of nan play is upon america connected Sunday afternoon, arsenic some Tottenham and Arsenal participate nan tally successful for their respective 2023-24 Premier League campaigns.
The reverse fixture saw nan points shared astatine nan Emirates, pinch Son Heung-Min bagging a brace to gain nan then-league-leaders a hard-fought point, but pinch nan title title arsenic it is, Arsenal will request to return each 3 this clip to guidelines immoderate chance of lifting their first Premier League trophy successful 20 years.
Spurs, connected nan different hand, will beryllium looking to adjacent nan spread connected Aston Villa to clinch 4th spot and return to nan Champions League.
Arsenal person been formidable astatine times this season, but really galore of Ange Postecoglou’s squad would get into a starting XI alongside Mikel Arteta’s title contenders?
Here is Mail Sport's mixed Arsenal-Spurs XI...
Tottenham look Arsenal successful nan 2nd northbound London derby of nan play connected Sunday afternoon
The points were shared astatine nan Emirates successful September, pinch Son Heung-Min bagging a brace
Bukayo Saka netted for nan Gunners, while Cristian Romero scored an unfortunate ain goal
Formation: 4-3-3
Goalkeeper: David Raya
While Guglielmo Vicario has been an awesome successor to erstwhile Spurs skipper Hugo Lloris, Arsenal’s convention starring 16 cleanable sheets this play cannot beryllium overlooked, and David Raya has been an integral portion of that.
After replacing Aaron Ramsdale arsenic Arsenal’s number 1 early connected this season, nan Spaniard has been a cardinal portion for nan Gunners successful their complaint for nan title and has proved himself to beryllium 1 of nan champion keepers successful nan Premier League.
David Raya gets nan motion successful goal, pinch nan Spaniard boasting a convention starring 16 cleanable sheets
Left back: Micky van de Ven
There’s nary uncertainty this spot would person gone to Destiny Udogie if he was fit, arsenic nan young Italian has been awesome for Postecoglou's broadside successful his debut season.
Arteta has struggled to find nan reply astatine near back, pinch questions being asked of Oleksandr Zinchenko and Jakub Kiwior each play long, truthful it would beryllium incorrect to put a reddish garment successful conscionable for nan liking of it. Micky van de Ven truthful takes nan spot.
The Dutch world has played near backmost for his country, truthful wouldn’t beryllium wholly retired of position, and it would beryllium incorrect not to see him arsenic he’s been 1 of Spurs’ champion signings.
When fit, nan quality is nighttime and time successful Tottenham’s backline.
Although Micky van de Ven is somewhat retired of position, nan Dutch defender fills successful astatine near back
Right Back: Ben White
Arguably 1 of nan tougher ones, arsenic Pedro Porro has been awesome down nan right-hand side for Spurs, and while nan Spaniard is nan favourable action going guardant pinch his gait and value connected nan ball, Ben White - who is primitively a centre half - has hardly put a ft incorrect for Arsenal this year.
The England world has not only been coagulated successful defence for nan Gunners, but has besides contributed 4 assists and 4 goals, 2 of which came successful their 5-0 triumph complete Chelsea connected Tuesday night.
Ben White narrowly edges retired Pedro Porro and scored 2 goals against Chelsea connected Tuesday
Centre half: Gabriel Magalhaes
There is nary amended protect business successful nan Premier League presently than nan duo of Gabriel Magalhaes and William Saliba.
Favoured by Arteta successful 32 of nan 34 convention this season, nan rock-solid business ranks first successful cleanable sheets and past successful goals conceded.
Gabriel has been nan spine of Arsenal’s defence since 2020, and contempt rumours of a move distant for nan Brazilian past summer, he has proved to beryllium a champion successful Arteta’s backline and 1 of nan champion defenders successful nan league.
Centre half: William Saliba
While it’s the business of Gabriel and Saliba that makes Arsenal’s defence truthful formidable, if you were to azygous retired nan amended of nan two, it would person to beryllium William Saliba.
The Frenchman has started each crippled for nan Gunners this play and has nan astir cleanable sheets of immoderate subordinate successful nan Premier League.
There is nary amended protect duo successful nan apical formation than Gabriel Magalhaes and William Saliba
Holding midfielder: Declan Rice
Thomas Partey was considered for this spot, but fixed nan Ghanaian world has been injured for nan mostly of nan season, and has featured successful conscionable 10 Premier League games for Arsenal, nan holding midfielder spot goes to Arteta’s £100million marquee summertime signing.
It’s not often you tin opportunity a subordinate has lived up to a £100m value tag (see: Enzo Fernandez), and while nan champion is yet to travel from nan 25-year-old, it cannot beryllium denied that Declan Rice has added overmuch needed stableness and value to nan guidelines of Arsenal’s midfield this season.
Declan Rice has firmly lived up to his £100million value tag successful his debut play astatine nan Emirates
Centre midfield: James Maddison
Postecoglou hardly put a ft incorrect successful his first summertime transportation model astatine Tottenham, addressing nan teams’ weaknesses successful cardinal positions.
No signing addressed Spurs’ imaginative problems much prominently than James Maddison.
The imaginative shade of Christian Eriksen has proved problematic for Spurs since nan Dane’s exit from nan nine successful 2020, pinch Jose Mourinho, Nuno Espirito Santo, and Antonio Conte each failing to reside nan spread successful Tottenham’s attacking midfield. In steps Maddison.
While nan second extremity of nan play has been little awesome for nan erstwhile Leicester star, arguably owed to his ankle wounded successful nan mediate of Spurs’ campaign, Maddison deed nan crushed moving astatine nan commencement of his debut run astatine nan club.
He provided 3 goals and 5 assists successful his first 9 games, and added a much-needed imaginative spark to nan side.
Despite a dip successful shape successful caller months, James Maddison has proven to beryllium an astute signing
Centre midfield: Martin Odegaard
Without a protector of a uncertainty Arsenal’s champion player, Martin Odegaard has been a revelation for Arsenal since signing permanently for nan Gunners successful 2021.
With 8 goals and 8 assists to his sanction this season, Arsenal’s skipper is simply a nary brainer successful this mixed 11.
Norwegian prima Martin Odegaard, 25, is without a protector of a uncertainty Arsenal’s champion player
Left wing: Leandro Trossard
A twelvemonth ago, it would person been difficult to ideate Gabriel Martinelli’s spot connected nan near helping for Arsenal being heavy contested, but Leandro Trossard has impressed truthful overmuch that he has been favoured to nan Brazilian of precocious - and has produced much goals successful less appearances.
The Belgium world continues to present successful this Arsenal broadside and is becoming an integral portion of their attack.
Leandro Trossard has been successful specified bully shape that he edges retired team-mate Gabriel Martinelli
Right wing: Bukayo Saka
There tin beryllium nary statement connected this one. Whatever statement Spurs fans tin muster up successful favour of Brennan Johnson aliases Dejan Kulusevski, it will not stack up against Bukayo Saka’s 14 goals and 9 assists successful nan Premier League this season.
Numbers aside, location are fewer amended correct wingers successful nan convention than Arsenal’s apical extremity scorer.
There are fewer amended correct wingers successful nan convention than Arsenal’s apical extremity scorer Bukayo Saka
Striker: Son Heung-Min
While his champion position is retired connected nan left, Arsenal’s deficiency of a objective target man intends Son will lead nan statement of this mixed XI.
Harry Kane’s transportation to Bayern Munich successful nan summertime whitethorn person put an extremity to nan move duo, but it surely has not stopped Son successful his tracks.
The South Korean has scored 15 times successful nan convention this play on pinch 9 assists, proving he is still a world people talent moreover without his erstwhile partner successful crime.
Son Heung-Min has still proven to beryllium a world people talent contempt Harry Kane's exit past summer
Full mixed XI (4-3-3): Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Van de Ven; Rice, Odegaard, Maddison; Saka, Son, Trossard
