Tottenham vs Arsenal: North London derby, Premier League – live | Premier League

This is a charming interview with Bukayo Saka.

Some weeks are more eventful than others. Over the next eight days, Arsenal will play away against Spurs, Atalanta and Erling Haaland’s team.

This is an excellent point from David Howell

“Also, since it is only September, we do not yet know whether this title race is a normal race or whether lawyers and various other professional interpreters from the accounting firm Numberwang will forcibly take Manchester City out of the equation.

“All the other teams are jostling for position in a peloton that may or may not have a sky-blue breakaway to chase. Until this particular case is resolved, this is Schrödinger's table; there is indeed a big day in the title race this week, but it is not today. It is tomorrow.”

Jonathan Liew puts his thermometer in north London

“I'm the only Spurs here,” calls the landlady, a pleasant middle-aged woman called Tina. As you can imagine, running a Spurs pub on derby day is not a job for the faint-hearted. The Coach & Horses will be packed, and security will be hired to keep order and enforce the no-away-fans rule.

But what about the rest of the time? What if an Arsenal fan – known pejoratively in these parts as a 'Gooner' – crossed the threshold? Would they just be thrown out? Or would a harsher punishment be required? “Oh, that rule only applies on match days,” Tina explains. “We have Arsenal fans here all the time. There's one over there. She's my daughter.”

The final score is Tottenham Hotspur 9:1 Arsenal. In a way, yes.

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David Hytner meets Pedro Porro

Since I was little, I had to fight for everything. At home, you had to be tough. Often there was nothing to eat. I know that other people feel the same way, but that's how it was. So I had to be tough. That spirit is not necessarily a bad thing. It's also a winning spirit. It can be positive in the game. It's been a part of me since I started. If you want to reach the absolute top level, you have to be mentally strong.

Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea and now Arsenal. Raheem Sterling has had an unusual career.

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