Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur are currently both inside the top four of the Premier League.
Gunners legend Paul Merson spoke to Sky Sports, and made an incredibly bold statement when suggesting that Alexis Sanchez is the only Arsenal player who would get into the Spurs team.
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Mauricio Pochettino’s men have received high acclaim for the manner in which they have gone about their business this season, and currently sit in second position in the table, nine points adrift of league leaders Chelsea.
Arsene Wenger’s side, on the other hand, have been battered from pillar to post having failed to mount a sustained title challenge, even though they are only three points and two places behind Tottenham in the Premier League table.
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino
And Merson spoke to Sky Sports about the strength of the current Spurs side, in comparison to his former club, responding to a question asking him how many Arsenal stars would get into the Tottenham team:
“I don’t know where they would be without Alexis Sanchez. He’s their one player. I was talking to someone the other day and I said that if you put Tottenham’s best 11 that they can get on the football pitch and put Arsenal best 11 next to it, Sanchez is the only player that gets in to Spurs’ team. If you go through the team, I just don’t see who else gets in – that can’t be right.”
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger in the stands
Wenger’s men have an opportunity to make up some ground on their bitter rivals tomorrow, when they host Hull City, whilst Pochettino’s men face the more daunting challenge of a trip to Anfield to take on Liverpool.
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And it is weekends like this where the Gunners absolutely have to cut into Spurs’ lead over them, if they are to have any chance at all of overhauling their north London rivals.
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