This Sunday the Premier offers an exciting North London derby and also with an audience in the stands of Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the first time since March (due to the coronavirus pandemic). Tottenham leads the great duel and Mikel Arteta, Arsenal coach, told the media that José Mourinho's men deserve to be in the place they occupy, but that it is still too early to call them true contenders for the title. Tottenham have not lost in the Premier League since matchday one and, if they beat Arsenal, they will score 11 points.
“I think it's too early in the season to see who are title contenders or not,” Arteta said. “But what you can say is that they (Spurs) are in the position they are in because they are doing things the right way.”
Arsenal are 14th and their points figure, 13 after the first 10 games of the championship, is the lowest since the 1981-82 season. “The situation is like this because they deserve it more than us and they have done things better than us,” said Arteta in reference to Tottenham. “We have to accept that. But we want to go there and make that gap three points smaller. “
Regarding the presence of an audience at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, 2,000 spectators (for the first time since March), Arteta said: “We have been waiting for this moment for a long time and I am not going to complain. Honestly, I prefer to play in a stadium with an atmosphere, with some fans and at this moment it will be in their favor and next week for us ”. On Thursday in the Europa League, Arsenal also had 2,000 supporters at the Emirates Stadium against Rapid Vienna (4-1 for the Gunners).