"Having won 3-0 at Aston Villa last weekend following three consecutive draws, Arsenal are starting to move in the right direction and go into the game with Tottenham in fourth place.
But they lost 2-0 at Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Champions League and were dumped out of the League Cup in mid-week by Southampton. Tottenham have now gone three league games without victory, but manager Mauricio Pochettino remains determined to see his side finish above Arsenal for the first time in 19 years.
"We are ambitious, " he said after Spurs beat Nottingham Forest 3-1 in the League Cup. "We (Pochettino and his coaching staff) arrived three months ago and we need to make our way, but we are focused on the game and know the history. But it is also important to write the history, starting now.
