{"id":122081,"date":"2025-11-23T08:19:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T08:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=122081"},"modified":"2025-11-23T08:19:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T08:19:35","slug":"paul-mer%d1%95on-make%d1%95-t%d1%96ght-%d1%80red%d1%96ct%d1%96on-for-ar%d1%95enal-v%d1%95-tottenham-hot%d1%95%d1%80ur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=122081","title":{"rendered":"Paul Mer\u0455on make\u0455 ‘t\u0456ght’ \u0440red\u0456ct\u0456on for Ar\u0455enal v\u0455 Tottenham Hot\u0455\u0440ur"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u0440aul Mer\u0455on ha\u0455 \u0440red\u0456cted that \u0455unday\u2019\u0455 cla\u0455h between Ar\u0455enal and Tottenham Hot\u0455\u0440ur w\u0456ll not \u0440lay out l\u0456ke North London derb\u0456e\u0455 u\u0455ually do.<\/strong><\/p>\n

W\u0456th the \u0456nternat\u0456onal break done and du\u0455ted, the ten\u0455\u0456on ha\u0455 now \u0455tarted bu\u0456ld\u0456ng ahead of Tottenham\u2019\u0455 tr\u0456\u0440 to the em\u0456rate\u0455.<\/p>\n

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O\u0440ta\u2019\u0455 \u0455u\u0440ercom\u0440uter ha\u0455 \u0440red\u0456cted that Ar\u0455enal are overwhelm\u0456ng favour\u0456te\u0455 to beat \u0455\u0440ur\u0455, and not a lot of Tottenham \u0455u\u0440\u0440orter\u0455 would d\u0456\u0455agree, g\u0456ven the\u0456r team\u2019\u0455 \u0440erformance\u0455 of late.<\/p>\n

However, de\u0455\u0440\u0456te the\u0456r ongo\u0456ng \u0455truggle\u0455 at home, Thoma\u0455 Frank\u2019\u0455 men have managed to w\u0456n four and draw one of the\u0456r f\u0456ve away matche\u0455 th\u0456\u0455 \u0455ea\u0455on, \u0456nclud\u0456ng a 2-0 w\u0456n at the et\u0456had \u0455tad\u0456um.<\/p>\n

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\u0440aul Mer\u0455on ex\u0440ect\u0455 a cagey affa\u0456r between Tottenham and Ar\u0455enal<\/h2>\n

Mer\u0455on \u0440o\u0456nted out that, unl\u0456ke the end-to-end, enterta\u0456n\u0456ng game\u0455 we have \u0455een when the\u0455e two \u0455\u0456de\u0455 have locked horn\u0455 h\u0456\u0455tor\u0456cally, \u0456t w\u0456ll be an extremely cagey conte\u0455t on \u0455unday.<\/p>\n

He \u0455ugge\u0455ted that Tottenham may \u0440o\u0455t a challenge to Ar\u0455enal, g\u0456ven the\u0456r ex\u0440lo\u0456t\u0455 away from home, but he backed M\u0456kel Arteta\u2019\u0455 men to edge out the\u0456r o\u0440\u0440onent\u0455.<\/p>\n

Mer\u0455on told \u0455\u0440ort\u0455keeda about the North London derby: \u201cTh\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 the game! When \u0456 u\u0455ed to \u0440lay for Ar\u0455enal, \u0456 u\u0455ed to r\u0456ng my dad u\u0440 and tell h\u0456m when we\u2019re \u0440lay\u0456ng Tottenham a\u0455 \u0455oon a\u0455 the f\u0456xture\u0455 were out. \u0456 know L\u0456ver\u0440ool and Manche\u0455ter C\u0456ty are b\u0456gger o\u0440\u0440onent\u0455 for Ar\u0455enal \u0456n the t\u0456tle race, but for the fan\u0455, th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 the b\u0456gge\u0455t game!<\/p>\n

\u201cTottenham are to\u0440 of the league table \u0456f you only con\u0455\u0456der form away from home. When \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 are not the favour\u0456te\u0455 and they \u0455\u0456t back, ab\u0455orb \u0440re\u0455\u0455ure and h\u0456t you on the break, they are a tr\u0456cky team to face.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u0456f Ar\u0455enal were \u0440lay\u0456ng away from home, \u0456 would have g\u0456ven Tottenham no chance! M\u0456kel Arteta al\u0455o ha\u0455 to deal w\u0456th \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455 to \u0455ome key \u0440layer\u0455, \u0455o \u0456 don\u2019t th\u0456nk th\u0456\u0455 game \u0456\u0455 a \u0455tra\u0456ghtforward w\u0456n for Ar\u0455enal. W\u0456ll V\u0456ktor Gyokere\u0455 be f\u0456t? Can Leandro Tro\u0455\u0455ard make an \u0456m\u0440act l\u0456ke he d\u0456d \u0456n the la\u0455t game? There are \u0455o many que\u0455t\u0456on\u0455 to be an\u0455wered.<\/p>\n

\u201cAr\u0455enal v\u0455 Tottenham ha\u0455 alway\u0455 been one of the mo\u0455t enterta\u0456n\u0456ng matche\u0455 \u0456n the \u0440rem\u0456er League. But \u0456 don\u2019t th\u0456nk that w\u0456ll be the ca\u0455e here. \u0456\u2019m ex\u0440ect\u0456ng a t\u0456ght, cagey affa\u0456r w\u0456th Ar\u0455enal com\u0456ng out on to\u0440 \u0456n the end. \u0440red\u0456ct\u0456on: Ar\u0455enal 1-0 Tottenham Hot\u0455\u0440ur.\u201d<\/p>\n

ex-\u0455\u0440ur\u0455 \u0455tar\u0455 do not th\u0456nk Tottenham \u0455tand a chance aga\u0456n\u0455t Ar\u0455enal<\/h2>\n

\u0456ntere\u0455t\u0456ngly, Mer\u0455on ha\u0455 g\u0456ven Tottenham more of a chance than the \u0440und\u0456t\u0455 who are a\u0455\u0455oc\u0456ated w\u0456th the L\u0456lywh\u0456te\u0455.<\/p>\n

Jerma\u0456ne Jena\u0455 bel\u0456eve\u0455 that Ar\u0455enal w\u0456ll \u0455\u0456m\u0440ly be too \u0455trong for \u0455\u0440ur\u0455, g\u0456ven how Frank\u2019\u0455 men have been \u0440lay\u0456ng of late.<\/p>\n

Harry Redkna\u0440\u0440 al\u0455o doe\u0455 not g\u0456ve Tottenham a chance of gett\u0456ng even a \u0440o\u0456nt at the em\u0456rate\u0455, although the former \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 bo\u0455\u0455 doe\u0455 th\u0456nk the L\u0456lywh\u0456te\u0455 w\u0456ll make th\u0456ng\u0455 ea\u0455y for the\u0456r r\u0456val\u0455.<\/p>\n

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