Paul Merson has told Tottenham it’s do or bust forward of their North London derby with Arsenal on Sunday.
Spurs make the journey to the Emirates Stadium wanting to make it six straight wins after making it 5 towards Dinamo Zagreb within the Europa League on Thursday night.
That high quality run of type has seen Jose Mourinho’s males return to prime 4 competition, now inside 5 factors of Chelsea in fourth with a sport in hand, at time of writing.
But having labored so exhausting to get again into competition, Spurs cannot afford to blow it, and particularly not towards largest rivals Arsenal.
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That’s in accordance to pundit Merson, who believes Tottenham’s prime 4 hopes will slip away utterly ought to they lose to Mikel Arteta’s males on Sunday.
“If Spurs do not win, that is it for his or her prime 4 probabilities. They cannot afford to lose this sport. One hundred per cent,” he wrote in his Daily Star column.
“They’ve performed very well to get again within the race however look what number of groups are preventing for it. They have to maintain successful.
“Leicester and Manchester United each had huge, huge wins final weekend and that is put the strain again on the chasing pack.
“Now, Spurs have to keep within the Europa League. They would possibly want it. It might be their greatest route again into the Champions League.
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Speaking about Arsenal, Merson added: “For Arsenal, it is their solely route. Their probabilities of the highest 4 have gone in my view. The two video games towards Olympiakos are larger for them than the north London derby – and it hurts me to say that as an ex-Arsenal participant.
“If they acquired beat by Tottenham however nonetheless acquired via towards Olympiakos, I do not assume they would have an issue with that.
“But I nonetheless assume they have an incredible likelihood of beating Spurs. Even within the video games Spurs have been successful currently, they’ve been cut up open a few occasions.
“A greater high quality workforce would have damage them. And Arsenal can have quite a lot of the ball on this sport as a result of Spurs like to counter-attack.”
