Former England goalkeeper Joe Hart said the Gunners have created a "fear factor" this season. He added that teams are ready to have a "bit of a slug-fest" against fellow title contenders Manchester City, but can be "very confused" when they play Arsenal and "very few" will go toe-to-toe with the Gunners.

The Champions League will lose at least one perfect record in north London on Wednesday.

For instance, you may recall this column's belief that the league phase was going to begin in quite disastrous fashion for Atletico Madrid, who had the look of yesterday's team going into this competition.

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has said Cole Palmer could return to action sooner than expected but still expects the playmaker to miss Sunday's Premier League clash with Arsenal.

Tottenham confirmed lineup vs. Arsenal (3-4-3): Vicario; Danso, Romero, Van de Ven; Spence, Palhinha, Bentancur, Udogie; Kudus, Richarlison, Odobert. The division’s best defence against the joint-most prolific goalscorers away from home. How will this pan out?

One of the areas in which the unsung Trossard has been crucial is in scoring goals to give his side the lead. Against Tottenham, Arsenal dominated the first half - Spurs did not even manage a shot - but it took until the 36th minute for the Gunners to break the deadlock, and once again that goal came through Trossard.

Welcome to the weekend! Winners' medals will be doled out in abundance in the U.S. on Saturday as the NWSL Championship and the USL Championship final take place, the former headlined by U.S. women's national team stars like the Washington Spirit's Trinity Rodman and Gotham FC's Jaedyn Shaw.

Arsenal legend Lee Dixon has explained why he thinks one of his former club’s summer signings made a mistake in the summer as his transfer made no sense. The Gunners made a statement in this summer’s transfer window as they spent around £250m on several marquee signings.