North London Derby, Mikel Arteta in focus

The event has many key elements, showing that coach Mikel Arteta will be the center of attention in the top competition between the two leading clubs in North London. "Believe in what we are doing", the short but meaningful message from Arsenal Club on the day of announcing coach Mikel Arteta signed a contract extension.

Lịch thi đấu Ngoại hạng Anh hôm nay: Derby Bắc London, tâm điểm Mikel Arteta- Ảnh 1. — Arsenal's belief is the commitment of coach Mikel Arteta

This is considered the next step in the ambitious plan of the 42-year-old Spanish strategist, after accepting the difficult adventure of rebuilding the Emirates team since December 2019. Arteta achieved initial success with the FA Cup championship in 2020. From there, he laid the foundation to radically change the aging "Gunners" in both spirit and force, becoming a young, vibrant team, competing equally for the Premier League championship in the past 2 seasons with Man.City.

Liverpool suffer first defeat under Arne Slot

After 3 consecutive wins at the beginning of the season, Arne Slot's Liverpool suffered a shocking 0-1 defeat to Nottingham Forest on September 14. As a result, they were left behind by rivals Man City (who beat Brentford 2-1) on the rankings by 3 points (9 vs. 12 points). Man City's victory was thanks to striker Haaland's double, making a spectacular comeback after falling behind in the 22nd second (Wissa scored). This was also Haaland's 9th goal of the season, breaking Rooney's record (8 goals), to become the player who scored the most goals in the first 4 matches of the Premier League season).

In other matches, Aston Villa beat Everton 3-2 and Chelsea beat Bournemouth 1-0, ranking 3rd and 7th respectively after 4 matches.

The match against rivals Tottenham is clearly the perfect measure of Mikel Arteta's vision. A win away from home would mark the start of an ambitious new chapter for Arsenal. They have the resources to maintain their momentum, despite their most recent 1-1 draw at home to Brighton. The Gunners started the season with two wins against Wolverhampton and Aston Villa, both 2-0.

On Tottenham's side, coach Ange Postecoglou still has a lot of work to do after a lackluster performance, losing 1-2 to Newcastle in the previous round. Spurs only made their mark in a 4-0 win over crisis-hit Everton after a 1-1 draw with Leicester on the opening day. Over-reliance on the form of Son Heung-min and Maddison has left Tottenham unable to maintain stability and the replacement force is still too thin.