Tottenham captain http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/William-Gallas-c36874 is targeting a win against Arsenal as his team prepare to travel to the Emirates for this weekend’s North London derby.
Tottenham suffered their first consecutive defeat of the season against Manchester City last weekend after goals from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-c33030 Aguero and Edin Dzeko denied them the three points.
Having taken the lead, the team was disappointed at having lost the tie, especially after being the better side for most of the 90 minutes.
Tottenham had been defeated at home by Wigan in the week before that, and have dropped down to 7th place, with only a slender 1-point lead over http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429.
This season may finally see a shift of power in North London as new faces arrived at Tottenham. Manager Andre Villas-Boas has made drastic changes to the personnel at the club, and is eyeing silverware in his first season at White Hart Lane.
This is arguably the first campaign where both teams are not genuine contenders for the Premiership title, and Gallas hopes Tottenham can take advantage over this fact and finish above their fierce local rivals.
The Frenchman is looking to end Arsenal’s 18-year domination of North London, and hopes that they can get a result this weekend at the Emirates. He admits that both clubs face a tough battle for a fourth place finish this season, and believes that a victory
this weekend will go a long way in helping their cause.
Speaking to local English press, the player said:
“If we believe in it, maybe we can finish fourth – but there are so many teams who want to finish fourth as well. Now we have the big derby with Arsenal, and we need a good result there.”
“After what we did at United (where Tottenham took a 3-0 lead before winning 3-2), we have to believe we can win anywhere.”
“We have to be convinced we can do something at Arsenal.”
Tottenham will travel to the Emirates, hoping for the return of Moussa Dembele, who has been absent from the side following a recurring muscular injury.
The English trio of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aaron-Lennon-c3062 is however a major doubt as all three players picked up hamstring problems in the 2-1 defeat against Manchester City.
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