Arsenal currently sit top of the Premier League after winning six of their opening seven Premier League fixtures, one point above north London rivals Tottenham.
The Gunners enjoyed a successful pre-season tour of America which has followed straight into the new Premier League campaign, though Kieran Tierney's preparations for the 2022/23 campaign were hampered by injury. It was a familiar story for Tierney who played minimal football ahead of the new season after suffering an injury just minutes into the north Londoners' first pre-season game against Nurnberg.
Nuno Tavares was brought in last summer to provide cover for the Scottish left-back, but his injury struggles forced the Gunners into signing Oleksandr Zinchenko this summer, with the Ukraine international starting the season in defence. Zinchenko looks to be Mikel Arteta's preferred option at left-back, but Tierney's recent performances have shown he isn't backing down from the fight with the former City man leaving the Arsenal boss with a selection dilemma ahead of the clash against Spurs.
