There will be nerves aplenty inside Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Thursday evening when Spurs and Arsenal go head-to-head with a place in the Champions League at stake. With three games of the 2021/22 Premier League season to go, the Gunners sit in fourth and have a four-point advantage over their rivals at such a key stage in the campaign.
Three points will be enough to secure a Champions League return for Arsenal for the first time since 2016/17, while victory for Spurs and it will be very much game on going into the final week. A draw, however, and Spurs will need big favours off Newcastle United and Everton when they come up against Mikel Arteta's men in the run-in.
With Arsenal not featuring in the Champions League for five seasons now, Tottenham have missed out on a top-four finish in the past two campaigns. Both teams are absolutely desperate to return to Europe's top table after a spell away, and it's not hard to see why given the money involved.
