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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Daniel Harris

The north London derby: thrills, spills, aggravation and the BFFP

Mikel Arteta and Antonio Conte
Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal take on Antonio Conte’s Spurs on Thursday evening. Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images

ONCE UPON A TIME IN NORTH LONDON

Once upon a time, we could call Spurs v Arsenal “Spurs v Arsenal” or, at a push, the “north London derby”. Well, not any more. Now, it’s the “NLD, shown live on your TV, in super UHD, costing bare GBP” … at which point the Tinie Tempah tribute has to stop, because we’ve not yet invented a catchy acronym for “battle for fourth place that’s like winning a trophy”. Soon, friends, soon.

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