Despite our midfield (or lack of) came under fire for most of yesterday’s game for being overran, outfought, and outnumbered by Tottenham in the first half, there is more than enough evidence to suggest that we’ll will still finish above them once again this season. Three reasons alone why you would be too many yards between the goal posts to think otherwise:

Arsene Wenger

Love him or despise him, our manager knows his football. Leading us to qualification for the Champions League for an eighteenth consecutive season speaks volumes about the levels of what we are able to achieve. Time and time again we have many doubters, but Arsene and his side continue to prove the doubters wrong. With this man at the helm and the fact Tottenham haven’t finished above us since 1993, any betting man would favour the statistics. Arsene knows what it takes to reach the top four. History tells us reaching the top four means finishing above Tottenham, and to bet against his team doing it again would be very naive, even for a Tottenham fan.

Mesut Ozil

The magician in the middle of the field. His lazy demeanour often comes under close scrutiny from opposition fans and poor journalists, but what many people fail to appreciate is Mesut Ozil’s undoubted footballing ability, tearing apart many opposition defences this season and last. The 2014 FIFA World Cup winner is criminally underrated, largely due to a quiet patch last season and his transfer fee. He is the one who makes us tick.

Ozil set a Premier League record yesterday – setting up Kieran Gibbs’ equaliser means the playmaker has now recorded an assist in six consecutive games. Despite our central area being dominated yesterday, the quality in our midfield was still able to drag out a result. You’d be foolish to think that Tottenham’s good start, by their standards, gives them a chance of finishing above us.

Quality, quality, squad depth and quality

Whilst Mauricio Pochettino’s side are improving, they still cannot compete man-for-man with our squad.

Cech  Lloris
Koscielny  Verthonghen
Cazorla  Alli
Ozil  Eriksen
Giroud  Kane

Over the course of 38 games in the Premier League, our quality will prevail. Even with our exceedingly long injury list over the past few seasons, we were able to finish above them. Even with our exceedingly long injury list yesterday, we still held them to a draw in what they classed as their best performance of the season…

The second North London derby this season is the first weekend of March at White Hart Lane – save this link for then: a Betway free bet which you can use for backing us to pick up three points 😉