Alderweireld: Why Arsenal is not Tottenham’s ‘biggest game’

Toby Alderweireld does not believe that the north London derby is Tottenham’s biggest game of the season.

Tottenham travel to Arsenal on Sunday in a game between two of the Premier League’s most in-form sides.

Arsenal are in the midst of an 18-game unbeaten run, while Tottenham have won their last six games in all competitions.

We have five (well, three) big questions with regards to a game between two sides separated by just three points.

But Alderweireld does not feel the game itself is necessarily Tottenham’s “biggest”.

“It’s a very big game,” he said. “But it was also against Inter and last Saturday as well. That says something about the evolution of Spurs that it’s not the biggest game of the year.

“Sure, it’s a very big game and we know this and we’re going to do everything we can to get three points.

“I think for the last two games, for sure, against very good teams we got to a good level and showed we can compete with everybody. What we can take from these games into the Arsenal game is our attitude, our mentality: always try to press, attack.

“And, if not, we stay compact like [against Inter], don’t concede a lot of chances. We go to win and hopefully we do. And if we do, we go on. And if we don’t, we go on.

“We try to think about our own game and improve because I think our game is improving.”