Arsenal v Tottenham: Premier League – live

41 min: Should it have been a corner? Looks like Trossard’s cross hit Porro and came back off the Arsenal man. Maybe Trossard was off the pitch when the ball hit him. Either way, here we are. “Huzzah for corners!” cheers Danny Whybrow of 35-minute fame. You get the karmic assist, without question.

GOAL! Arsenal 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur (Gabriel 40)

38 min: Kinsky is once again nearly closed down by Havertz. Dear me.

37 min: Arsenal pass it around awhile, probing hither and yon. Sterling tries to beat Spence in a footrace down the right, but the Spurs man is too quick for him. He nips in ahead and shepherds the ball out for a goal kick.

35 min: Rice curls the corner in from the left. Kinsky punches clear again. This is getting old. Speaking of which, here’s Danny Whybrow: “Enough with the corners already. We used to play half-decent football till that corner coach came along. Now we can’t shoot for toffee and we’ve stopped scoring from corners. I’m sick of corners.”

34 min: Odegaard wedges the free kick across towards Gabriel, but Bissouma heads behind for a corner.

33 min: Kulusevski tries to steal the ball off Odegaard, who is sizing things up to the right of the D. The Spurs winger only succeeds in skittling his opponent to the floor. Free kick in a very dangerous position.

32 min: Porro gets back on his feet and trots to the touchline. Play restarts. Arsenal’s attack comes to nowt, then Porro comes back on to a cacophony of abuse.

30 min: Trossard Cruyff Turns his way past Porro on the left. It’s a stunning piece of skill, and one which leaves Porro writhing around on the floor in agony. He might have twisted something, studs caught in the turf? Hopefully not. But it’s not a head injury, so the home fans aren’t happy when, once Trossard fails to find anyone with his cross, the referee stops play when Partey has possession 25 yards from goal.

28 min: Sarr is stupidly booked for blootering the ball away after conceding a garden-variety free-kick in midfield.

27 min: Sarr was given a ludicrous amount of time and space to advance up the pitch by Partey there. Now Bissouma is allowed to wander at will down the left. Saliba comes across to take control and usher the ball out for a goal kick, but this has to be a concern for Arsenal, with their midfielders suddenly not at the races at all.

GOAL! Arsenal 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur (Son 25)

25 min: That’s given Spurs some belief, though. Sarr strides down the right, almost the entire length of the pitch, winning a corner. And from that …

23 min: Nothing comes of the second corner. Spurs, despite having been penned in for the first 20 minutes of this match, should be leading.

22 min: The corner comes in from the right. Kulusevski takes a touch on the right-hand corner of the six-yard box, and inexplicably goes for the near corner instead of the far, allowing Raya to turn around the post for another corner.

21 min: Kinsky is once again nearly robbed by Havertz, but again he gets away with his mistake – a heavy touch this time – and sets Spurs off on the attack. Spence bombs down the left and curls low into the Arsenal box. Gabriel hooks out for a corner with Solanke lurking.

19 min: … but it’s better from Kinsky as he punches yet another Arsenal corner clear with confidence.

18 min: Kinsky dawdles with the ball at his feet and his eventual attempt at a pass out is blocked by the sliding Havertz. Hideous Kinsky. He’s very fortunate that the ball doesn’t bounce Havertz’s way, and he’s able to snaffle.

16 min: Bergvall takes a heavy touch and attempts to make up for it, lunging into a 60-40 that’s in Partey’s favour. The over-eager young man slides hysterically into Partey, and like the other week against Liverpool, should go into the book, but gets away with a ticking-off. Full marks for determination and effort, but – and with a caveat that the data set is admittedly small – Bergvall’s a red card waiting to happen.

15 min: A bit of space for Sterling down the right. He reaches the byline and cuts back to … nobody in particular. Shame, because Arsenal had red shirts arriving elsewhere. “Sterling was dismissed by one reader after the Utd match as ‘simply not a very intelligent footballer’, but I don’t see how a player can thrive under Pep as he did if that’s true,” writes Paul Curievici. “I can’t be alone in believing he has one last renaissance in him? And surely he deserves it, he was a thrilling player in his prime(s).”

13 min: Odegaard wedges in from the right. Rice takes a delightful touch to cushion the ball down and into the road of Trossard, whose shot is blocked. A sense that an opening goal for the hosts is merely a matter of time.

11 min: Rice curls towards the near post. Kinsky punches away confidently.

10 min: Odegaard launches it to the far stick, where Gabriel’s presence wins another corner on the left. Rice comes across to take.

9 min: Odegaard swings the free kick towards the near post. Kinsky punches, the ball pinging off the nearest player and out for another corner from the right. Odegaard to swing this one in properly.

8 min: Odegaard plays it short to Trossard, whose cross is blocked out for a throw. Then Bergvall skittles Timber out on the right touchline, and here comes yet another of those famous set-pieces.

7 min: Arsenal are well on top during these early exchanges. Odegaard dances down the inside-right channel and feeds Sterling on the overlap. Sterling crosses. Gray reads the danger and turns the ball out for a corner. This one to come in from the right.

5 min: … hoicks it straight out of play on the other side for a goal kick.

4 min: More space for Lewis-Skelly, out on the left this time. His attempted cross pings off Dragusin and out for the first corner of the evening. Rice strolls over to take it, and …

3 min: Lewis-Skelly drives in from the left and slips a gorgeous pass down the middle for Sterling, who is in acres on the edge of the box. Kinsky comes out to his feet. Sterling doesn’t know whether to attempt to round the keeper or dink him, and does neither. A huge chance spurned.

2 min: Rice swings it in. Bergvall doesn’t connect properly with a clearing header, but the ball drops kindly to Kulusevski, who is able to complete the job.

Spurs kick off. They’re immediately on the front foot, accompanied by pantomime boos. But Arsenal snaffle the ball and Sterling wins a free kick out on the right touchline, bundled over by Spence. An early chance for one of those set-pieces!

The teams are out! Arsenal in red with white sleeves, Spurs in second-choice blue. Everyone looking real dandy. The atmosphere is ratcheted up to derby settings, and we’ll be off in a couple of minutes. “Glanced at the 2010 MBM to find a gratuitous reference to Roy Hodgson,” begins Richard Hirst, who is onto me and no mistake. “Perhaps you could remind your readers (he said pompously) what he achieved in 2010? Never to be forgotten in SW6.”

Pre-match postbag. “Sterling – well, of course Arteta didn’t have much to choose from, though he might’ve tried calling down a member of the public, if only for the first half hour. We’ve been here before – Pepe comes to mind, and dear old Raheem, much as he deserves sympathy for a tough few years, is seemingly intent on replicating some of that dancing about and giving the ball away routine that was such a hit amongst the fans. Freddie Ljungberg is still out there somewhere, perhaps Mikel could give him a call?” – Charles Antaki

“It was awfully nice of Sol Campbell (and Google) to give the away fans so much ammunition. I mean, as a neutral, he’s rarely come across as a likeable fella, but there were some genuinely good lines in that advert. I’m sure his name will be taken entertainingly in vain through the evening. Excellent work” – Sol Campbell Matt Dony

“Mingus! That is one of my all-time favourite jazz albums. It’s brilliant!” – Joe Pearson

Mikel Arteta talks to TNT Sports. “We all love these games … a beautiful occasion … this is the moment of the season you have an opportunity to take advantage … earning the right to be better than Spurs and beat them … take things as they come and make the most out of it … the attitude and the way we played against Newcastle and Manchester United, let’s keep doing that and we will win a lot of games … [Raheem Sterling] looks really sharp … he is very motivated … he has a great opportunity today … the players are very excited … it is a gift to be in a position to make a lot of our supporters very happy so we will do our best to do it.”

You can get sevens on Tottenham Hotspur to win tonight. That doesn’t seem particularly generous seeing they’ve only won one of their last 31 Premier League visits to Arsenal, that victory coming all the way back in late 2010. To be fair to Spurs, their 3-2 triumph that day was one for the ages: relive it here in the old-style MBM format. [Contains references to Charles Mingus and Lester Young. Any old excuse… ]

Ange Postecoglou talks to TNT Sports. “It’s a special game … we should all embrace that part of it … it’s not just another game … [Antonin Kinsky] has handled things really well so far … some big games, some tricky games … it’ll be a great test for him but I’m sure he’ll cope well … apart from [Archie Gray] helping us through this period, the growth we’ve seen in him and the benefit we’ll get from that once we get some players back will be enormous … we’re super pleased to get [Richarlison] back … him and Mikey Moore give us a few more options in the front third … Richy can’t wait to get out there and will see some action tonight … hopefully we can give the fans a night to remember.”

It’s derby day, so chances are the Emirates will be a cauldron of bedlam tonight. That’ll be just as well from Arsenal’s perspective, argues Jonathan Liew. “For all the focus on Arteta’s attention to detail, the fixation on things such as set pieces and defensive spacing, at root he is a vibes coach.” Click below for more.

Arsenal make four changes to the XI that started the FA Cup defeat to Manchester United. Raheem Sterling, Leandro Trossard, Declan Rice and Thomas Partey are in from the off; Gabriel Martinelli, Mikel Merino and Jorginho drop to the bench, while Gabriel Jesus prepares for surgery on his ACL.

Tottenham Hotspur make five changes to the side that began the win at Tamworth. Lucas Bergvall, Dejan Kulusevski, Dominic Solanke, Son Heung-min and Djed Spence step up; James Maddison, Sergio Reguilón, Brennan Johnson and Mikey Moore drop to the bench, while Timo Werner misses out altogether.

The teams

Preamble