Tottenham will be missing five players for the Arsenal match.
Arsenal are preparing for the forthcoming North London Derby against Tottenham Hotspur as their local rivals suffer a blow.
Ange Postecoglou, Tottenham’s manager, recently released information regarding Ivan Perisic, who sustained a serious anterior cruciate ligament injury.
The Croatian international is expected to miss the remainder of the season.
Perisic, who had a fantastic start to the season, will obviously not play in Sunday’s match.
“It’s disappointing for him, and it’s disappointing for us because he’s had a great start to the season.” “It’s just one of those things, a freak thing in training,” Ange Postecoglou remarked in a pre-match interview with SPURSPLAY.
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Postecoglou lauded Perisic’s experience and effect, particularly his cameo appearance in the win over Sheffield United on Saturday.
Manager’s faith in Perisic’s rehabilitation
Despite the setback, Postecoglou believes Perisic will recover. “He’s a determined individual.”
“You don’t have a career like Ivan’s unless you can deal with this.” “I’m sure he’ll build himself up and be ready to play football again in time,” the boss stated. Postecoglou is definitely hopeful about the 34-year-old’s ability and mentality to bounce back stronger, which is becoming increasingly difficult given his age.
Tottenham’s other injury concerns
Tottenham will be without Ivan Perisic, as well as Rodrigo Bentancur, Giovani Lo Celso, Ryan Sessegnon, and Bryan Gil.
Postecoglou, on the other hand, affirmed that the rest of the squad is healthy, saying, “Health wise, everyone else from last week is fine and ready to go.”
“We still have two or three people who are on a longer term basis, but everyone else is fine.”
The preparations for the match
In terms of preparations, Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino stated that the players enjoyed a complete week of’strong’ training, as opposed to the previous week, which saw a fragmented program owing to international duty.
“It’s been a good training week.” “Last week, we only had one session after the internationals arrived, so we had a full week of training, a strong week of training,” Postecoglou explained.
While Arsenal prepares for the match on Sunday, Tottenham is dealing with a number of injuries, the most serious of which is Ivan Perisic.
However, Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino is confident in his team’s capacity to compete, setting the stage for an exciting North London Derby.
