Mauricio Pochettino has arguably picked his best eleven for one of the biggest north London derbies in years. The biggest boost for Tottenham is the return of Mousa Dembele, who replaces Ryan Mason in central midfield.
Spurs also rotate at full-back, which isn’t exactly a surprise. Pochettino has been switching Trippier and Davies for Rose and Walker match-to-match for a while now, so today’s starters should be fresh and raring to go.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to all the team news.
#THFC team: Lloris (c), Walker, Alderweireld, Wimmer, Rose; Dembele, Dier; Lamela, Eriksen, Alli; Kane #COYShttps://t.co/vWZCY2zxeg
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) March 5, 2016
#THFC subs: Vorm, Davies, Trippier, Carroll, Chadli, Mason, Son #COYS
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) March 5, 2016
Much more confident with Dembele starting
— Ben McAleer (@BenMcAleer1) March 5, 2016
Vertonghen aside, our best current team. Next year Son will force his way in but, for now, this is it. #COYS https://t.co/Ynoqgqi2Ao
— Chris Miller (@WindyCOYS) March 5, 2016
Strongest possible 11 in my opinion – buzzing Dembele is fit! #COYS
— James Forster THFC (@TheJamesForster) March 5, 2016
Dembele shoulder drop, putting his foot over the ball, showing he's going one way and then storming down the other is needed today.
— Spurs In The Blood (@SpursInTheBlood) March 5, 2016
Mousa. pic.twitter.com/Fth066BAAh
— Cameron Sims (@CameronJSims) March 5, 2016
#thfc Dembele's return is huge for Spurs. He tends to be the difference between Spurs drawing and winning this type of game.
— Dan Kilpatrick (@Dan_KP) March 5, 2016
Mousa Dembele will again face Francis Coquelin in midfield but that should not be a problem. #COYS pic.twitter.com/VidLfpc791
— Hotspur Related (@HotspurRelated) March 5, 2016
Loving that team. Do not concede early and take control of the game. #coys #THFC #Spurs
— Glen Hussey (@Glebbers_N17) March 5, 2016
The wait is over. Here is your team for #THFCvAFC pic.twitter.com/rpqw134kLs
— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) March 5, 2016
Never seen Wenger go to white hart lane and start two dm's
What a time
— Shaun (@ShaunBiggs1) March 5, 2016
Arsenal set up to stop our full-backs. Interesting how we approach today.
— Ben (@InsideN17) March 5, 2016
If we even want to challenge for the Premier League title then we have to beat that Arsenal team. #AFC https://t.co/Fh03nOerOr
— Ross. (@RossTweeting) March 5, 2016
8 of our lineup played in the win last season. That is massive.
— Tom (@Tomfoins87) March 5, 2016
No pressure Mousa but nearly every Spurs fan worldwide equates your inclusion as a win in the biggest NLD ever.
— TTTactics (@TTTactics) March 5, 2016
