There is never a good time to lose a north London derby but for both Mikel Arteta and Ange Postecoglou a defeat on Wednesday would only serve to further rile fanbases whose murmurs of discontent have grown more audible.

Arsenal have added Gabriel Jesus to lengthening injury list which includes Bukayo Saka; Tottenham have had own injury crisis this season; follow latest updates from the North London derby in live blog on the Sky Sports app,

Ange Postecoglou praised Tottenham Hotspur’s players reaction to the “adversity” of a worrying injury to their team-mate Rodrigo Bentancur. The Uruguayan midfielder was stretched off with an oxygen mask on after suffering a head injury in the eighth minute of the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg against Liverpool,

Tottenham have been boosted by the return of Richarlison ahead of the north London derby against Arsenal. Richarlison has been sidelined with a hamstring injury since November but the Brazilian is back in training and in available to make the Spurs squad at Emirates Stadium on Wednesday.