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Mikel Arteta had a plan to deal with the dangerous Leeds United players and it worked a treat. Beyond an unfortunate goal from a corner, an area of Arsenal’s game where it has become a rarity to concede, the Gunners kept Jesse Marsch’s side very quiet.

Leeds have been a threatening side in the Premier League but were blunted by Arsenal’s defensive tactics on the whole. However, the North London Derby will be an entirely different prospect.

Takehiro Tomiyasu was given an entirely new role at Arsenal on Sunday. He played at left-back, a position he has experience with elsewhere but not in north London. This was to combat Raphinha with Cedric Soares deployed on the right.

The Portuguese looked good going forward and played in plenty of dangerous deliveries, however, he looked vulnerable on the counter. Considering Tottenham’s left-winger is arguably the league’s best in Son Heung-min, it is a worry to use Cedric there on Thursday.

The immediate thought process might be to put Tomiyasu therefore back on the right. It was certainly mine in the post-match reaction to the Leeds result.

However, in