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Paul Merson fears Arsenal will \u2018slaughter\u2019 Tottenham unless Ange Postecoglou employs more cautious tactics against their rivals. <\/p>\n
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The north London rivals have made encouraging starts to the new season having both collected 13 points from their opening five matches, with each having record a home victory apiece over beleaguered Manchester United. <\/p>\n
Postecoglou has overseen a rapid transformation at Spurs who have been totally rejuvenated by a manager whose unflinching commitment to attacking football has breathed new life into a club that went through three different managers last term.<\/p>\n
Merson, however, believes Spurs will need to come up with a different game plan if they are to take anything from the Emirates Stadium tomorrow, a venue at which they have won only once in the last 30 league visits. <\/p>\n
\u2018I can\u2019t see anything but an Arsenal win, I think they\u2019ll absolutely slaughter them I really do,\u2019 said the former Arsenal star. \u2018I think they\u2019ll rip them to shreds.<\/p>\n
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\u2018I don\u2019t think they\u2019ll change the way they play. Man United had 14 shots against them in the first half the other week. Give Arsenal 14 shots tomorrow and we\u2019ll see what happens in the first half. <\/p>\n
\u2018Teams are having shots, they\u2019re opening the game up, it\u2019s end to end. They\u2019re going you have a go, we\u2019ll have a go. It\u2019s good football and I like the way they\u2019re playing. <\/p>\n
\u2018I like the manager and it\u2019s gung-ho football. But you do that against better players and they\u2019ll hurt you. Arsenal have got better players than Tottenham there\u2019s no question about that all over the pitch. <\/p>\n
\u2018Maddison is a good player but you wouldn\u2019t take him over Odegaard any day of the week. Bissouma has done well but you wouldn\u2019t take him over Rice, he\u2019s a better player in my opinion. <\/p>\n
\u2018Not many Tottenham players get in the Arsenal team and if you open the game up tomorrow Arsenal will destroy Tottenham and I mean destroy them. <\/p>\n
\u2018If they play a counter-attacking game then it is a different football match but I don\u2019t think the manager has got it in him to say let\u2019s sit and counter-attack.\u2019<\/p>\n