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Arsenal can improve on their league position when they make the short trip to arch-rivals Tottenham this afternoon.

Mikel Arteta’s Gunners start the weekend five points clear of second-placed Manchester City as they seek for a first Premier League title since 2004.

They can extend that lead to eight if they successfully overcome Tottenham but fifth-played Spurs are vying to win four consecutive home league matches against Arsenal for the first time.

There is a chance Antonio Conte’s men end the day in the top four too so the stakes are pretty high for this one.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta believes his players are in a “good emotional state” following the latest Football Association charge to hit the club – but admits he will hold talks with his squad to bring about a change in “behaviour”.

The Gunners were charged for allegedly failing to control their players as they crowded referee David Coote having not been awarded a penalty for handball in the first half of their FA Cup win over Oxford.

That followed on from a similar incident in a victory at Leeds in October, with Arteta’s own touchline behaviour widely criticised in recent weeks.

The Spaniard takes his side to face north London rivals Tottenham on Sunday with Arsenal making the short trip sitting top of the Premier League.

The microscope is now on Arsenal and manager Mikel Arteta to see whether they can pull off a title win from such a positive position in the league.

Despite the added pressure Arteta says his players are happy and prepared to give it their all in big games like the North London derby.

"I think the players are in a good emotional state," said Arteta, "They are excited, they are enjoying playing together and obviously we are in a good position.

“We have to now improve a lot of things and maintain a lot of the good things that have taken us this far."

Mykhailo Mudryk has finalised his move from Shakhtar Donetsk to Chelsea after agreeing personal terms with the club.

The 22-year-old Ukrainian international was Arsenal’s number one choice of striker this Januray but they’ve been beaten to his signature byt their London rivals.

Mudryk signed an eight-and-a-half year contract with the Blues to seal his move to Stamford Bridge.

“I’m so happy to sign for Chelsea,” he said after completing his move. “This is a huge club, in a fantastic league and it is a very attractive project for me at this stage of my career.

“I’m excited to meet my new team-mates and I’m looking forward to working and learning under Graham Potter and his staff.”

Chelsea successfully hijacked Mykhailo Mudryk‘s transfer by offering him over double the wages that Arsenal did and a guaranteed €70m, with the €30m add-ons based primarily on team performance.

The 21-year-old had seemed set for north London as late as Thursday but it was always Chelsea’s intention to go in big for the player, and they followed that through with offers that were simply too good to turn down.

The Independent has been told that Mudryk will be on over £100,000 a week, with Arsenal having initially gone up to £50,000 a week.

Shakhtar Donetsk were, meanwhile, intent on as high a fee as possible due to the aggravation that they had lost out on a lot of potential sales due to Fifa’s ruling that foreign players could leave Ukraine for free after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of the country.

Chelsea have agreed a €100m deal with Shakhtar Donetsk for the winger Mykhailo Mudryk, in a dramatic hijacking of Arsenal’s bid.

The 22-year-old’s first preference had been Mikel Arteta’s side but he has been persuaded by Chelsea’s swiftness and is set to travel from the Ukrainian club’s Turkish base to undergo a medical this weekend.

The Independent first reported that Chelsea were willing to blow Arsenal “out of the water” in the first week of January, and have now followed that up with new Director of Global Talent Paul Winstanley travelling to meet Shakhtar and making it clear they would improve any bid.

A straight up fee of €70m has been agreed, with a further €30m in add-ons.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta admits he has been trying to work out why there are so few away wins in the recent history of the north London derby.

The Premier League leaders head to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday afternoon in search of their first victory at the new home of their neighbours.

It is a similar story for Spurs, who have not left the Emirates Stadium victorious in a league meeting since 2010. The last six meetings between the rivals have been won by the home side, including Arsenal’s 3-1 victory on October 1.

Arteta’s side make the short trip to N17 having lost just once in the league this season and the Spaniard revealed he has been looking into ways to keep that record intact at Spurs.

Arsenal crumbled in this fixture last season but a remarkable change has occurred since and this will prove the mettle of Mikel Arteta’s side.

Harry Kane, who relishes this fixture like no other, may just drag Spurs over the line and inject fresh hope for manager Antonio Conte.

Tottenham 2-1 Arsenal.

Tottenham XI: Lloris; Romero, Dier, Lenglet; Doherty, Bissouma, Hojbjerg, Perisic; Kulusevski, Kane, Son

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Xhaka, Partey; Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli; Nketiah

Tottenham’s Dejan Kulusevski is back in training and should have recovered from a muscular problem to displace Bryan Gil in the starting line-up.

Rodrigo Bentancur is a doubt, while Richarlison and Lucas Moura look set to miss out here whilst Yves Bissouma is trending in the right direction after an ankle problem sustained against Portsmouth in the FA Cup.

For Arsenal, Gabriel Jesus (knee) and Reiss Nelson (thigh) remain out, but Emile Smith Rowe is fit again after recovering from a groin problem to feature against Oxford.

Aaron Ramsdale, Thomas Partey and Martin Odegaard should return after resting for the FA Cup third round. There was a scare for Bukayo Saka after limping off last time out, but Mikel Arteta insists he is “fine”.