This is the real one. Super excited. Of course, before I stepped into the club, I knew about the North London Derby but it's when you are in it, you sense it and feel that it is important. You get that from the fans, the staff, the players, people who have been working here for years. This is the big one.
Arsenal have been dealt an injury blow ahead of the north London derby with key defender Gabriel Magalhães ruled out "for weeks." The 27-year-old, an ever-present this season in a Gunners side who have conceded just five Premier League goals, suffered a thigh injury on international duty with Brazil. He sustained the problem on familiar territory, limping off during a friendly against Senegal at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium over the weekend.