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Arsenal bus stuck in TRAFFIC ahead of north London derby
ARSENAL may be planning to park the bus against Tottenham today, but it seems they have started already – by getting stuck in traffic on the way to White Hart Lane.
Mauricio Pochettino comes head-to-head with Arsene Wenger in the north London derby
According to the BBC, the Gunners become victim to London's notoriously bad traffic as they travelled to White Hart Lane to face Tottenham, but panic was quickly averted as they did eventually arrive at the stadium.
"We were blocked by police because the road was closed by an accident," said Arsene Wenger.
"The police refused to give us support for a while. So we left late and could not speed up to get here. It is not a problem, though. We have time to prepare."
It didn't stop Tottenham fans taking a slight dig at their rivals on Twitter ahead of the match.
Alexis Sanchez is absent for the Gunners as he misses out with a hamstring injury, while Danny Welbeck replaces Theo Walcott.
The home side make two changes as Eric Dier and Nabil Bentaleb start for Federico Fazio and Paulinho who drop to the bench.
Express Sport brings you the best Twitter reaction.
Apparently Arsenal team is stuck in traffic & running 15min late. You would think by now they wud knw the perils of the north London Road.
— ManKind (@Samuuraii) February 7, 2015
? Delayed kick off....... Traffic jam........ Arsenal being slowed down deliberately?
— Bobby settin (@beesettin) February 7, 2015
Arsenal stuck in traffic on the way to Spurs. Nice to see Premier League busses are as good as League One busses.
— Paul McDonald (@thecase1907) February 7, 2015
Arsenal running late as stuck in traffic..... or have they just "parked the bus" early?! That's the Eriksen and Kane effect.....! #COYS
— Big Spurs Chris (@bigspurschris) February 7, 2015