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‘Football is emotion, especially in a derby’

Unai Emery loves the emotion and passion of a north London derby.

He saw plenty of both in his first encounter with Tottenham on December 2, a game that swung this way and that before it was settled by our stirring second-half performance.

One of the flashpoints was a scuffle after Erik Dier made it 1-1 in the first half and then celebrated in front of our fans. But our head coach understands that a highly-charged atmosphere is normal when the north London rivals meet.

“I think showing emotion is very important,” said Unai. “I think football is emotion.