Frank appeared to accept he had got his initial tactical plan wrong by making a half-time change to his team's shape - but Eberechi Eze's goal seconds after the restart effectively sealed Spurs' fate. Tottenham are ninth in the league, but they are only three points below the Champions League places.

To dare is to do’ screams the Tottenham Hotspur motto. This was more like to scare than to dare as Eberechi Eze made Thomas Frank pay for his negative tactics to send rampant Arsenal six points

Eberechi Eze scored a hat-trick in his first north London derby to lead Arsenal past Tottenham Hotspur. The England international scored with three superb strikes to take the match ball on a fantastic afternoon for the Premier League leaders.

Arsenal were heading towards utopia, but Richarlison’s outstanding finish from distance, which satisfyingly sailed over David Raya, offered the visitors a lifeline. For the first time in the contest, Spurs had a foothold, but there was no real sense that they would stage a stunning comeback.

Here's the Tottenham Hotspur team that Thomas Frank has selected to face Arsenal in his first competitive North London Derby on Sunday

Preparations are fully under way for the biggest matchup of the season so far for Tottenham Hotspur, as Thomas Frank and his crew will travel the short distance

The Danish coach jokingly described the ex-Brentford pairing of Christian Nørgaard and David Raya in the Arsenal squad as a pair of “traitors” who joined the “wrong club” while also laughing off the tense topic of Eberechi Eze following his summer snub of Spurs.

Spurs boss Thomas Frank was asked about Tottenham's ambitions under the Lewis family ahead of the Lilywhites' Premier League clash against Arsenal this weekend