Both teams have played almost exactly the same number of games at this stage of the season - Arsenal 37, Tottenham 36 - but in the coming weeks, it is just possible that Arsenal could secure a decisive advantage in this area. Wenger's side, like Pochettino's, face battles on three fronts but even their most ardent of supporters is probably not expecting their interest in the Champions League to last much longer. A meeting with Barcelona in the last 16 may dash European dreams for another year, but it could also be liberating in terms of focussing on the league.