Tottenham travel to Emirates Stadium on Sunday to face Arsenal in the first North London Derby of the season and Spurs defender Cristian Romero has been speaking ahead of the clash
Tottenham defender Cristian Romero gave his opinion on whether Tottenham can be crowned Premier League champion this season. Ange Postecoglou’s side started the campaign in excellent form, winning four of their five league matches.
Spurs are currently second in the rankings, two points behind Manchester City and confidence is gradually growing at Tottenham Hotspur. Next up for the Lilywhites is a trip to Emirates Stadium on Sunday to face arch-rivals Arsenal in Postecoglou’s first North London Derby.
Romero was a key player for the Australian team in the match against the Gunners. The World Cup champion has appeared in all five of Tottenham’s matches this season and has two goals to his name after goals against Burnley and Brentford.
Now, ahead of Sunday’s game against Arsenal, the centre-back has made his thoughts clear on Spurs’ ambitions this season. “This club needs to compete to get into the top four,” Romero told Optus Sport.
The Argentinian was then asked about a possible title challenge. “We’ll see,” he said with a smile. “We are treating every game as if it was a final. First up we have Arsenal, and we’re treating it as a final, not just because it’s a derby but because that’s how we want to approach games this season.”
Romero tasted defeat in both of Spurs’ games against Arsenal last season and will no doubt want to finally experience a win against Mikel Arteta’s side. Asked if the North London Derby is similar to the derby of his hometown Cordoba in central Argentina, between Belgrano and Talleres, Romero said: “Belgrano is the team that gave me everything and yes, in that fixture emotions can get a little frayed,” he said.
