'This is the big one' - Thomas Frank ahead of north London derby - video Dailymotion

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'This is the big one' - Tottenham head coach Thomas Frank speaks to the media ahead of Sunday's trip to north London rivals Arsenal in the Premier League.Ex-Brentford boss Frank has only one win in nine competitive meetings with Arsenal, but did get the better of Mikel Arteta’s men in a pre-season friendly in Hong Kong in July.A big focus ahead of Sunday’s match at the Emirates will be on the club’s two set-piece coaches and Arsenal’s Nicolas Jover started under Frank at Brentford, which was also the case for Spurs’ Andreas Georgson.

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00:00When you took this job, did you know about the importance of this rivalry and how excited are you?

00:04I know you've played them in a friendly, but this is the real one.

00:07Yeah, this is the real one. Super excited.

00:11Of course, before I stepped into the club, of course, I knew about the North London derby.

00:17But it's when you're in it, you sense it and feel that this is important.

00:24You feel it from the fans, you feel it from the staff members, the players, the people that have been working here for years.

00:31This is the big one.

00:34I always say the next game is the most important game, and we'll always have that.

00:40But I'm very, very, very aware there's two games in a year that's even more important, and this is the first of them.

00:47And we're ready. We're up for it. We are looking forward to it, and we'll do everything we can to win.

'This is the big one' - Thomas Frank ahead of north London derby

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