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Arsenal fans spot what players had inside Tottenham Hotspur dressing room and it's gone viral
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Updated 12:08 29 Apr 2024 GMT+1Published 10:13 29 Apr 2024 GMT+1

Arsenal fans spot what players had inside Tottenham Hotspur dressing room and it's gone viral

A banner was placed in the Arsenal dressing room for Sunday's North London derby.

Jack Kenmare

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A banner that was placed inside Arsenal's dressing room at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium has become a talking point on social media.

Mikel Arteta's side survived a late scare against Spurs to maintain their slender one-point advantage over Manchester City in the Premier League title race.

First-half goals from Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg [OG], Bukayo Saka and Kai Havertz gave them a three-goal lead after just 38 minutes on Sunday.

And despite a lacklustre display in the second-half, where goals from Cristian Romero and Son Heung-min made it 3-2, the Gunners held on.

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Arsenal have rarely faltered throughout this season's title race and many put that down to the management of Mikel Arteta.

The Spaniard refuses to accept anything less than maximum effort and contribution at all times, but he's also willing to switch up their playing style if things aren't going to plan.

Last season, Arteta explained how going “back to basics” helped Arsenal recover from a difficult run of form.

And that word "basics" was at the forefront again on Sunday, when the 42-year-old displayed his so-called "non-negotiables" in Spurs' away dressing room.

As you can see in the picture below, a banner containing the word 'BASIC' can be seen behind defender Gabriel Magalhaes, with motivational words attached to each letter.

The words shape, intensity, compete and set-pieces are highlighted, but Gabriel's head blocks the words next to 'B' and 'A'.

Some fans on social media speculated that 'brave' and 'ambitious' would follow each letter but the biggest talking point was the word 'set-pieces' after such an impressive tactical approach against Spurs.


When Mikel Arteta joined Arsenal in December 2019 he spoke of the non-negotiables he expects from his team.

"First of all, respect," he said. "The second one is commitment and the third is passion. Those three ingredients are non-negotiable. If you have them then I am sure we will do great things together."

Those attributes have certainly been on show in the past few months as Arsenal remain in the title race with three games to go. Can they do it? Let us know in the comments.

Featured Image Credit: Getty Images - Arsenal

Topics: Arsenal, Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur, Mikel Arteta

Jack Kenmare
Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare is the Senior Journalist for SPORTbible, one of the world’s biggest social publishers. He specialises in long-form feature writing and has an encyclopedic knowledge of Football Manager wonderkids from 2005 to the present day. He has a BA (Hons) in Journalism and News Practice.

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