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Parlour plea to Gunners for derby
Ray Parlour urged injury-hit Arsenal to overcome the absence of big-name stars in Sunday’s derby at Spurs like his own Gunners team did against Inter Milan in 2003.
Mikel Arteta’s men will be without the suspended Declan Rice and injured Mikel Merino, while captain Martin Odegaard is a huge doubt.
Parlour told SunSport via NetBet Online Casino: We had lost 3-0 at Highbury to Inter and we went to the San Siro. Patrick was out, Dennis Bergkamp didn’t play because he didn’t fly. I played in midfield with Edu. That was a time when everyone had to step up.
“Everyone thought, ‘They’re missing two key players in Bergkamp and Vieira, do we give them much chance?’ We always thought we could go there and win the game, no problem. But I didn’t expect us to win it 5-1.
“I always remember after the game with Arsene Wenger, I said, ‘Boss, now on I’ve got to be captain, surely. If we lose 3-0 at home and Patrick’s captain, and we go to the San Siro and win 5-1, I’ve got to be captain!’
He started laughing and said, ‘No, Patrick is our captain’. But that’s the sort of game [to emulate]. You’ve got to go there and players have got to step up.
“Certainly, Edu was brilliant in midfield with me. Henry was unbelievable that night, you had Pires, Freddie Ljungberg. You had people like Jeremie Aliadiere coming on and playing well. That’s the sort of game where you needed people to step up and it’s very similar to this weekend.
You can never think that you’re missing players, we’re going to struggle today. You’ve got to go out and think, hang on a minute, there’s another opportunity here.
It’s a similar situation to this weekend. Jorginho won’t be used a lot but he’s probably a big influence in the dressing room and can come in, when needed, to do a brilliant job for the team.
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