Arsenal’s rivals must be ‘ crazy and brave’

ENGLISH rivals Arsenal and Tottenham are aiming to build on winning starts in the Europa League tomorrow while Zlatan Ibrahimovic will look to transfer his incredible Serie A form to the continental stage.

Smarting from a 1- 0 loss at home to Leicester at the weekend, the Gunners host Irish side Dundalk in their second Group B fixture following a come- from- behind victory in Austria in their first match.

Dundalk are just the third Irish representative to reach the group stage, having matched their achievement in 2016- 17 and that of Shamrock Rovers in 2011- 12.

They lost 2- 1 at home to Norwegians Molde in their first game, and their Italian coach Filippo Giovagnoli is acutely aware the odds are stacked against the club from Ireland’s east coast.

“A r s e n a l have better players, better coaches and better everything than us, but this is the challenge. We need to play with a lot of heart, run a lot and be a little crazy and brave, but we’re going to try,” Giovagnoli said.

Tottenham’s solid start in the Premier League has stirred up talk they could end a long title drought, with no team yet to truly assert themselves after a truncated pre- season.

“We know with the team we have got and the players we have got we can do something special,” captain Harry Kane, pictured, who is two goals shy of 200 for Spurs, said after Monday’s 1- 0 win at Burnley.

Jose Mourinho’s side head to Belgium to play Antwerp this week after easing past Austrian outfit LASK Linz 3- 0 in their Group J opener.

Leicester, the third English club in the comp, travel to AEK Athens as they chase a second straight win in Group J.