Mauricio Pochettino believes his Tottenham side have what it takes to overcome the mental hurdle of ending a poor run at Arsenal.
Spurs go to the Emirates Stadium on Sunday looking for their first win there since 2010 and just a second since way back in 1993 – before the Arsene Wenger era.
They do so having already shrugged off one hoodoo this season by winning at Manchester United for the first time under Pochettino, whose side are in excellent form.
Pochettino appears likely to make some changes to his side given their congested fixture list, which sees them play nine games in 30 days.
He added: "We are assessing them, maybe yes, maybe no. If we feel the player is going to take some risks then of course we are going to rest.
"It is not important the name. If we believe we need to rest some players we are going to rest, we are not going to take a risk.
"We are going to put in a player that we believe can cope with 90 minutes of effort.
"We know you cannot 100 per cent avoid the risk on the player but we need to be sure the players that are going to play are ready to compete."
