Spurs Bench Better Than Arsenal's Bench

Tottenham striker Robbie Keane has claimed they have a stronger bench than Arsenal ahead of Saturday's north London derby.

Spurs have spent over £60m over the last two transfer windows and Keane claims their squad is now at least the equal of Arsenal's.

"You look at the two squads and we're definitely on a par," Keane told the Evening Standard. "In the last four or five years, Arsenal always managed to get ahead of us but if you look now, it is even.

"It will be judged at the end of the season but if you look at the bench we have, it is probably a little bit stronger than their bench.

"The mentality around the club in previous seasons was that we would be happy to finish fifth, or qualify for the UEFA Cup, but there is a different feeling now.

"The players have the feeling that we want to get to the Champions League. You can take away Saturday's game, because anything can happen in a north London derby, but we need to be judging ourselves against teams like Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea over the season.

"It's still early days, but we're in the top four now, so it's important we stay where we are. If we can get to Christmas still around there, we'd certainly have every chance."

Spurs are currently in fourth place - level on points with the Gunners after playing one more game. They lost their last Premier League game against Stoke.

Make up your own mind...

Tottenham's bench v Stoke: Michael Dawson, Jermaine Jenas, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Alan Hutton, Carlo Cudicini, Gareth Bale, Kyle Naughton.

Arsenal's bench v West Ham: Nicklas Bendtner, Eduardo, Manuel Almunia, Mikael Silvestre, Samir Nasri, Aaron Ramsey, Kieran Gibbs.