Thursday November 9, 2000

Bergkamp about Arsenal's superb form
from icons.com

"At the moment, we're all looking forward to Saturday's match against Derby County at Highbury. Regular readers of my site will know that I have a little bit of history with Derby. During the run-in to the 1998 Double, we played them at Highbury and it was one of the tensest games I've ever taken part in. I must say, I found their tactics that night a little brutal at times. I injured my hamstring early on and had to limp off, but not before I'd missed a penalty. In the end, Emmanuel Petit gave us the win and that result meant we only needed one more victory to win the Premiership. But it was a tense and physical encounter, and my own injury that night meant I missed the match against Everton when we won the Premiership and the FA Cup Final."

"But I've scored against them a few times, in the 1996-97 season and again last season. I'd love to say it should be a great match on Saturday but I think it'll be the result that counts. On recent form, it probably won't be the greatest match to watch but as long as we win we'll be happy."

"We feel we've got into a great rhythm in the Premiership now and this is the greatest run of form we've been in since we lifted the Premiership in 1998. The squad we have is so strong and awesome right now that we feel confident going into every game."

"Come back tomorrow when I'll continue looking ahead to Saturday and pay a bit of a special tribute to one of Highbury's unsung heroes."


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