Arsenal had not finished below Spurs in 23 years before Mauricio Pochettino's arrival at White Hart Lane, and the tables have been turned in recent seasons with Spurs now the more consistent side.
The 'Gunners' face Pochettino's side on Sunday in the north London derby and Unai Emery is expecting a tough game against third-placed Tottenham.
The Spaniard remarked: "At the moment, Tottenham is better than us in the table and better than us last year but in history Arsenal is better at other moments than Tottenham.
"I think we are going to live with [two sets of] supporters and I think it will be a very good atmosphere.
"The first match is in our stadium and with our supporters and we want on Sunday to give them the best performance and can give them our energy and our things on the pitch to help them push us.
"The Seville derby is very, very passionate. I lived different derbies like Real Sociedad vs Athletic Bilbao, like CSKA Moscow vs Spartak, PSG vs Olympique Marseille.
"Sevilla vs Betis is with the passion because they are two teams with very big and passionate supporters and here in England I think I am going to live Sunday the first derby and think it is similar with the passion.
"Sometimes in the history, Sevilla is better and sometimes Betis are better. I think here it is the same."