Jose Mourinho’s side has won just once so far this season, but Sky Bet is backing the defending champions to come good at Stamford Bridge and take all three points. “I don’t know if it is tomorrow or if it is next week”.
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“He’s the best player playing in this country”.
Wenger will have to rally his men if he wants to continue the Gunner’s solid start to their Premier League campaign, which sees them in fourth despite an opening day 2-0 defeat to West Ham.
On Chelsea vs Arsenal and his record against the opposition: I want to isolate the match from every context.
“Any Chelsea fan who thought he would open the goal and let us win, they understood in the Shield that he’s there to win“, Mourinho said.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says Jose Mourinho must deal with the fact he is under pressure at Chelsea.
392 – Arsenal have failed to score in the last 392 minutes of Premier League football versus Chelsea. I think we played some really good football and it’s a big lift for us going into the weekend.
At Friday’s pre-match news conference Mourinho offered a vote of confidence to the Belgian, who has often seemed short of that quality this season.
“Usually different competitions have not too much link (between them)”.
Eden Hazard has scored in the Blues’ last two PL clashes with Arsenal at Stamford Bridge, with both goals coming in the first half from the penalty spot. “I trust him always and he’s one of my men so because he’s on the bench for one game or because I take him off at half time, nothing has changed”. One match. Now it’s Arsenal.
“Normally when bad results happen the first thing that comes into your [journalists’] laptops, iPads and pens is to find a dramatic story, somebody punch somebody in the dressing room, the manager doesn’t want to speak with this guy”.
“I can imagine after a defeat how hard it would be for everyone, especially two days before a game against Arsenal”.
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On Branislav Ivanovic, he added: “I liked the dynamic and many individual performances on Wednesday night”.
