At his press conference ahead of the visit of Chelsea on Sunday, Wenger said he saw no prospect of ground-sharing with north London rivals Tottenham.
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In February of 2014, Mourinho infamously labelled the Arsenal manager as a “specialist in failure” referring to the fact that Wenger had gone over ten years without winning the Premier League trophy. “Huge experience. He has won a lot of titles, including the Premier League”. No team has exposed those deficiencies more than Chelsea.
Many believe Arsenal will win the league this season, myself included, but of those believers, most of us are hoping our boys won’t be required to show what they’re made of, as we all dread to answer that question.
The Spanish global striker clashed with Gabriel and Laurent Koscielny when the two sides met in stormy affair back in September.
The self-proclaimed “Special One” provided the pragmatic antithesis to Wenger’s passing football idealism.
A victory over Arsenal earlier in the season has been a rare high point in an utterly forgettable season for Chelsea, with the reigning champions having already lost nine league games this term.
“It is a big game because of the quality of players on the pitch and it has a big importance to us because we play at Emirates Stadium and we know it will be important to win these types of games”.
“We have to be prepared for a battle because Costa gives you a fight”.
Arsenal are at the top of the Premier League table at the moment with 44 points from 22 matches, level on points with second-placed Leicester City and ahead on goal difference.
“Sanchez has the next two days to prove it but I think this time he will be available”.
Belgium playmaker Hazard has missed the last three matches with a groin injury, but returned to training this week. It was not too long ago some Charlton fans were calling for Alan Curbishley to be sacked because the club “was only” eighth in the Premier League. So I’m going to go for a 1-0 Blues win.
The Blues have conceded 34 goals in 2015-16 to date, two more than all of last season, while their usual menace in attack has faded – despite Diego Costa recently showing signs of returning to goalscoring form.
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Francis Coquelin is back in training but is still short of match fitness and with Santi Cazorla and Jack Wilshere also still unavailable, Mathieu Flamini should continue alongside Aaron Ramsey this weekend.
