Arsene Wenger insists Arsenal’s meeting with Chelsea on Sunday remains a big game despite the travails of the Blues this season.
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Exiting the FA Cup in midweek may turn out to be a good thing for Leicester City, who no longer have any distractions in their bid to at least finish in the top four of the Premier League.
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All home and away tickets have been sold out based upon the game being played at 3 p.m. GMT on Saturday, Feb. 13, but it will now be played at noon the following day.
The Hammers sit sixth in the English top division, and are the only side who have won three of their last four matches.
“They are not in this title race but I know the quality of their team”.
Watford have faced Newcastle United twice already this season, and on both occasions the Hornets have run out winners. “I consider them direct rivals”, Wenger said.
“It’s another game where people look at us and see how we behave”, he said. Play KICK OFF Predictor and win great prizes!
“I just take the games step by step, game by game, like the team”, the Frenchman told Arsenal’s official website.
“The game against West Ham will be very important for us because we are in the title race, fighting game by game, and we need to reach a consistency with a series of wins”, City defender Nicolas Otamendi said. City were also beaten by West Ham when the Hammers visited the Etihad Stadium back in September, and I would be against backing the Manchester club to return North with the points.
You would think the Gunners will be confident of securing a win however, with home advantage and the fact that the Blues have lost five of their 10 away matches this season.
“The difference is very slight between one team and another”.
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Fourth placed Tottenham, five points adrift of the leaders, face Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. Liverpool crashed to a 1-0 defeat when they hosted Manchester United last weekend but are odds-on favourites to win at Norwich.
