He left the Liberty Stadium on crutches and was ruled out for approximately 10 days, putting him in a race against time to be fit for the trip to the Emirates Stadium, but Conte said: “John didn’t recover from his injury”.
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Granit Xhaka – The Swiss worldwide has got off to an impressive start to his Arsenal career and will look to continue his form against Chelsea this weekend.
Okazaki was one of seven changes for Leicester in their EFL Cup tie against Chelsea, and the Japan worldwide rewarded his manager with a pair of goals to put the Foxes 2-0 up at the King Power Stadium.
The Blues sit on the same points as Arsenal after five matches, and the Gunners enter the game on the back of three-straight league wins.
It’s important to play a good game, especially after Liverpool.
“When we concede a goal, all the team concede a goal, not only the defenders”, said Conte, who will be without injured centre-back John Terry against Arsenal. This problem was already there last season. “We can improve a lot”.
The Blues came into last year’s fixtures during the most toxic parts of their worst season in recent memory.
Conte believes his side are now a work-in-progress, though, and he is hoping to see them improve: “We are working to try and improve and reach a level always high. If you want to have a great championship, sure, you can’t concede that many goals”.
“I never planned to leave Chelsea”, Fabregas added. I don’t know this.
On a more positive note, France global Kurt Zouma is close to making his return from a long-term knee injury, with Conte expecting the centre-back to return to team training within the coming days.
“I hope to see Zouma in full training in the next week”, the Italian told reporters.
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Asked if Zouma could make his first-team return after the October worldwide break, Conte replied: “Possibly, yeah”.
