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David Dein’s blunt warning to Arsenal fans ahead of Chelsea clash

A year ago we were a bit unlucky at Chelsea to be down to 10 men because we got a red card and it was rescinded after.

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“And again, I don’t think the book will be in the gallery of the Shakespeares and so on and I prefer just to don’t comment”.

Mourinho finds himself under fire less than two months into his United reign after three successive defeats and an unconvincing League Cup win at third tier Northampton.United are already trailing six points behind English Premier League leaders Manchester City and another setback at Old Trafford this weekend would be a huge blow to Mourinho’s bid to stamp his authority on a team that has underachieved in recent years. “I’m more constructive and I can not comment on that because I’m focused on tomorrow’s game and how we want to play football”. He looks to have, since the start of the season, cleaned up his act and that he behaves [like he’s] more focused on the game.

“He’s a very strong player”, Wenger said. I told him to go back to his area.

Costa joined Chelsea in the summer of 2014 after leading Atletico Madrid to the title in La Liga and the Champions League final. “I like the qualities of the player”. I’m not in a destructive mode, ever.

The Frenchman wouldn’t comment on suggestions that Costa’s fiery temper would make him unsuitable to Arsenal, but said he didn’t believe the forward’s game would suffer if he loses some of his feistiness.

Do you think Mourinho really threatened to assault Wenger? I talk about football and that’s all I do. “But commitment is different from this kind of overreactions”. But the rest is down to the referees to get the game respected and the rules respected.

“Of course for the result it will be important the way we play football, but as well the way we behave, because discipline and results are strongly linked and the results we’ve had in the last two games are that we couldn’t play 11 against 11”. Everybody plays with his character and his personality.

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One player desperate to feature at the Emirates is Cesc Fabregas, who made his name as a player under Wenger at Arsenal.

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