Arsenal vs Chelsea LIVE: Premier League latest team news and line-ups as Cole Palmer a doubt for London derby

The Gunners have misplaced simply one in every of their final eight Premier League video games towards Chelsea (received 5, misplaced two).

Their present four-game unbeaten run is their longest towards the Blues within the league since a 19-game streak between 1995 and 2005.

Arsenal moved to the highest of the Premier League once more on the weekend with a snug 2-0 over Wolves and the supervisor was impressed with the way in which his workforce performed.

The Gunners had been knocked out of Europe final week by Bayern Munich and responded in type with Arteta saying: “It was actually good, I actually appreciated the efficiency, the outcome, the clear sheet but in addition the way in which individually and a workforce they confirmed they nonetheless have a step ahead to make.

“We realised we need to be concerned in massive competitions, preventing for the Champions League, preventing for the Premier League, the extent it requires, we have now to do one thing particular. It’s a must to have that like to compete.”

“It’s not about us, Pep or myself, it’s concerning the well-being of the gamers,” Arteta stated when talking about how bust the schedule is changing into for groups which are additionally competing in European competitions.

“Particularly when you’re competing in European competitors, all the things needs to be competed in the identical means.”

He added: “You can’t have a workforce that hasn’t performed for seven days or three days earlier than and has extra restoration time and it’s a must to play within the Premier League or the FA Cup.

“It’s not proper. If you happen to take a look at it any angle it’s not proper. If you wish to defend and also you all the time discuss concerning the gamers and the protagonists, let’s defend them and take into consideration them and do all the things we will to provide them the utmost time to allow them to recuperate they usually can keep the present they placed on each week.

“We stayed in Munich, I believe we had two hours sleep, get up and we began to speak about Wolves to begin with after which perceive what we needed to do to win the sport.

“The boys had been unbelievable. You take a look at the quantity of video games we have now performed in the previous few weeks, the kind of video games we have now performed and the perspective and the way in which they’ve run as we speak is prime.”

Guardiola stated it was “unacceptable” that his aspect needed to play an FA Cup semi-final lower than 72 hours after being in motion within the Champions League on Wednesday evening as they beat Chelsea at Wembley on Saturday tea-time.

The Gunners’ plight was arguably worse as they had been additionally in Europe on Wednesday evening however needed to journey again from Germany on Thursday following their Champions League exit to Bayern Munich.

Chelsea misplaced this fixture 3-1 final season with Martin Odegaard scoring twice and Gabriel Jesus additionally on track because the Gunners triumphed on the Emirates.

Nevertheless, the Blues haven’t misplaced consecutive Premier League away video games towards Arsenal since a run of three between December 2001 and October 2003.

Mikel Arteta sought the opinion of Mauricio Pochettino earlier than leaving Manchester Metropolis as Pep Guardiola’s assistant to grow to be supervisor of Arsenal.

“After I needed to decide I requested him and defined the scenario and he gave me some recommendation and he was wanted,” Arteta stated.

“I like what he’s executed in his profession and he’s somebody I’ve regarded to as a result of he was impactful to me in a very powerful stage of my profession. As a job mannequin I can’t decide anybody higher.

“He doesn’t want to assist me about ways. The most effective affect he has had on me is the way in which he speaks about his life, his professionalism, his household and who he was as a determine within the dressing room and the fervour and love he has for the sport.

“That for me is a very powerful issues which I learnt from him.”

When requested how influential Mauricio Pochettino was for Mikel Arteta when he was an expert participant, the Gunners supervisor had nothing however reward replying: “He’s one of the. I used to be 17 or 18 in Paris with no expertise in skilled soccer.

“He doesn’t like me saying it however to me he was like a father, he took me beneath his arm, he gave me unbelievable recommendation and guarded me, he impressed me and I discovered a lot in our two years collectively.”

Arteta performed alongside the Chelsea boss at Paris Saint-Germain earlier than their rise as coaches in Europe’s prime divisions.

The Arsenal supervisor talked up the affect Pochettino had on him as a participant, admitting he was impressed by the Argentinian as a young person.

Simon Hooper will officiate tonight’s sport, which can be his twenty second Premier League match this season.

His final involvement in an Arsenal sport was in a 2-1 win away to Nottingham Forest in January, one in every of 4 wins they’ve claimed within the six matches he has been appointed to.

In the meantime Chelsea have misplaced each instances he has overseen them this time period – a 2-0 residence loss to Brentford and a 4-1 reverse at Newcastle when he despatched off Reece James.

Referee: Simon Hooper Assistants: Adrian Holmes and Simon Lengthy Fourth official: Graham Scott VAR: Peter Bankes Assistant VAR: Simon Bennett

Mauricio Pochettino has bigged up Chelsea’s probabilities of beating Arsenal this night with or with out Cole Palmer who’s a doubt for the sport.

“With or with out Cole we all the time imagine we will win,” stated Pochettino, “Crucial factor is the workforce and the collective. He is a crucial a part of the workforce and is doing implausible for us, however we’re Chelsea and we have now loads of gamers that may carry out and do the job.

“It’s a good problem in case Palmer just isn’t obtainable. It’s problem for the teammates. If I’m a teammate of Cole Palmer in his place or an identical place, I’m going to be motivated to go there tomorrow and present that is Chelsea Soccer Membership, not Cole Palmer Soccer Membership.”