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Live and extensive coverage from Arsenal versus Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium as the Gunners look to keep the pressure on Manchester City and the Blues aim to keep their European dream alive
Hello and welcome to football.london for live coverage of Arsenal against Chelsea from the Emirates Stadium.
The Gunners can go three points clear of Liverpool and four ahead of Manchester City with a victory tonight, albeit with the other two having played one and two games less respectively. Meanwhile, for the Blues, they are looking to keep their European hopes alive with a win and also to dent their fierce rivals' title challenge.
Arsenal responded to back-to-back defeats against Aston Villa and Bayern Munich with a crucial win against Wolves at the weekend. Goals either side of half-time from Leandro Trossard and Martin Odegaard were enough to give the Gunners maximum points at Molineux.
Chelsea, though, were beaten on Saturday evening. A late Bernardo Silva strike was enough for Man City to knock the Blues out of the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley Stadium.
After October's 2-2 draw between the teams at Stamford Bridge, tonight's fixture promises to be another highly entertaining game. You can follow all of the action from north London in our dedicated live blog below with Kaya Kaynak, Tom Canton and Bobby Vincent.
16:01Tom Canton
Mikel Arteta's biggest challenge with his Arsenal squad remains the fitness and sharpness of his players in the final four weeks of the season. As the Gunners prepare to take on Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium, the head coach is tasked with getting his team ready for a fourth game in 10 days.
After the physical and emotional demands of three huge games last week, Arsenal now welcome Mauricio Pochettino's dangerous Blues to the Emirates Stadium with player burnout remaining a possibility. "When I saw them this morning I have to stop them because winning is a big boost of energy," Arteta said before the match when asked about his players entering the 'red zone.'
"After the performance against Wolves and winning, they have a London derby tomorrow and everybody is ready for it. Something else is the volume of the games but now is not the moment to look at this. It is just to think in a positive way, to think and feel that we are fresh."
The manager has very little to immediately worry about with his squad after fitness issues soften at a key time though. Here, football.london has the latest from the Arsenal treatment room.
Read the full list here.
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Hello, good afternoon and welcome to football.london for live action from the Emirates Stadium as Arsenal host Chelsea in the Premier League.
The Gunners are looking to keep mounting pressure on Liverpool and Manchester City and know that only three points will do in tonight's crucial London derby.
Meanwhile, things are very different at Chelsea. The Blues still have a shot of qualifying for Europe this season and need to build on their 6-0 win against Everton last time out in the Premier League.
Throughout the afternoon and evening, Kaya Kaynak, Tom Canton and Bobby Vincent are all on hand to keep you updated with everything going on in Arsenal. So stay tuned!
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