today’s premier league results
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Mikel Arteta is confident of getting the best from Declan Rice As Arsenal prepare for their top performance at Chelsea.
The England midfielder had excellent performances in Arsenal’s wins against Tottenham and Bayern Munich last week and will face the club where he spent seven years before being released at the age of 14. Arsenal are six points ahead of second-placed Chelsea and Arteta has not lost at Stamford Bridge in six visits as a manager.
Arteta signed Rice from West Ham in 2023 and said he had also been surprised by the 26-year-old’s progress since the £105m move. He was asked if he thought Rice had reached his peak.
“Maybe yes, a year or two ago, yes,” Arteta said. “But now being with him every day and understanding him the way I do and connecting with him, we’ll get more. Because he wants more and he’s going to get more. The team knows him better, his role around the team is growing, his impact on the team is huge and we’ll find ways to make it even better.”
jacob steinberg
The worst way for Chelsea to respond to Barcelona’s demolition The hype has to be believed. The problem is that emotions in football swing from one extreme to the other, as the people running things at Stamford Bridge are quick to appreciate.
He has faced plenty of ridicule for his alternative approach since buying the club from Roman Abramovich three years ago, so perhaps he is entitled to be a little skeptical now that Chelsea are being praised for their transfer strategy and talked up as potential title challengers before hosting Arsenal on Sunday.
team news
cole palmer Is on the bench for Chelsea, who made one change from the win over Barcelona: Joao Pedro replaced Alejandro Garnacho.
of the armory William Saliba Injured during training and replaced by Piero Hincapie. Gabriele Martinelli and Riccardo Calafiori came into the team for Leandro Trossard and Miles Lewis-Skelley.
Chelsea (4-1-2-3ish) Sanchez; Gusto, Fofana, Chalobah, Cucurella; Caicedo; James, Enzo; Estevao, Joao Pedro, Pedro Neto.
Subs: Jorgensen, Acheampong, Tosin, Badiashile, Andre Santos, Palmer, Gittens, Garnacho, Delap.
Arsenal (4-1-2-3ish) Raya; Timber, Mosquera, Hincapie, Calafiori; Zubimendi; Eze, rice; Saka, Marino, Martinelli.
Subs: Arrizabalaga, Lewis-Skelley, White, Odegaard, Norgaard, Nwaneri, Maduke, Gyökeres, Jesus.
Punch Anthony Taylor.
Preface
Hello, good day and welcome to live, minute-by-minute coverage of Chelsea vs Arsenal at Stamford Bridge. Big game, this. If Arsenal win, the deal in the title race will be left with an unsatisfactory* impression. At the moment they are the best team in England, arguably Europe.
Not that Chelsea are far behind: they beat Barcelona 3-0 on Tuesday – and that was without Cole Palmer, who will return in some capacity today. If all this wasn’t drool-inducing enough, these clubs don’t love each other. It’s been a long time since the needle was put on a record; Given the stakes – low in the grand scheme, high for the end of November – today could be the day.
launch 4.30 pm.
*For everyone except Arsenal fans
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