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Arsenal suffered a shocking 1-0 defeat at the hands of West Ham away from home last week and the Gunners will be looking to turn things around when they play host to another London rival Chelsea on Saturday. Unai Emery’s men haven’t looked at their best since their 22-game unbeaten run came to an end in December and the Gunners face an uphill battle against an in-form Chelsea side that beat Newcastle last week. Arsenal are currently placed fifth in the standings, six points behind Chelsea and the onus will be on the north Londoners to close the gap on the final Champions League spot with a win on Saturday. Chelsea, though, will hold a slight psychological advantage heading into the all-important fixture, having beaten Arsenal 3-2 earlier in the season. Team News Unai Emery has had a tough time dealing with injuries all throughout the season but he is likely to have most of his key players in good health this week. Mesut Ozil was omitted surprisingly from the 1-0 defeat against West...

Click here to Join the whatsapp group for all ARSENAL NEWS Arsenal will look to continue their excellent form when they travel to London Stadium to face West Ham United on Saturday. The Gunners have scored seven goals in their last two matches in all competitions and collecting all three points this weekend will help them reignite their push for the Champions League places. Arsenal team news Unai Emery will be missing out on the services of Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Rob Holding while key defender Laurent Koscielny is doubtful along with Mesut Ozil. Both of them have returned to full training but will be assessed ahead of the match. Defence Emery could retain his four at the back formation he used against Blackpool. Thus, we expect Sokratis Papastathopoulos to line-up alongside Shkodran Mustafi at the heart of the Arsenal backline. Mustafi should replace Stephan Lichtsteiner, who appeared as a centre-back against the Seasiders. Arsenal have confirmed that Hector Bellerin is in contenti...

Click here to Join the whatsapp group for all ARSENAL NEWS Unai Emery admitted that he did not know whether Mesut Ozil had even attended Arsenal's 4-2 win over Tottenham Hotspur yesterday, as the German midfielder missed out with an apparent back injury. Ozil was not in the Arsenal squad, having missed the trip to Ukraine this week, and it was claimed by Arsenal sources that he had suffered a recurrence of a back spasm. Ozil had missed Arsenal's game at Fulham on October 7 because of a similar complaint. This fresh back spasm had occurred just days after Ozil was left as an unused substitute for the 2-1 win at Bournemouth. Asked repeatedly about Ozil in his post-match press conference at the Emirates, Emery said that Ozil "has back ache" when asked why he could not play. Asked when Ozil suffered this problem, Emery said that he "did not know". Then asked whether Ozil had even attended the game at the Emirates, Emery said he "did not know". Now fo...

Click here to Join the whatsapp group for all LIVERPOOL NEWS Liverpool will travel to France to take on Paris Saint-Germain at Parc des Princes at the back of an excellent 3-0 win over Watford on Saturday. The Reds managed to beat PSG at Anfield earlier this season with a 3-2 scoreline, so this match promises another goal-fest between two goliaths of European football. Defence Alisson Becker will lineup in between the sticks for the Merseyside outfit after keeping a clean sheet against Watford last weekend. Simon Mignolet will sit on Klopp’s bench as a back-up to the Brazilian shot-stopper. The centre-back duo of Virgil Van Dijk and Dejan Lovren should continue at the heart of the Liverpool defence following another resolute display from them at Vicarage Road on Saturday. Trent Alexander-Arnold will keep his place at right-back after scoring with a brilliant free-kick last weekend which would give him a lot of confidence going into this clash at Paris. Andrew Robertson has arguably...

Click here to Join the whatsapp group for all CHELSEA NEWS Kante has overtaken Eden Hazard and is being paid an incredible £290,000 a week. The midfielder was linked with a move to PSG and even Manchester United this week, but the new deal will end speculation over his future. Kante has become a key part of the Chelsea team and won the Premier League in his first season with the club. He had signed as a Premier League champion already after helping Leicester stun the footballing world. “I’m happy to extend my time with Chelsea,” he said. “It has been two beautiful years and I wish for more to come. “Since I came, I completely improved as a player, challenged myself and got some awards I never thought about. “I like the city, I like the club and I am happy to be here for more time.” Club director Marina Granovskaia added: “We are delighted N’Golo has signed a new contract and sees his long-term future with Chelsea. “When he arrived, we knew we had signed a special player but...

Click here to Join the whatsapp group for all ARSENAL NEWS HEAD-TO-HEAD Last six meetings: Bournemouth W1, Arsenal W4, D1 All-time meetings: Bournemouth W1, Arsenal W5, D1 THE TEAM NEWS BOURNEMOUTH Predicted line-up (4-4-1-1): Begovic; Francis, S. Cook, Ake, Daniels; Ibe, Gosling, L. Cook, Fraser; Brooks; Wilson Unavailable: A. Smith (Injured) Doubtful: King (Injured), Begovic (Injured), Stanislas (Injured), Lerma (Injured) ARSENAL Predicted line-up (4-2-3-1): Leno; Bellerin, Mustafi, Holding, Kolasinac; Torreira, Xhaka; Iwobi, Ozil, Aubameyang; Lacazette Unavailable: Mavropanos (Injured), Welbeck (Injured), Lichtsteiner (Injured) Doubtful: Koscielny (Injured), Monreal (Injured), Aubameyang (Injured), Lacazette (Injured) PREDICTION (g-g-both teams to score) Bournemouth's strong start to the season has dipped in recent weeks but they will look to get back on track. Arsenal are proving tough to beat and though they are not playing the flowing football from earlier in the seaso...

Click here to Join the whatsapp group for all CHELSEA NEWS The 40-year-old scored 164 goals in 381 appearances for Chelsea, winning four Premier League titles, four FA Cups and the 2012 Champions League, while he is also Ivory Coast’s all-time record goalscorer with 65. “I wanna thank all the players, managers, teams and fans that I have met and made this journey one of a kind,” he wrote in a statement on Twitter. “If anyone tells you your dreams are too big, just say thank you and work harder and smarter to turn them into a reality.” Drogba played club football in six different countries in total, with the majority of his success coming in France and England. He won the Premier League Golden Boot in 2006-07 and 2009-10, netting 104 times in the English top flight in total, and also scored a dramatic late equaliser when Chelsea beat Bayern Munich on penalties in the Champions League final six years ago.