It is one of football’s great cliches: 2-0 is the most dangerous lead. It is never more dangerous than in an aggregate ...

Mikel Merino scores the only goal as Arsenal beat Chelsea to move 12 points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool.

Fourth-placed Chelsea face a fight to qualify for the Champions League with nine games left in the Premier League.

Chelsea were also without their most important ... time the Blues have to had to play without him since they lost 5-0 to Arsenal in April last season. Arsenal, again naming Merino as a makeshift ...

Chelsea will be hoping to do better than they did in the fixture last season, a 5-0 defeat to Arsenal where Palmer was also absent. Robert Sanchez has kept his place in goal as he looks set to be ...

Chelsea will hope to avoid a repeat of their 5-0 defeat to Arsenal at the Emirates last season, which saw former Blues striker Kai Havertz, who is sidelined through injury, net a brace.

Arsenal's recent encounters with Chelsea highlight a significant shift in competitive dynamics. The last time these two teams met in the Premier League was in May 2018, which ended in a 1-1 draw.

Two years ago, Moises Caicedo tried to push through a £70million switch to Arsenal - now he is plotting ... to avenge last season's embarrassing 5-0 capitulation at the Emirates.