Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger is taking confidence from his sides recent results against Chelsea as he prepares his players to face Antonio Conte’s side at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

The team’s meeting a year ago marked the turning point in a season that finished with the Premier League title heading to Chelsea.

Arsene Wenger’s team inflicted a 3-0 defeat on their rivals at The Emirates that day but Conte used the experience to change his formation and Chelsea went on a 13-match winning league run.

For Arsenal, it was to be their only victory all season against any of the teams who finished in the top four.

The north London club came fifth, missing out on the Champions League for the first time in 20 years, and thus go into Sunday’s showdown at Stamford Bridge off the back of a Thursday night match against Cologne in the Europa League.

The pressure will be on Arsenal to avoid a third successive league defeat on the road having already come unstuck at Stoke City and Liverpool, where they were thrashed 4-0.

Reuters