Chelsea v Arsenal - preview
Claudio Ranieri described this as “one of the biggest games ever” in English football and it was certainly a massive task facing his Chelsea team as they set about ending their run of 16 matches since they last beat Arsenal.
The Blues boss made three changes to the team who beat Fulham on Saturday.
Hernan Crespo failed to recover from the calf injury he suffered in training on Monday so Adrian Mutu returned.
Claude Makelele and Scott Parker bolstered the midfield at the expense of Geremi and Jesper Gronkjaer.
Arsenal had their usual formidable look about them as manager Arsene Wenger stated his intentions with an attacking line-up.
That meant Freddie Ljungberg returned in place of Gilberto Silva as the only change to the team who beat Bolton at the weekend.
