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Gary Cahill believes Chelsea’s convincing 4-0 Champions League victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv has given the team the morale boost they desperately needed before they face Arsenal on Saturday at Stamford Bridge.

Fifteen of the 41 Premier League goals Arsenal have conceded since the start of last season have been headers.

The Brazilian-born Spain worldwide is no stranger to controversy and he attracted a lot of headlines at the weekend for his antics which earned Arsenal defender Gabriel a red card in the Blues’ 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge. The latter later lashed out at the Chelsea man and...

Former Manchester United centre-back Rio Ferdinand has criticised Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger’s decision to leave out Theo Walcott from the starting XI in the Champions League match against Croatian football club Dinamo Zagreb. “We’ve got a big, important game...

Jose Mourinho has warned Arsene Wenger that Chelsea are back in the groove as the Premier League champions look to extend their revival in Saturday’s showdown with London rivals Arsenal.

This barely tells the story of a game that will leave Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger furious and frustrated in equal measure as he saw his players fall victim to the trademark and predictable wind-up tactics of Chelsea striker Diego Costa.

Cazorla was shown a second yellow card for sliding in on Cesc Fabregas and Hazard made the game safe a minute from time with a shot that beat former Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech via a sizeable deflection off Calum Chambers.

Despite some external criticisms, the majority of the club’s supporters would advise the German is one the Gunners’ most important players too.

Junior Fernandes doubled Dinamo Zagreb’s lead in the second half and Theo Walcott’s late strike was not enough to prevent the Croatian champions recording a first ever win over an English club.

The great shame of this latest problem is that Wilshere had finished last season strongly after a separate ankle injury and then looked back to his old sharpness during pre-season.

“You can not improve your team for the Champions League – you have to try to improve for the national competition”.

Manager Jose Mourinho is now feeling the pressure as it was said that he had a slight clash with Everton boss Roberto Martinez ahead of his post-match interview.

‘If we play against Arsenal like we did against Lokomotiva, who knows what can happen’.

Dinamo, the Croatian champions and current league leaders, saw off Molde and Skenderbeu to book their place in the group stage.

They take on Kazakh debutants Astana who are the first team from their country to qualify for the Champions League group phase.