Summary

  • Watch highlights on MOTD - 22:20 BST on BBC One

  • Chelsea v Arsenal first of six games

  • Alonso strikes winner from Hazard's assist

  • Chelsea had 24 shots, Arsenal 15

  • Sarri's Chelsea have won their opening two league games

  • Emery's Arsenal have now lost to Man City and Chelsea

  1. Struggling strikerpublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 18 August 2018

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    Chelsea striker Alvaro MorataImage source, Getty Images

    Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata has scored only one goal in 15 Premier League appearances since Boxing Day.

  2. Closing inpublished at 17:25 British Summer Time 18 August 2018

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    Pierre-Emerick AubameyangImage source, Reuters

    Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's next league goal will be his 150th in the top five European leagues.

  3. Postpublished at 17:24 British Summer Time 18 August 2018

    A tale of two strikers coming up...

  4. Lawro's predictionpublished at 17:22 British Summer Time 18 August 2018

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    Lawro

    While the Gunners struggled against Manchester City, Chelsea were comfortable winners against Huddersfield, which was a great start for them.

    This is an important game for both teams, just for the fact that, if Chelsea win, they will go six points ahead of Arsenal in the race for the top four.

    Prediction: 2-0

    Read the predictions in full

  5. Heavyweight clashpublished at 17:20 British Summer Time 18 August 2018

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    Phil McNulty
    BBC Sport chief football writer at Stamford Bridge

    Perfect conditions at Stamford Bridge for the meeting of two managerial newcomers to the Premier League in Chelsea's Maurizio Sarri and his opposite number at Arsenal Unai Emery.

    They enjoyed contrasting fortunes on the opening weekend of the season after Chelsea won comfortably at Huddersfield Town and Arsenal lost at home to champions Manchester City - and this traditional heavyweight clash will give both of these experienced men a measure of the scale of the task they face.

  6. Off the markpublished at 17:18 British Summer Time 18 August 2018

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    JorginhoImage source, Google

    Jorginho could become the fourth player to score in his first two Premier League appearances for Chelsea after...?

    Let me know your answer on #bbcfootball, external or text in on 81111 (UK only).

    Names on texts please or comments will not be published.

  7. Postpublished at 17:16 British Summer Time 18 August 2018

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    Gianfranco Zola.Image source, Getty Images

    The Chelsea players in their brilliant training tops are going through their warm-ups at Stamford Bridge.

    The best player in action? Assistant manager and Blues legend Gianfranco Zola.

  8. 'Emery needs a few transfer windows'published at 17:14 British Summer Time 18 August 2018

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    Alex Scott
    Ex-Arsenal Ladies & England international on Final Score

    Unai Emery has to be given time. It is a hard when a new manager comes in and he is trying to change the philosophy, we can see they are trying to play from the back. He needs time and a good few transfer windows to get the players he wants.

  9. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 17:10 British Summer Time 18 August 2018

    #bbcfootball or text 81111

    Sean: Emery has to be more ruthless and drop Xhaka. We will not win a game with him starting. Since he was signed we have dropped out the top 4. Today has to be his last Premier League start for Arsenal. I'm done with it.

  10. Team newspublished at 17:05 British Summer Time 18 August 2018

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    Chelsea

    Chelsea name the same XI that won at Huddersfield last weekend, which means Eden Hazard is on the bench once more.

    Chelsea XI: Arrizabalaga, Azpulicueta, Rudiger, Luiz, Alonso, Kante, Jorginho, Barkley, Willian, Pedro, Morata.

    Arsenal

    Arsenal make two changes from the side that lost against Man City on Sunday - with Alex Iwobi and Nacho Monreal replacing Aaron Ramsey and the injured Ainsley Maitland-Niles.

    Arsenal XI: Cech, Bellerin, Papastathopoulos, Mustafi, Monreal, Xhaka, Guendouzi, Mkhitaryan, Iwobi, Ozil, Aubamenyang.

  11. It's been a long time...published at 16:58 British Summer Time 18 August 2018

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    Arsenal v Sunderland, September 1996Image source, Getty Images

    7995 days and counting.

    That's how long it is since the last time Arsenal won a game when Arsene Wenger was not in charge, a 2-0 win over Sunderland on 28 September 1996.

    Gunners fans had to wait a week to develop their photos of the game, while Fugees - Ready or Not (WHAT A TUNE!) was top of the charts.

    The closest thing to Twitter back then was the 160 character limit on your Nokia 8110 'hi bbe, u k?' and the square MSN box popping up in the bottom right corner of your PC screen had you giggling with excitement.

    Now in the age of instant uploads, streaming on-the-go and paying for stuff with your watch, new Arsenal boss Unai Emery needs to change the record...against one of his club's fiercest rivals.