Showdown In The Emirate Stadium

Chelsea visit Arsenal on Sunday knowing that victory will take them one big step closer to a fourth Barclays Premier League title. Victory for the leaders at Emirates Stadium followed by three more points at Leicester City on Wednesday would secure them the trophy with four matches to spare.
Jose Mourinho has also a chance to extend his unbeaten record against Arsene Wenger, the Arsenal manager, the Portuguese enjoying dominance in this fixture with an undefeated streak stretching back 12 matches across various competitions. The relationship between the two managers has been fractious in the past, but Mourinho is focused purely on the match ahead and not the history between the two men or clubs.
"For me he is not my rival, I don't feel that,” Mourinho said. “I just feel he's the manager of a big club in the same city where I work and live.
"We're big clubs with the same objectives and because of that there will always come a little bit of rivalry but for me it's no different to when I was at Inter with the Milan managers or in Real [Madrid] with the Atletico managers.
"I'm not proud [of his record over Wenger], for me an achievement is to win [on Sunday], not the other 12 matches that we played before against Arsenal, I don't look to this.
"Every match is a match, no relation to the previous or the next one, what they [the players] care about is the way we work all week and the way we prepare ourselves for the game."
Mourinho confirmed that Didier Drogba is fit after an ankle problem, although Diego Costa (hamstring) and Loic Remy (calf) remain doubts, with Under-21 star Dominic Solanke in line for a Barclays Premier League debut.
Cesc Fabregas is set to make his first return to Emirates Stadium since departing for Barcelona in 2011. Wenger has called on Arsenal fans to respect the Spain midfielder who was captain at Arsenal.
If Wenger is to earn his first win over Mourinho, Sunday might represent his best opportunity for some time, with Arsenal coming into the match on the back of eight consecutive league victories. Arsenal are 10 points behind Chelsea, but Wenger remains confident his side can close that gap.
"When you are fighting for the championship - and I know that well - when you are on a good run, sometimes you take points that in another season if you were two or three places behind, you would not take," he said. "The focus and belief is there and is a bit stronger that we can take these points.
“The difference between the teams is not only measured by the difference in points.
"But nobody has given Chelsea the points. They had to fight for it and they made it."
Wenger described defender Per Mertesacker as "50-50" for this game with an ankle problem, with Gabriel Paulista set to deputise, while Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (hamstring) and Mikel Arteta's lack of match fitness means they remain absent.
Arsenal (from): Ospina, Szczesny, Bellerin, Chambers, Debuchy, Gabriel, Gibbs, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Monreal, Cazorla, Coquelin, Diaby, Flamini, Gnabry, Ozil, Ramsey, Rosicky, Wilshere, Giroud, Sanchez, Walcott, Welbeck.
Chelsea (from): Blackman, Cech, Courtois, Azpilicueta, Cahill, Christensen, Filipe, Ivanovic, Terry, Zouma, Cuadrado, Fabregas, Hazard, Loftus-Cheek, Matic, Mikel, Oscar, Ramires, Willian, Costa, Drogba, Remy, Solanke.