Chelsea might be without England star Cole Palmer for his or her Premier League clash against Arsenal on Sunday.
Palmer has endured a frustrating period following one other impressive begin to the season, failing to attain in his last 10 appearances.
During that run Palmer missed his first-ever penalty against Leicester City, with Enzo Maresca revealing after the match that he asked to play despite fighting illness in the times before.
Palmer got here off the bench to assist Chelsea beat Copenhagen within the Europa Conference League on Thursday night but was absent from the Blues’ squad on Sunday.
It was reported just a few hours the sport that Palmer could miss the London derby attributable to fatigue and a good hamstring but Maresca will provide an update shortly.
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Chelsea travel to north London hoping to spice up their Champions League hopes after top-four rivals Manchester City dropped points at home to Brighton earlier within the weekend.
Maresca’s side briefly threatened to mount a title challenge earlier within the season but their aspirations have now turned to Champions League qualification following a poor run since Christmas.
Arsenal, meanwhile, will aim to record their first league win in 4 games, having seen their title hopes all but resulted in recent weeks.
Revealing his prediction for the London derby, ex-Premier League striker Chris Sutton told BBC Sport: ‘There won’t be many goals on this game – one goal may be enough to win it, and I’m going with Arsenal to get it.
‘Declan Rice was very vigorous in his latest attacking role against Manchester United and I can see him scoring again here.
‘Chelsea have flattered to deceive in recent weeks. They’ve won their past two league games, but they were against Southampton and Leicester. This can be a much greater test.’
More to follow…
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