And with Calum Chambers suspended, Per Mertesacker is set to form a fourth new defensive pairing against Alan Pardew's in - form visitors, who made it seven wins from nine games when they ended Chelsea's
unbeaten start to the season last weekend.
Not exact matches
Great team effort and we are now through
to the
last 16 of the cup as well as retaining our
unbeaten start to the
season!
The Chelsea team of Jose Mourinho went a long time
unbeaten a few years back and Man City have looked a bit unbeatable at the
start of this
season and the
last one, but the only side yet
to lose an EPL game so far this
season is Tottenham and it just so happens that our north London rivals are heading
to the Emirates
to face Arsenal next.
On the other hand Arsene Wenger has admitted that the ever growing injury list, which only needs one more Arsenal player adding
to it
to have a complete
starting XI in the treatment room, is a big worry for him and he knows that it could be the thing that once again scuppers his quest
to add another EPL trophy
to the one Arsenal
last lifted in 2004 after going a whole
season unbeaten.
Yes we have improved we have become more aware we have
started to show some maturity when facing the top dogs and that's the difference between us this
season and us getting SMASHED by all of the top teams
last season and if you watch football you can see that the city side are not a patch on their former selves nor Liverpool nor even chelski, we are NOT another 49
unbeaten squad not yet and not for a while until the improvements are made, Yea credit where its due of course but lets NOT RUN AWAY WITH THE IDEA WE ARE WORLD BEATERS JUST YET EH, AKB's are the reason we'll never improve as a fan base because they can see NO wrong in anything the board or AW does, Im no AOB but I do see the need for self criticism and improvement and at BIGGUN its not a ridiculous statement at all we have improved but they have also been off the ball and that why we're having a good run.
The Blues are
unbeaten in all competitions since losing their
season opener and even though they will likely be making plenty of changes
to their regular
starting eleven, they will be expected
to see off Forest who have lost three of their
last four games in the second tier.
Compared
to Carrick's numbers from
last season — when he remained influential, his introduction into the
starting XI in October setting United off on a lengthy
unbeaten run — Jorginho is seeing more of the ball, is marginally more accurate in his distribution and is proving
to be more creative.
Today's visitors are the mostly harmless Stoke City who after a disastrous
start to the
season come
to London today
unbeaten in their
last 5 matches.
Bolton had made a promising
start to the new league
season following an early three - game
unbeaten run, but that positive streak came crashing
to an end
last Saturday when Arsenal dumped them
to a 4 - 1 loss at The Emirates, although Owen Coyle had plenty
to feel aggrieved about after the game.