Chelsea have completed their final training session before the Premier League clash against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge. The Blues have had the last two days to fully prepare with the Conference League clash at home to Noah on Thursday which Enzo Maresca’s side comfortably won 8-0.
Jadon Sancho, Levi Colwill and Cole Palmer were all absent from the squad, though the latter would not have been included even if he didn’t pick up a knee injury against Manchester United. Following Maresca’s update there is no significant doubt surrounding Palmer’s availability to face the Gunners.
If he does miss out, the likes of Noni Madueke and Pedro Neto will need to step up, with both attackers prominently featured in Chelsea’s 8-minute training video before Arsenal. With that in mind, football.london has pulled together all the notable things that took place at Cobham over the last few days.
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Palmer injury update
As was the expectation, based on the double update from Maresca earlier this week, Palmer was nowhere to be seen in Chelsea training.
The 22-year-old issued an update of his own Instagram with a picture of him wearing a recovery sleeve which suggests he was able to make it through a session. With the London derby as the final clash of the weekend, it has also given Palmer more time to make the clash.
Make a hint
For the first 60 seconds of Chelsea’s training video, it was just Madueke receiving the ball on the turn and firing an effort into the far corner
Not only does that suggest he will start on the right against Arsenal, but also if he is allowed inside, it is very clear exactly where his effort will be heading. Ever since his hat-trick away at Wolves, the England under-21 international has struggled to contribute consistently but he will be striving for that to change on Sunday.
Neto joy
In the absence of Sancho, Neto has been deployed in Maresca’s favoured starting XI with the Portugal international clearly growing in confidence.
That feeling was seemingly reflected in training when he expertly found played a pass through the legs of Carney Chukwuemeka in a game of rondo. Understandably, he was overjoyed with Chukwuemeka jokingly laughing off the embarrassment.
