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Mikel Arteta stresses Arsenal's recent wins over Chelsea mean nothing ahead of clash

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is taking no comfort from ⁠his team's good record against Chelsea, and the Premier League leaders will be fully prepared to deal ‌with their London rivals' adaptability when they meet on Sunday.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a] beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]‌Chelsea[/a] twice in the League Cup semi-finals recently and ‌have not lost to them since 2021, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arteta-mikel/lAbHYaQM/"]Arteta[/a]'s ‌side winning 10 of the last 16 matches between ‌them.[/p][p]Arsenal were held to a draw by 10-man Chelsea in November, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rosenior-liam/4fMAHvLm/"]Liam Rosenior[/a]'s Chelsea are coming into Sunday's game looking ‌to continue a six-match unbeaten run in ⁠the league.[/p][p][b]"We know the ‌importance of the game and the team we are going ​to have in front of us. We just have to prepare in the best way to ​earn the right to win it, as I always said," Arteta told reporters on Friday.[/b][/p][p][b]"What you have done ⁠two weeks or two ​years ago is irrelevant because every game and every context is different, the players might change, the mood of the team might be different. We are prepared."[/b][/p][embed guid="4cc878f5-96c9-467c-901d-1f8e8d245935" url="https://x.com/Arsenal/status/2027400673265094798" social-type="twitter" /][p]Arteta praised ‌Chelsea's ability to adapt to the game under Rosenior, who is yet to lose a league game as Chelsea manager.[/p][p][b]"They can change throughout the game, and they have a manager very comfortable doing that, so we are prepared for the possible scenarios we can face, and then we will try to be better than them," Arteta added.[/b][/p][p]Asked if Arsenal can become the first English ‌club to win the quadruple - including the Premier League, ​FA Cup, League Cup and the Champions League - this ‌season, Arteta shrugged off the idea.[/p][p][b]"Has it been done? That is how difficult it is," he said.[/b][/p][p][b]"So let's go game by game and try to earn the right to be there in the last ⁠stage of every competition, ⁠and then we will ‌see what happens."[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/arsenal-hA1Zm19f/chelsea-4fGZN2oK/?mid=CE2gREmB"]Follow the game with Flashscore.[/a][/p]

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