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Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Tomiyasu absent, Zinchenko and Martinelli embrace as Arsenal get injury boost ahead of Chelsea

Arsenal's preparations for the London derby against Chelsea are now complete.

The Gunners are back in action on Sunday afternoon, three days and around 60 hours after beating FC Zurich in the Europa League to top the group and avoid a knockout round play-off tie against the likes of Barcelona, Juventus, Ajax or Sevilla when the competition resumes in the new year.

With this being the penultimate round of Premier League fixtures before the season pauses for the World Cup, Mikel Arteta knows his side are two wins away from being number one in the table on Christmas Day - and the omens are very good with regard to being there in May.

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