This game against Arsenal will be a very important game for Chelsea and it will be very important for Chelsea to continue to take the lead and this is their best chance to focus on the Champions League in the future.

Although Chelsea are already strong, there are still not many people who believe that Chelsea can win the Champions League and the league double, after all, the league is only halfway through, and Chelsea has not much advantage over rivals Manchester City, Chelsea should be difficult to do.

Therefore, the 22nd round of the league between Chelsea and Arsenal at home has become an important game ahead of Chelsea's Champions League knockout round, and Chelsea would do well to maintain their league lead now.

The atmosphere in the Chelsea squad ahead of this game was very good and the players were very happy as the team had been perfect in the past 2017 and they were unbeaten at the top of the league table.

The goal is now to win the title, and ahead of this game, England's Daily Mail polled 67 per cent of people who believe Chelsea will be the defending champions this season, a huge margin higher than that of Manchester City, who are also unbeaten.

Chelsea are still four points ahead of Manchester City, and if City lose or draw with West Ham in this game, Chelsea will continue to gain the league advantage regardless of the outcome against Arsenal.

A win over West Ham would see at least a point for Chelsea to maintain their lead, and both teams will face no weaker opponents in the final round before the new year.

However, Manchester City certainly don't think so, they think they will win West Ham United easily, they will bring three points to the Etihad Stadium, but without Jones, Chelsea, can steal a point from Arsenal is a question, and then from the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City won 2-1 at home to West Ham United, and now they are only one point away from Chelsea.

Manchester City now have 60 points, but Chelsea are still one point ahead of Manchester City, and if Chelsea do not win at Arsenal's home stadium and lose to Arsenal, the two sides will only be separated by one point.

"The 22nd round of the 17/18 Premier League season ushered in the highlight of the battle, Arsenal sat at the Emirates Stadium to face Chelsea, Arsenal were held to a 1-1 draw by West Bromwich Albion struggling in the relegation zone, and are unbeaten in the last eight games in all competitions with four wins and four draws.

In the Premier League table, Arsenal is in fifth place, but they are six points away from fourth-place Liverpool, and the prospect of fighting for the fourth place is not optimistic. Facing first-placed Chelsea, Arsenal are desperate to get their first win of the new year and close the gap on the top four.

Chelsea are unbeaten in all competitions with a 7-0 thrashing of Stoke City last time out, and are one point clear of Manchester City at the top of the table with 61 points, and a win over Arsenal would keep them in the lead.

It's Chelsea's first game of the new year and Chelsea are looking to get off to a flying start with a London derby win over Arsenal, one of the teams who have beaten Arsenal the most at the Emirates Stadium, where they and Manchester United have beaten the Gunners five times.

Alexis Sanchez has been in great form of late, and he scored an own goal in the last round, but unfortunately Sanchez was unable to help the team win, and after Jones' injury, this game is a clash between Sanchez and Eden Hazard, who can help his team win the big talk.

In addition, if Petr Cech keeps a clean sheet against Chelsea in this game, Cech will become the first goalkeeper in the Premier League to reach 200 games without conceding.

There have been 191 meetings between the two sides in history, with Arsenal having the upper hand with 74 wins, 56 draws and 61 defeats, scoring 266 goals and conceding 248 goals, including 46 wins, 27 draws and 25 defeats against Chelsea at home, scoring 151 goals and conceding 123 goals. ”

Although Manchester City started the game early, Manchester City won 2-1 at home to West Ham United, but Chelsea are still one point behind Chelsea and if they want to win the season, then they will have to expect Arsenal to take three points away from Chelsea at home for City to have a chance of winning the title at the end.

The Chelsea and Arsenal game has not yet started, and the hype has begun to start, however, the fact that Chelsea's top scorer Jones was not able to play in this game is definitely not good news for Chelsea and has cast a shadow over this game for Chelsea.

However, there is no panic on the Chelsea side, although there is no Jones, but this will not affect their game, the strength of the front line Costa, Hazard and Perez is not bad, Jones's absence will affect Chelsea's attack, but the attack of these three is not bad.

Although the team thinks so, there are still many people who believe that Chelsea without Jones will indeed drop a few notches in terms of attacking power, and in Jones' absence, Perez will play as the starting left winger, and Hazard's right winger will be on either side of Costa.

That's why Arsenal saw their chance to beat Chelsea. Speaking to reporters ahead of the game, Arsene Wenger said: 'Chelsea are on good momentum at the moment, they are attacking aggressively, this is what they are capable of, they have suffered a lot in this half season, but they are still poor defensively and this is our chance.

Of course, some people will say that everyone has seen that Chelsea's defence is very poor, but there are very few people who can take advantage of that, so Chelsea are where they are now, and today we have a good chance to take advantage of it, because Chelsea are missing a super striker and their attack is going to go down.

In this way, his offensive and defensive tactics are bound to suffer, so this is our chance, and their defense is very deadly. ”

Chelsea's previous tactics were to use offense to make up for the lack of defense, but now that Jones is missing, Chelsea's attacking ability at this time has indeed declined, so it will inevitably affect the defense.

Arsenal are confident of winning this game and ruining Chelsea's dream of defending the league title, and Arsene Wenger is envious of Chelsea's sharp performance this season and Jones's wicked performance.

'Although Chelsea will be without Jones in this game, I still firmly believe that we will not let Arsenal go as we want and Chelsea will be the defending champions this season. Kodic is also cheering for Chelsea.

'Chelsea's quality is obvious to all, and their goals are ahead of all the teams in the league.

Speaking to reporters before the game, the Arsenal players were all in the belief that they would win the game, and they were all on the side of the club, claiming that they would do everything in their power to stop Chelsea.

Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech said in an interview with the media: 'Chelsea are strong in attack, but I won't let them score, and I'm confident that the final victory will be ours. ”

They didn't speak up to the Chelsea players, as if they hadn't heard Arsenal's provocations, they were completely silent before the game, and when reporters approached the Chelsea players for interviews, the Chelsea players refused to be interviewed and refused to say a word.