London — Arsenal’s clash with Chelsea a year ago marked the turning point in a season that finished with the Premier League title heading to Antonio Conte’s side at Stamford Bridge. Arsene Wenger’s team inflicted a 3-0 defeat on their rivals at The Emirates that day, but Conte used the experience to change his formation and Chelsea went on a 13-match winning league run. For Arsenal, it was to be their only victory all season against any of the teams who finished in the top four. The north London club ended fifth, missing out on the Champions League for the first time in 20 years and thus go into Sunday’s showdown at Stamford Bridge off the back of a Thursday night match against Cologne in the Europa League. Chelsea will have had a four-day break following their Champions League mauling of Qarabag on Tuesday. Although the circumstances are very different from this time in 2016, when Arsenal were in the Champions League and Chelsea were not even in Europe, it is business as usual for ...
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