Mauricio Pochettino explains special unbeaten Arsenal record and makes winning vow

Chelsea manager says it's a big 'pressure' to keep up his unbeaten home record against the Gunners when they meet at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

The 51-year-old manager has this envious record of never losing a home league game against the Gunners counting from his time at Southampton and Tottenham.

They face a different animal in Arsenal who are only one of two unbeaten teams in the league (Tottenham the other) and with a chance to go top of the Premier League for at least the next 48 hours with Spurs not playing on Monday night.

But Pochettino who is meeting Arteta for the first time admitted he prefers to go into high-profile games as it's easy to prepare for the game.

He told reporters ahead of the game: "Easier to prepare, players so motivated, fans motivated. Nobody presumes we will win 3-0 tomorrow and I enjoy when you compete with a team like Arsenal.

"Big pressure ( to continue my unbeaten run against Arsenal), I hope that continues."

The Chelsea manager also confirmed there was a possibility to have Reece James and Benoit Badiashile all back after they returned to training.

He added: "We need to assess now because we finished the training session late. We need to assess Axel, Reece, and Nico. Broja is out. We have a few players we need to assess to see if a few players can play or be on the bench.

"Benoit can maybe be available to be on the bench. Reece was training well the last few days. Now it is to talk with all of the medical staff to decide.

"Enzo trained yesterday, and Caicedo arrived yesterday afternoon and was in a very good state. Today trained with us and today they are ready."

Chelsea are without a home win against Arsenal in the last five years but a win could signal the day Mauricio Pochettio's Chelsea finally take off.