Same again: Terry is confident Chelsea have what it
takes to beat Arsenal
John Terry has warned
that Chelsea
are ready to inflict another home
humiliation on Arsenal in Monday night's crunch
London derby.
The Barclays Premier League champions crushed the Gunners
3-0 at the Emirates Stadium last season and 4-1 in the previous
campaign.
Last November's victory was widely described as 'men
against boys' and although Chelsea go into Monday's game on their
worst run of league form for a decade, captain Terry believes a
repeat performance is on the cards.
Beware of the Drog: Didier Drogba punished Arsenal
at the Emirates last season and Chelsea skipper John terry has
warned the Gunners his team-mates are ready to humiliate them
again
'We think we can go there and do what we did last
year,' he told his club's official website. 'If we're
not thinking that, we shouldn't be playing.'
Chelsea have won only one of their last seven league games
and have not tasted victory in any competition for more than a
month.
That was partly because of the postponement of last
Sunday's home clash with Manchester United, who the Blues could
find themselves six points behind when they take to the field on
Monday.
'Everyone is in the right frame of mind; it will be two
weeks by the time the game comes around since we've played,' added
Terry.
'We're raring to go and want to get off to a flying
start.'
Thumbs up: Alex scored in the win over Arsenal at
Stamford bridge earlier this season
Chelsea's miserable run has seen them slip from
top spot to fourth in the table, a point behind Monday's
opponents.
They have only found the net four times and kept just one
clean sheet in that period, which coincided with injuries to key
men Terry, Frank Lampard and Michael Essien.
But all their star names are back for tomorrow's game
against a side who have scored plenty of goals but have been unable
to keep them out at the other end.
Terry said: 'Defensively they've conceded goals, and with
our strike force and the threat we pose opposition sides all the
time, one goal and a bit of confidence and everything is looking
bright for us again.
'It just takes that one thing to set it off, and hopefully
a goal away at Arsenal will do that, and we want to get back to
keeping clean sheets.'
However, manager Carlo Ancelotti does not believe Chelsea
will find winning at the Emirates as easy as they did last
term.
'I think Arsenal changed a little bit compared to last
season,' he said.
'They've improved their experience. I think
that it could be a different game compared to last
season.'
Ancelotti became the first manager to win the double at
Chelsea during his first season in charge as Arsenal's trophyless
run stretched to five years.
But the Blues boss believes tomorrow's opponents - who are
strong favourites to land the Carling Cup - may be on the verge of
ending that drought.
'They were not able to win (trophies) in the last years
because I think that to win you need to have experience in your
squad,' he said.
'With young players, it's difficult to find this
immediately.
'You have to spend time to give to the young players the
opportunity to improve their experience.'
Ancelotti is also confident his own side will not end the
season empty-handed, revealing he had once again used the club's
Christmas meal to spell out his ambitions to his
players.
'Last year, at the same time, we had a Christmas dinner
and we spoke about how our dream was to win something and, at the
end, we were able to win,' he said.
'This year is the same: our dream is to win something. I
said to my players the same things.
'We were not sure last year to win something. We did a
fantastic job. This year is the same.'
