Da gasar derby ta London ta Lahadi a Emirates tana kusurwa, Chelsea sun juya zuwa wata hanya ta musamman ta horon don su magance barazanar kwal da aka tsayar na Arsenal — garkuwar rugby tackle.

Karkashin manajan sabon Xabi Alonso, 'yan wasan da ke Cobham sun yi atisayen karo na jiki ta amfani da manyan garkuwa, Valentin Barco da Pep Chavarria suna cikin masu riƙe da garkuwan yayin da 'yan wasan da suka hau aji suka ruga zuwa gare su.

Shirya don yanki na Arsenal na iska

Wannan atisaye amsawa ce kai tsaye ga tarihin sa'ar kwal ɗin da aka tsayar na Arsenal. Gasar Premier League ta yanzu ta zira kwallaye 22 daga ƙwallan da aka tsayar a kakar da ta gabata — adadi mafi girma a cikin gasar — kuma sukan aika 'yan wasan tsayi da ƙarfi don matsa mai tsaron gida.

Duk da haka, Chelsea na da daya daga cikin manyan ƙungiyoyin ƙwallo a cikin gasar, tare da Leeds United, kuma Alonso yana da cikakkiyar imani cewa ƙungiyarsa za ta iya yin gasa ta jiki da Arsenal a waɗannan lokuta.

Farawa biyu da yanayin madaidaici

Kulake biyu sun shiga wannan wasan bayan sun sami ƙududdufi cikakku daga farkon wasannin Premier League guda biyu. Arsenal, zakaran da ke karkashin jagorancin Mikel Arteta, ya kasance mai inganci sosai: nasara ta 3-0 akan Coventry City sannan kuma nasara ta 1-0 a filin wasa na Aston Villa, yayin da baya bai yi kwallo ba. Sun kuma ɗauki Community Shield tare da nasara akan Manchester City.

Chelsea ya kasance mai amfani daidai a bangaren farmaki, yana yin nasara 3-2 da 4-3 akan Fulham da Brighton bi da bi, kuma nasara a Carabao Cup, don zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi yawan masu cin kwallaye a farkon gasar da kwallaye bakwai. Yanayin tsaro yana da rashin kyau — an ci kwallaye biyar — amma niyyar farmaki ƙarƙashin Alonso a bayyane take.

Shekara biyar ba tare da nasara akan Arsenal ba

Wannan wasan yana da nauyi na musamman ga Chelsea, waɗanda ba su iya ci Arsenal tun 22 Agusta 2021, lokacin da Romelu Lukaku da Reece James suka ci a nasara ta 2-0 a Emirates ƙarƙashin Thomas Tuchel. Wannan tsawon shekara biyar na fari yana ƙunshe da dukkan gasa kuma ya haɗa da kunyatar da 5-0 a Afrilu 2024, da kuma rashin nasara a wasannin biyu na semi-final na Carabao Cup 2025-26 da kuma gasar Premier League a Maris 2026.

Arsenal bai sha kashi ba a cikin wasannin Premier League tara da suka gabata da Chelsea — nasara shida da daidai uku — kuma wannan ya sa Lahadin nan zai kasance dama ga Blues su kawo ƙarshen wannan fari wanda yake ɗaya daga cikin tsawon fari na Chelsea akan wannan abokin gaba a zamanin zamani.