Arsenal and Chelsea were both involved in the Europa League on Thursday and just three days later they will be back in action in the Premier League.
But it looks like Unai Emery and Maurizio Sarri have very contrasting views regarding such a tight schedule.
Earlier this week, the Chelsea boss had urged the Premier League to look into this matter and help out the English teams competing in Europe.
On the other hand, though Unai Emery has refused to use this as an excuse claiming that his team should be ready for the challenge.
“It is not an excuse for us, we have the habit to play a lot of matches week by week,” Unai Emery said.
“We played on Saturday, rested Sunday and started to work on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and I think we are going to be okay to play every player. For us, it is a very important match.
“I respect them, the Premier League, they decide the schedules for our matches and we adapted.
“Our adaptation is to prepare for the matches on the days we can have but, above all, our habit is to play a lot of matches during the week, so it is no excuse.
“You ask me if I prefer more time to prepare for one match then yes, but for example, in this match, we don’t have an excuse.
“We had time to prepare for this match well, maybe we are going to play after on Sunday but we have this habit and we have the players to share and find combinations.”
Unai Emery’s men will barely have time to breathe since next up they welcome Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday and this game has a lot riding on it.
Whichever team picks up the three points will gain a significant advantage in the race for the top-four whereas a draw would help Chelsea.
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