Chelsea's head coach Maurizio Sarri commented on the upcoming London derby.

August 18, in the second round of the Premier League, Chelsea will play with Arsenal.

"Fabregas will not play. I hope he will be ready to appear on the field next week, but I'm not sure. Nothing serious, but he has a very unusual injury. He feels pain next to the knee, "- said Sarri at a press conference.

"Arsenal lost in the first round? It's hard for everyone to play with Manchester City. Emery is a very good coach. He won the European League three times, he won the French championship with PSG, and I think that this season Arsenal will compete. He will fight for a place in the Champions League ".

"Now in English football there is a club standing above others. Manchester city. We should try to show our maximum and realize our potential by 101 percent, and then we'll see. We must work to reduce the backlog ".

"For now, I do not know what can happen, but I feel that we can be a very good team".

"The debut of Kovacic? Matteo will bring us great benefits. This is a very technical player. Now he needs to work. While he is not ready to spend all 90 minutes, but perhaps in the first or final 30 minutes he can appear on the field. I expect a lot from him, because for me this is a very good player, and, in my opinion, he can become even stronger ".

"He can play on three different positions in midfield, in the center on the right or in the center on the left - he does not care. This is a very good attacking player, and in the last two years in Madrid he added in the defensive phase of the game ".