Premier League preview: Chelsea's last chance, Everton crisis, can Arsenal deepen Conte gloom?

Defeats to Arsenal bookended Conte’s imperial period at Chelsea. Now in charge of another London club he could do with a win to overtake Spurs' arch-rivals

Antonio Conte: The Spurs boss could do with derby delight on Sunday, Picture: Andrew Matthews

Arsenal a familiar nemesis for Conte 

At Chelsea, Antonio Conte had a miserable record against Arsenal: just one win from eight encounters – and at a time when the west Londoners were a much stronger outfit, with Arsène Wenger in the final, troubled stretch of his tenure. Defeats to Arsenal bookended Conte’s imperial period at Chelsea. Three goals down at the Emirates in September 2016, Conte switched to a back-three formation that provided the framework for Chelsea’s dominant title win that season. But the 2017 FA Cup final, a defeat to a motivated, excellent Arsenal to lift the final trophy of Wenger’s career, was the beginning of the end for Conte at Chelsea. It came ahead of a transfer window where bridges were burned between him and the club hierarchy. It appears too early for that yet in his Tottenham reign, but a somewhat submissive selection in Wednesday’s Carabao Cup semi defeat to Chelsea suggested he was sending a message of sincere dissatisfaction. Watch that space. JB Tottenham v Arsenal, Sunday 4.30pm