Having played each other 160 times in all competitions Arsenal have won 67 times whereas Chelsea have only won 44 matches, with 49 draws between the two teams. Here are five of the best of their clashes in recent years.

Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea, Champions League Quarter-Final, 2nd Leg, 06 April 2004

A first leg draw left this tie on a knife edge. Jose Antonio Reyes thumped Arsenal into the lead in first-half injury time. After the break Frank Lampard equalised before, in the 87th minute Chelsea, Bridge scored with a classy left-foot finish stunning Highbury.

Chelsea went on to lose to Monaco in the semi-finals as Arsenal contemplated another year without European glory.

Arsenal 2-0 Chelsea, The FA Cup Final, 04 May 2002

Honours were even in this tight contest until the last 20 minutes when Ray Parlour curled an unstoppable shot into the top corner past Carlo Cudicini in the Chelsea goal. The second came in the 79th minute, as Freddie Ljungberg evaded the attentions of John Terry and swung his shot into the corner of the net to take the Cup to Highbury.

Chelsea 2 Arsenal 3, Premier League, 23 October 1999

With just fifteen minutes to go Chelsea were 2-0 up and cruising. Goals from Norwegian striker Tore Andre Flo and Rumanian defender Dan Petrescu looked to have wrapped up the win, but Chelsea had not reckoned on the mercurial genius of Nwankwo Kanu.

The Nigerian hit a classy fifteen minute hat-trick, rounding it off with a truly astonishing finish when, after rounding keeper Ed de Goey he curled the ball with the outside of his boot from the byline and over the head of Frank Leboeuf in the final minute. Genius.

Chelsea 3-1 Arsenal, League Cup Semi-Final, 2nd Leg, 18 February 1998

Gianluca Vialli’s first game in charge could not have been much harder than this. His Chelsea side were 2-1 down from the first leg and written of by the pundits but, fortified with a glass of Champagne before the game, Vialli knew better.

Hughes scored the first after just ten minutes to even the scores. Second half strikes from Roberto Di Matteo and Dan Petrescu made it three. A late penalty from Dennis Bergkamp was not enough to stop Chelsea going on to the final where they beat Middlesbrough.

Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal, League Division 1, 02 February 1991

Arsenal were on an unbeaten run on their way to being crowned champions. Chelsea were a respectable mid-table team and seen as the underdogs.

In what was meant to be a predictable match, turned into a shock victory for Chelsea with goals from Graham Stuart and Kerry Dixon making Alan Smith’s 90th minute strike academic as Chelsea gained the only premiership win against Arsenal that season.