Ultimately the EFL have selected two days before Christmas for the rearranged London derby where the winners will meet Chelsea across two legs in the Carabao Cup semi-final. Despite a place in the last-four being at stake, Gunners manager Mikel Arteta has heavily rotated his side with Eberechi Eze handed a start against his former club along with the likes of Gabriel Jesus, Noni Madueke, Christian Norgaard and Myles Lewis-Skelly.
