{"id":317776,"date":"2025-11-28T01:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T01:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/317776\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T01:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T01:57:09","slug":"chelsea-will-be-hoping-for-repeat-of-previous-marc-cucurella-vs-bukayo-saka-clash-at-stamford-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/317776\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea will be hoping for repeat of previous Marc Cucurella vs Bukayo Saka clash at Stamford Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are going to be plenty of battles taking place on the pitch when Chelsea take on Arsenal this Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/declan-rice-has-found-very-clever-way-out-of-moises-caicedo-debate-with-latest-comments\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Declan Rice has already spoken about Moises Caicedo<\/a> and his potential duel with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a> midfielder in the middle of the park.<\/p>\n<p>Out wide could be just as exciting, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/marc-cucurella\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Cucurella<\/a> set to go up against Bukayo Saka.<\/p>\n<p>        Throwback Thursday: When Jose Mourinho embarrassed Arsene Wenger on his big day       <\/p>\n<p>Saka is one of the best wingers in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/premier-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League<\/a>, but Cucurella will be confident, especially after their previous meeting at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/club\/stadium\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stamford Bridge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2237846589-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Marc Cucurella during Chelsea against Brighton in the Premier League.\" class=\"wp-image-329493\" \/>Photo by Bryn Lennon\/Getty ImagesMarc Cucurella got the better of Bukayo Saka in Chelsea\u2019s 1-1 draw with Arsenal<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/throwbacks\/pedro-neto-will-get-chance-to-reproduce-his-finest-moment-at-stamford-bridge-one-year-on\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pedro Neto was Chelsea\u2019s hero against Arsenal<\/a> last November after his brilliant strike prevented <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/enzo-maresca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enzo Maresca\u2019s<\/a> side from losing the game.<\/p>\n<p>However, Cucurella also deserved credit for his role in Chelsea earning a point, as he put in a really solid performance.<\/p>\n<p>The defender limited the threat of Saka and Arsenal\u2019s attack, being dribbled past just once in 90 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>In total, Cucurella made nine defensive actions, which was the most in the game, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofascore.com\/football\/match\/arsenal-chelsea\/NR#id:12436890,tab:lineups\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sofascore<\/a>. Saka had a couple of shots, but both were blocked, while the winger failed to register a single key pass or complete a single cross.<\/p>\n<p>Marc Cucurella vs Arsenal, November 2024TotalMinutes90Tackles (won)3 (2)Interceptions3Clearances2Blocked shots1Ground duels (won)7 (4)Dribbled past1<\/p>\n<p>It would be fair to say, then, that Cucurella got the better of Saka on the day, and Maresca will now be hoping for a repeat at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2184077471-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka trying to hold off Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella\" \/>Photo by Marc Atkins\/Getty ImagesMarc Cucurella to come out on top again<\/p>\n<p>Saka can be unplayable on his day, but Cucurella will feel that he can stop the England international, or anyone else for that matter, heading into the game.<\/p>\n<p>        START, BENCH, SELL: Marc Cucurella, Reece James and Malo Gusto   <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2181358316-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella coming on for Malo Gusto\" class=\"wp-image-338348\" \/>Photo by Chris Lee \u2013 Chelsea FC\/Chelsea FC via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Which order are you going with? \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n<p>Use the comment button below to let us know!<\/p>\n<p>In Chelsea\u2019s 3-0 win against Barcelona on Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/match-coverage\/how-marc-cucurella-completely-shut-down-lamine-yamal-in-chelseas-champions-league-win\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cucurella was able to restrict Lamine Yamal<\/a>, whom some would view as an even more talented attacker than Saka.<\/p>\n<p>If you can stop Yamal, you can stop Saka. That has to be Cucurella\u2019s thinking ahead of the London derby.<\/p>\n<p>The game could be won or lost on his flank. It is a battle to keep an eye on once it commences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are going to be plenty of battles taking place on the pitch when Chelsea take on Arsenal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317777,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[7864,403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-317776","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-marc-cucurella","9":"tag-soccer","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}