Chelsea’s star man Cole Palmer will miss tonight’s London derby clash against Arsenal.

Cole Palmer has been Chelsea’s best player this season, and his brilliance will be missed in such a huge clash against Arsenal, who are currently top of the table.

Chelsea defender Axel Disasi, has urged his side to fight hard against Arsenal, in the absence of Cole Palmer.

Chelsea defender Axel Disasi told TNT Sports: “We are ready to fight tonight and I hope that we play a great game.

“Everyone likes to play big games. Everyone likes to play like this and we know that when we play the big games we play well but we have to keep these quality. Today we are focused on Arsenal.”

On Cole Palmer’s absence, he said: “Cole did a great job since the beginning of the season. It will be difficult to pay without him but I trust in the quality of the team.

“We have a lot of quality ad I hope that the player who plays today will show his quality.”

For this game, Mauricio Pochettino has decided to start Mykhailo Mudryk ahead of the ill Cole Palmer.

See the team below

Chelsea starting XI: Petrovic, Gilchrist, Badiashile, Disasi, Cucurella, Fernandez, Mudryk, Madueke, Caicedo, Gallagher, Jackson.

Subs: Bettinelli, Silva, Sterling, Chalobah, Chukwuemeka, Casadei, Deivid, Tauriainen, Dyer.