Arsene Wenger vs Chelsea: the Frenchman's record against each Blues boss

Ruud Gullit (P4, W4, D0, L0)

Player-manager Gullit took the reins at Chelsea in May 1996, four months before Wenger arrived at Arsenal, and the pair were the only non-British or Irish managers in the Premier League in the 1996/97 campaign. Wenger’s late appointment meant he missed the season’s first clash between the two clubs in early September – a thrilling 3-3 draw – while the reverse fixture ended in a comfortable 3-0 Arsenal win in April. Wenger celebrated three more victories over Gullit the following season, twice in the league and once in the Coca-Cola Cup semi-final, before the Dutchman was dismissed in February 1998 to take his not-so-sexy football to Newcastle.

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Greg Lea

Greg Lea is a freelance football journalist who's filled in wherever FourFourTwo needs him since 2014. He became a Crystal Palace fan after watching a 1-0 loss to Port Vale in 1998, and once got on the scoresheet in a primary school game against Wilfried Zaha's Whitehorse Manor (an own goal in an 8-0 defeat).