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Arsene Wenger to sit in East Stand at Chelsea when Arsenal visit Stamford Bridge

Arsenal's Arsene Wenger reacts after the sending off of Gabriel during the Premier League match between Chelsea and Arsenal at Stamford Bridge in London
Image: Arsenal's Arsene Wenger will be sat among Chelsea's fans at Stamford Bridge on Saturday

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger will be surrounded by Chelsea fans when he sits out Saturday's huge Premier League clash at Stamford Bridge.

Wenger serves the third game of his four-game touchline ban when the Gunners take on Chelsea in the weekend's massive Premier League clash, a game you can see live on Sky Sports 1 HD.

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Managers serving bans would normally sit in the directors' box but Chelsea's is situated in the West Stand, on the opposite side of the ground to the benches.

Instead, Wenger will be seated behind the players tunnel among the home support in the East Stand, where he will be escorted by Chelsea stewards and security personnel from Arsenal.

Wenger could be situated either at the back of the lower tier or in the front rows of the upper tier, but either way he will be able to give pre-match and half-time team talks and can also communicate with his coaching staff during the game.

Arsene Wenge looks on from the stands at St Mary's
Image: Wenger might be in different company to those he sat with at St Mary's last weekend

Wenger was banned last month after admitting his guilt in an altercation with fourth official Anthony Taylor during the win over Burnley.

Fourth official Anthony Taylor (L) points Arsenal's French manager Arsene Wenger (R) to the tunnel after he was sent off by English referee Jonathan Moss (
Image: Wenger (R) lost his temper with fourth official Anthony Taylor during the 2-1 win over Burnley

The Frenchman was also fined £25,000 after pushing Taylor while he tried to watch the rest of the 2-1 win from the tunnel after being sent off when a penalty was awarded to the Clarets.

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He sat in the stands for the 5-0 win over Southampton in the fourth round of the FA Cup and was also away from his coaching staff on Tuesday when Arsenal suffered a shock 2-1 defeat at home to Watford.

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