Arsenal's defensive resilience faces its sternest examination yet this weekend, according to Sky Sports' Radar column, as Mikel Arteta's side prepare to host Chelsea in a Super Sunday showdown.
Despite injury setbacks to key defensive personnel, including William Saliba, Arsenal have continued to tighten up at the back, a trend Sky Sports highlights as an increasingly notable feature of their season. But Chelsea arrive with a familiar face capable of causing problems: Morgan Rogers, the attacker who slipped through Arsenal's fingers before establishing himself elsewhere, is identified as a genuine threat to that improving backline.
The report suggests this fixture represents a step up in class compared to Arsenal's recent defensive tests, with Rogers' pace and movement seen as a different proposition altogether.
Elsewhere in the same column, Sky Sports also touches on a defender at Hull who has been quietly putting out fires of his own, underlining the piece's wider focus on defensive performances across the divisions this weekend.