Victor Moses: Chelsea have no plan to stop Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez in FA Cup Final

Victor Moses insists Chelsea have not drawn up a special plan to stop Alexis Sanchez in the FA Cup Final on Saturday, but acknowledges the Arsenal star poses a big threat.

Sanchez has enjoyed a superb season, scoring 24 goals - one of which came in Arsenal's 3-0 win over Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium last September - and 10 assists during the Premier League campaign.

The Chilean limped off during Arsenal's final game of the season, a 3-1 win over Everton on Sunday, but Wenger has allayed injury fears ahead of the Wembley clash despite the player needing further tests on his fitness.

Indeed, Sanchez appeared in good spirits as he trained with his Arsenal team-mates on Wednesday afternoon.

Moses admits the Arsenal forward has had a "great season" for the Gunners, but insisted Chelsea will play to their strengths and not base their game plan around only stopping Sanchez at Wembley.

When asked if Chelsea have a specific game plan to stop Sanchez, Moses told Standard Sport: "I haven't got any plan to stop him!

"He’s had a great season, he’s done well for Arsenal but whether he’s injured or not we’re just going to play football."

Chelsea lifted the Premier League title on Sunday following their 5-1 thrashing of Sunderland at Stamford Bridge on a day that saw Arsenal miss out on Champions League qualification.

Conte insisted afterwards that Arsenal are the favourites in his eyes to win the FA Cup on Saturday because the tournament represents the Gunners' only chance to claim silverware this term in contrast to Chelsea.

But Moses isn't so sure, and admitted the Blues go into the London derby feeling relaxed yet fully focused.

"We don't feel any pressure. We're just taking this game as it comes. If he says Arsenal are the favourites, then... I don't know, but we've got good players that can win us games.

"We think we're good enough to beat Arsenal but it's not going to be an easy game.

"We came back to training on Tuesday and we want to get ourselves ready. It's going to be a very hard game for us on Saturday.

"Arsenal are a good team with good players that can win them games. But we're just concentrating on ourselves at the moment, working hard in training and hopefully we'll go and do the job."

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