It's Quite A Big Weekend For Chelsea... ...and for their captain in particular. He is famously utterly unfazed by any off-pitch shenanigans but this will be a test. And there are big weekends for Liverpool, Jermain Defoe and... Last Updated: 27/09/12 at 16:38 .Big Weekend RSS FeedBookmark with del.icio.usSave to iGoogleSave to My YahooSubmit to redditShare on StumbleUpon.....Latest Articles Won't Someone Think Of The Real Victims? 6 comments That's the journalists in this whole handshake farrago. Sort of. There's extra pressure on Luis Suarez, and more for what he does during the game, rather than before it... .Back To Football, If That's Possible 14 comments It might be hard after such a harrowing and emotional week, but Liverpool need to turn their attention back to football and getting their first win of the season... .All Articles. . .1 of 1.....John Terry Apart from anything else, the old boy will undoubtedly be a little undercooked, after spending much of the week in a shiny room at Wembley, rather than huffin' and a puffin' in Cobham with the rest of his team-mates. "There are ways and means around it when it comes to training, after what he does at the FA," Eddie Newton said after he played in Chelsea's 6-0 win over Wolves reserves on Tuesday. "We'll work out scenarios, be in constant contact with John. The fitness coaches and medical staff will get around him and make sure he's prepared in the best way possible, as we always do." With most other players, a manager or coach might take him aside and explain that, after the week he's had, it's probably not a great idea to play, and he can maybe sit this one out. But this is Terry - when Terry says he wants to play, he plays, and who seriously expects him to willingly sit out a game against Arsenal? Especially when he might miss the next four domestic matches. Chelsea Said Branislav Ivanovic this week: "We have the next game as a very great challenge for us in the Premier League - Arsenal away. This is the first actual big game for us this season. "Our performances and quality - we know how it is. But we have to show everyone, and we have to show it every game. This is the biggest challenge. I think Arsenal will be a great challenge for us, and we have to really be ready for that." Quite so. However, did their biggest weapon (so to speak) against Arsenal leave for pastures well-paid in the summer? Here's a stat to warm the cockles of Gooners and cause Chelsea fans to reach for the rum: Since Didier Drogba signed for Chelsea in 2004, they haven't beaten Arsenal in the league when he's been missing from the side. In a victory for simple, logical conclusions, Drogba - basically the antithesis of the Arsenal 'style' - battered Arsene Wenger's men pretty much every time he played them. Physically and mentally, it seemed. So without Drogba around, and the rather more straightforward threat of Fernando Torres for Arsenal's rejuvenated defence, it might be a tough afternoon for Chelsea. Liverpool I wrote in my 16 Conclusions from Liverpool's defeat to Manchester United that it was tricky to assess their performance in the context of the season as a whole. However, what is rather more straightforward is their need for a win, for they don't have one yet. The good news for Liverpool is that, despite Martin Kelly's injury (which might lead to a mildly terrifying return to the side for Jose Enrique), the other ailments suffered in their defeat to Manchester United don't look to be as serious as first thought, with Daniel Agger and Fabio Borini in with a chance of making Saturday's trip to Norwich. This isn't a game for the goal-hungry among you - in ten games so far this season, Liverpool and Norwich have scored just six between them. Still, a 1-0 victory will do very nicely for Brendan Rodgers. Norwich Speaking of Norwich, they're the one of the six Premier League teams still waiting for their first win of the season. It's too early to start reaching for the 'second season' cliché, but their attack simply looks toothless and their defence has shipped eight goals in five games. Manchester City Their defeat in the Capital One Cup to Aston Villa probably can't be given too much weight in an assessment of City's season so far or prospects going forwards, simply because, despite the presence of Carlos Tevez and Mario Balotelli, City made so many changes to their side. Still, it was another result in what hasn't been the greatest start to the season for Roberto Mancini's men. While it's hardly time to panic, three draws and two harder-than-they-probably-should've-been wins in the league, and two defeats in their two cup games doesn't represent the sort of opening to the season befitting of champions. There are any number of reasons for this. It could be the difficulty of integrating their deadline-day signings into the side, it could be the problems that come with being the team to be shot at, it could be that the signings aren't actually that good, and it could be to do with the tactical mucking around by Mancini. Whatever the cause (and as with any of these things, the answer is probably 'bits of all of the above'), it could do with being fixed soon, but this weekend will be a tough test. Fulham have only lost once at home this year (to Swansea, surprisingly enough) and look quite a team with Dimitar Berbatov rather louchely pulling the strings. Indeed, they're level top goalscorers in the division with 12 - Manchester United are the others.