"Honestly, I would prefer to play, just to speak about London, against Arsenal, Fulham or West Ham," he told TNT Sports. "Not Chelsea if I could choose.
"It's not something that gives me an incredible pleasure, but I block my emotions and tomorrow I’m just going to do my job the best I can, and my job is to try to help my team.
"I’m always motivated in every match, it doesn’t matter the opponent. Maybe now is a bit different, maybe tomorrow after the match is a bit different. But during the match, I don't think I'm going to have any kind of emotion in relation to that."