London rivals Arsenal and Chelsea met head-to-head at the Emirates Stadium this afternoon-there is hardly a more contrasting form between the two sides.
The Gunners ended their season with their worst start on Friday night, as they lost 2-0 to the newly promoted Brentford. This result gave the head coach Mikel Arteta Already under the pressure-now the job has become more difficult, with 50 million pounds to sign Ben White with Covid-19.
In contrast, Chelsea topped the Champions League, joined the European Super Cup on the basis of the success of the Champions League, and defeated Crystal Palace 3-0 on the opening weekend.
Earlier this week, the signing of Romelu Lukaku further boosted the atmosphere at Stamford Bridge, and the striker returned to his former club where he performed well at Inter Milan.
Arsenal are also very busy this week. Ramsdale and Martin Odegard, who were introduced from Sheffield United, returned with permanent contracts after a successful loan from Real Madrid last season.
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full time!Arsenal 0-2 Chelsea
That’s it-Chelsea scored three points today.
For the Blues, this was a well-deserved victory, and Lukaku showed why they will be champion challengers this season.
Arsenal’s situation will only get better-but with the arrival of Manchester City, they may have to get worse before then.
Three minutes of stoppage time.
Lukaku elected the best player of the game
Sky Sports expert Gary Neville has just awarded Romelu Lukaku the best candidate for the game-a well-deserved choice for an excellent all-round display.
“Today is not too difficult, I have to go to Lukaku. A complete center performance from start to finish.
“It’s not just his goal, but his full play is also the difference between the two teams.”
Lukaku showed better ball handling, spinning after playing Alonso and immediately looking for a cross-but he could only glance at the header on the right.
89 minutes: It was time for Chelsea to change for the last time. Werner replaced Haverts-he received a warm welcome from Chelsea fans.
The camera cut to Mikel Arteta, and he sat down and stared at the floor-it was not a good day for him.
Ziyech pushed forward during the intermission and wanted to score a goal himself. He chose to shoot left and right.
His shot deflected to a corner kick.
86 minutes: Sub Ziyech-replaced by Mount-participated in the excellent Chelsea move with Lukaku and Havertz completed it-but Leno made a low save with his leg. That should really be three.
James Robson | Chelsea Reporter
The service to Lukaku today could have been better. Chelsea did not make full use of his running. That was not the case at that time-if it hadn’t been a brilliant save, he would have scored the second goal of the day.
Ziyech is about to debut. Maybe he can provide more help to the forward at the last minute-or Lukaku may rest in the last 10 minutes.
80 minutes: Leno fired a shot, and Mount was about to hit it, but he couldn’t get there yet.
