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Live updates from the Emirates Stadium as London rivals Arsenal and Chelsea face off.
Chelsea boss Xabi Alonso: “The team showed really good desire and spirit to fight until the end. We were close with the chance with Estevao.
“It’s a defeat, we are disappointed. It needs to hurt, but it needs to hurt in a positive way because it’s just the third game and there’s still many left to play.”
Mikel Arteta: “I think it was an exceptional performance. I enjoyed every minute from the beginning to the end. The beginning was tough but I enjoyed it because the team reacted in a spectacular way.”
That’s that!
Arsenal come from behind to secure a third consecutive league win, as Chelsea lose under Xabi Alonso for the first time.
Mikel Merino delays the restart and is shown a yellow card.
Joao Pedro’s deep cross just reaches Pep Chavarria but he heads it out of play.
It sums up Chelsea’s second half. Definitely the second best team.
Four minutes added on here.
Noni Madueke replaces Bukayo Saka.
David Raya pulls off a superb save to deny substitute Estevao a goal.
Crucial save at a crucial moment in the match!
Danny Welbeck comes on for Morgan Rogers.
Morgan Rogers and Declan Rice go face-to-face, but it quickly deescalates.
Rogers is shown a yellow card for his troubles.
Pedro Neto is replaced by Estevao.
More good defending from Arsenal to stop Chelsea coming forward, this time Gabriel blocks Joao Pedro’s cross and it goes off for a corner.
The subsequent corner is claimed by David Raya.
Kai Havertz is replaced by Viktor Gyokeres.
Martin Odegaard is replaced by Mikel Merino.
Arsenal almost get a third from a corner, but Saka’s cross isn’t full connected with and Martinez claims/
Martinez saves well from Saka’s curling effort as Arsenal win a corner.
Feels a matter of time before the Gunners score again.
Martin Zubimendi and Piero Hincapie replace Myles Lewis-Skelly and Riccardo Calafiori.
Arsenal win a free kick in a dangerous position after Chavarria fouls Saka.
Cole Palmer goes for goal with his week foot, but David Raya is equal to it.
Romeo Lavia and Pedro Neto are replaced by Malo Gusto and Pep Chavarria.
Christos Tzolis is shown a yellow card for signalling towards the referee to book Maxence Lacroix.
Ezri Konsa introduces himself to the Arsenal fans by producing a superb sliding tackle on Morgan Rogers.
The Gunners faithful explode into cheers after that.
Arsenal lead!
Brilliant football to open Chelsea open, with Tzolis receiving the ball before feeding it into the path of Havertz, who dummies the ball with Odegaard taking it on and smashing his effort into the back of the net.
Arsenal have started the second half in similar fashion to the end of the first half.
They’ve boxed Chelsea in and looked to have a lot of threat.
Back underway at the Emirates!
Half time at the Emirates and that was a very entertaining first 45 minutes.
Morgan Rogers fired Chelsea ahead inside two minutes, before Kai Havertz levelled the game midway through the first half.
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