The stage was set for another classic London derby between two giants. Chelsea and Arsenal. This was their 200th meeting overall which added more spice to the match.
Chelsea started the match brightly by pressing with a very high intensity and passing very accurately. Their pressing reaped rewards when Mustafi in pressure from Tammy gave a back pass to Leno but it couldn't reach him and Tammy went past the GK, and Luiz trying to save the goal tackled Tammy. This earned him a red card and a penalty to Chelsea.
Jorginho takes it and coverts it with his usual hopping style to make it 1-0 in the 26th minute.
The 1st half totally belonged to Chelsea and they could have scored 3-4 goals if not for Tammy's poor headers.
HT Highlights-
1) CHO's crosses in the box for Tammy.
2) Luiz's red card and Mustafi's back pass.
3) King Jorginho penalty.
The second half was no different for Chelsea as they started on the frontfoot. But this didn't bring anything as Leno made sure that no shots from Chelsea's players went inside the goal and they remain in the game till the end.
Arsenal were always threatening in the counter attack and in the end it resulted in a goal. In the 63rd minute Kante slipped in front of Martinelli which gave him a free way towards Kepa. He shot in the bottom right corner to make it 1-1.
But Chelsea showed their don't-giveup attitude and made it 2-1 through Captain Azpi's goal in the 84th minute. But the joy was short-lived as Bellerin cancelled out his national teammate's goal by scoring from outside the box in the 87th minute.
But you expect Kepa to save those kind of shots and it was indeed very poor from his side.
In 88th minute Chelsea had a chance to lead again when Michy couldn't score a simple goal from CHO's brilliant cross. (I clearly don't see him as a top club material)
FT Thoughts-
1) CHO was amazing.
2) Michy sucks.
3) Need a back up striker ASAP.
4) Kepa needs to do better and I mean right now.
5) Chelsea, please show some promise.
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