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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 3 (setup 2, season 18)
Arsenal
v.
Chelsea
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Damián 'Emiliano' MARTÍNEZ17Hugo LLORIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
Takehiro TOMIYASU2Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco
NUNO Albertino Varela TAVARES73MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza
Granit XHAKA4Jordan HENDERSON
Rob HOLDING57Malang SARR
Auston TRUSTY666Ethan AMPADU
FÁBIO Daniel Ferreira VIEIRA77Jorge Luiz Frello Filho, JORGINHO
Emile SMITH ROWE78Hakim ZIYECH
Folarin BALOGUN9Robert LEWANDOWSKI
Ainsley MAITLAND-NILES106Ruben LOFTUS-CHEEK
Marcus Vinícius Oliveira Alencar, MARQUINHOS116Christian PULISIC
ManagerRobert Johnson
Charlie PATINO126Ross BARKLEY
Jack BUTLAND13RUI Pedro dos Santos PATRÍCIO
Lino da Cruz SOUSA14Thierno BALLO
Tyreece JOHN-JULES15Allan SAINT-MAXIMIN
Jack HENRY-FRANCIS16Jesse LINGARD

Arsenal 2 Chelsea 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 38,277, Stadium: Emirates Stadium, Referee: Chris FOY 6)
66 Smith Rowe, 74 BalogunScorers84 Lewandowski
Substitutions66 Jorginho <=> Barkley
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners3
13Fouls4
1Offsides3
10Shots on5
4Shots off11
14Total shots16
8Shots saved4
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: Takehiro TOMIYASU
1LLORIS stopped a clever shot from BALOGUN.
2HENDERSON was put clear by LEWANDOWSKI and he turned the Arsenal 'keeper but struck his shot just beyond the near post.
7LOFTUS-CHEEK brought the ball away from FÁBIO VIEIRA and rifled a tame shot past the post.
10MARCOS ALONSO shot over.
15FÁBIO VIEIRA worked the ball to MAITLAND-NILES, SMITH ROWE latched onto his pass and nodded the ball within easy reach of the Chelsea 'keeper.
20PULISIC beat SMITH ROWE and hit the ball to MARCOS ALONSO who blasted his effort wide.
35An inswinging corner was nodded into the arms of the 'keeper by BALOGUN.
45A free-kick from ZIYECH floated over.
 
47A pin-point pass bobbled toward SMITH ROWE and his right foot shot flew narrowly over.
50TOMIYASU beat three Chelsea players and drove a great chance over.
58The Arsenal 'keeper was able to block a powerful shot.
59A looping shot from BALOGUN was saved by LLORIS.
61SMITH ROWE steamed through the Chelsea defence but shot straight at the Chelsea 'keeper.
66GOAL!! A cross from NUNO TAVARES was touched away by AMPADU only for BALOGUN to fire the ball back into the box for SMITH ROWE to force over the line. (1-0 Arsenal)
67The bemused Arsenal 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from NUNO TAVARES dropped just over.
70ZIYECH's shot was well saved by MARTÍNEZ.
74GOAL!! A deep cross by MAITLAND-NILES was met by BALOGUN who charged in to score. (2-0 Arsenal)
75LOFTUS-CHEEK made space on the right and dragged the ball to LEWANDOWSKI who fired the ball wide.
78A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming LLORIS.
84GOAL!! The creative LOFTUS-CHEEK neatly headed on a cross for LEWANDOWSKI to hit the ball in. (2-1 Arsenal)
90LEWANDOWSKI's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Arsenal crossbar.
90+1A poor shot from PULISIC trickled agonisingly wide.