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1¹ LUKAKU's shot beat the Arsenal 'keeper but rebounded off the Arsenal woodwork. 12¹ The referee cautions THIAGO SILVA for a bad challenge. 13¹ A great effort from MARCH scraped the woodwork. 14¹ The Arsenal 'keeper saved a glorious shot from LUKAKU. 20¹ BRASSIER headed wide. 22¹ MAIGNAN parried a refined shot from MARCH. 28¹ GOAL!! A long shot from AUBAMEYANG deflected off the boot of QUANSAH and into his own net. (1-0 Chelsea) 30¹ A penalty box meleé resulted in MENDY cracking a low shot wide. 34¹ A looping shot from LUKAKU was stopped by the 'keeper. 38¹ AUBAMEYANG booked for violent conduct. 40¹ GOAL!! A mishit backpass by AZPILICUETA enabled LOKONGA to run in and drive the ball past the Chelsea 'keeper. (1-1) 46¹ A mix up in the Arsenal defence enabled HALL to fire the ball inches wide. 4² LUKAKU booted the ball wide from just inside the area. 4² BRASSIER touched the ball through a ruck of players but the Chelsea 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left. 13² A shot from GABRIEL JESUS was smothered by the Chelsea 'keeper. 14² XHAKA ran onto a wonderful ball from LOKONGA but fumbled his shot wide. 19² GOAL!! After a fine build-up LUKAKU drove a low shot past the 'keeper. (2-1 Chelsea) 22² A useful ball from MENDY on the right was collected by GABRIEL JESUS who scuffed his shot inches wide. 24² GOAL!! After some useful play on the right XHAKA came inside and placed the ball into the top corner. (2-2) 32² GABRIEL JESUS beat a number of Chelsea players and drove a great chance just wide. 35² LOKONGA booked. 39² GOAL!! A goalmouth scramble culminated with AUBAMEYANG rocketing the ball into the back of the net. (3-2 Chelsea)

Chelsea   League position: 13 Home league form: WLWW Overall league form: OWLLWLWL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Marcin BULKA 6½ 1 6  Mike MAIGNAN Cesar AZPILICUETA 5½ 2 8  Jarell QUANSAH Lewis HALL 6½ 3 6½ Ferland MENDY Mateo KOVACIC 7  4 7½ Granit XHAKA(c) Malang SARR 6  5 6½ Lilian BRASSIER (c)THIAGO Emiliano SILVA 6½ 6 6½ Auston TRUSTY Noni MADUEKE 7  7 7  Thomas PARTEY Solomon MARCH 6½ 8 6  Albert-Mboyo LOKONGA (p)Romelu LUKAKU 7  9 7  GABRIEL Fernando JESUS(p) (f)Álvaro MORATA 6  10 6½ ANDREY Nascimento SANTOS(f) Pierre-Emerick AUBAMEYANG 6½ 11 6  Darwin NÚÑEZ Manager Timo WERNER    12    Charlie PATINO Gabriel SLONINA    13    Aaron RAMSDALE Juan FAMILIA-CASTILLO 7  14    Luke SHAW Omari HUTCHINSON    15    JOÃO Pedro CANCELO Dylan WILLIAMS    16    James TRAFFORD

Arsenal   League position: 5 Away league form: WXLL Overall league form: WWWLXLLL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Chelsea 3 Arsenal 2 (Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 45,312, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Andy Hall 6) Quansah 28¹ (og), Lukaku 19², Aubameyang 39² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Lokonga 40¹, Xhaka 24² AzpilicuetaóFamilia-Castillo 20²       Thiago Silva 12¹, Aubameyang 38¹ Lokonga 35² 3 3 17 13 2 2 7 6 9 11 16 17 4 4 48% 52% ¶ Man of the match: Jarell Quansah ¶