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Commentary
1¹DIEGO COSTA receives a yellow card for a late challenge.
7¹SÁNCHEZ booked by the ref for a late challenge.
8¹HAZARD headed over the bar.
11¹DIEGO COSTA beat RAMSEY but drove the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
12¹BELLERÍN booked for an off-the-ball incident.
20¹GOAL!! The Arsenal 'keeper got into a muddle with a backpass from MERTESACKER and IVANOVIC managed to roll the ball into the back of the net. (1-0 Chelsea)
23¹DIEGO COSTA galloped through the Arsenal defence but shot straight at CECH.
29¹WALCOTT clipped the ball through a ruck of players but COURTOIS was a match for it as he dived to his left.
32¹BELLERÍN dribbled away from HAZARD and flicked a tame shot over the bar.
33¹A great effort from GIROUD scraped the upright.
1²GOAL!! A cross from MERTESACKER was flicked away by IVANOVIC only for ÖZIL to drill the ball back into the box for GIROUD to force over the line. (1-1)
11²A neatly crafted cross from FABREGAS was blasted goalbound by HAZARD only for the 'keeper to claw away.
12²AZPILICUETA was put clear by ZOUMA and he turned the Arsenal 'keeper but drilled his shot over.
18²A clumsy tackle gets KOSCIELNY a yellow card.
22²CECH did well to hold onto a wicked shot from ALEXANDRE PATO.
22²ALEXANDRE PATO booked.
27²GOAL!! A long goal-kick from IVANOVIC caught the Arsenal defence napping and AZPILICUETA raced through to sidestep the 'keeper and score. (2-1 Chelsea)
29²The Arsenal 'keeper saved a curling effort from DIEGO COSTA.
38²A accurate pass found DIEGO COSTA and his right foot effort flew narrowly wide.
39²A weak strike from BELLERÍN bounced agonisingly wide.
40²A cross from SÁNCHEZ left GIROUD in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
41²RAMIRES beat three Arsenal players and slammed an effort inches wide.

 
Chelsea
 
League position: 3
Home league form: WOWL
Overall league form: WWOLWLWX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Thibaut COURTOIS7 16½Petr CECH(c)
Branislav IVANOVIC7½26 Héctor BELLERÍN
Cesar AZPILICUETA7½37 Kieran GIBBS
Francesc FABREGAS8½47½Mesut ÖZIL
(c)Kurt ZOUMA6½56 Laurent KOSCIELNY
Gary CAHILL7 66½Per MERTESACKER
RAMIRES Santos7 76½Aaron RAMSEY
Eden HAZARD7½86½Alexis SÁNCHEZ
(p)DIEGO da Silva COSTA7 96 Olivier GIROUD(p)
(f)WILLIAN Borges7 106 SANTI CAZORLA(f)
ALEXANDRE PATO7 116 Theo WALCOTT
Manager
Baba RAHMAN  12  Alex OXLADE-CHAMBERLAIN
Asmir BEGOVIC  13  David OSPINA
Nemanja MATIC  14  Danny WELBECK
PEDRO Eliezer  15  Joel CAMPBELL
Loïc RÉMY  16  Alex IWOBI
 
Arsenal
 
League position: 5
Away league form: WLOW
Overall league form: LWWLXOWW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Chelsea 2 Arsenal 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 56,476, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Graham Laws 6)

Ivanovic 20¹, Azpilicueta 27²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Giroud 1²
  
  
Diego Costa 1¹, Alexandre Pato 22²Sánchez 7¹, Bellerín 12¹, Koscielny 18²
11
1217
105
87
75
1512
64
57%43%
Man of the match: Francesc Fabregas