Premier League: Arsenal overthrow Chelsea

After having disposed of Coventry (3-0) and Aston Villa (0-1), Arsenal had a first major challenge for this new championship season. It was this Sunday at the Emirates Stadium, on the occasion of the reception of its neighbor Chelsea. The Gunners were caught cold but were able to turn the situation around to finally win (2-1).

As usual for several matches, it was the Blues who took the lead and scored an early goal, the work of one of their major recruits of the summer, Morgan Rogers (0-1, 2nd). A slight chill in the ranks of Arsenal supporters who immediately resumed their encouragement. And their team thought they would equalize ten minutes later, but Riccardo Calafiori’s goal was ultimately refused for offside (12th).

Increasingly dominant in the game, Mikel Arteta’s players took advantage of a twirling and inspired Kai Havertz, before turning into a scorer to bring his team back up to par (1-1, 25th). Enough to allow the two teams to return to the locker room with a parity score.

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But Arsenal were not prepared to stop there and five minutes after the restart, it was Martin Odegaard who came out of his box to give his team the advantage (2-1, 50th). Nothing more will be scored in a committed end to the match during which Chelsea could also have come back without the good work of David Raya in front of his cage.

Thanks to this success, Arsenal returned to the level of Manchester City, but remained behind in second position due to fewer goals scored. As for Chelsea, they recorded their first defeat of the season after two initial successes and remained fourth, three points behind the leaders.