Arsenal got here from behind to document an announcement 2-1 win of their London derby in opposition to Chelsea on the Emirates on Sunday.
The outcome takes the defending champions as much as second within the Premier League desk, degree on factors with league leaders Manchester City after their win over Coventry City on Saturday.
Morgan Rogers acquired the guests off to a dream begin when he put Chelsea in entrance after simply two minutes.
The motion did not cease there, with Riccardo Calafiori considering he had equalized within the eleventh minute for Arsenal earlier than the purpose was disallowed for an offside by the VAR.
Simply 10 minutes later, although, former Chelsea man Kai Havertz did get Arsenal again on phrases with a composed end on the sting of the field, with former Arsenal goalie Emi Martinez unable to maintain the shot out.
With the rating degree on the break, it did not take Mikel Arteta’s facet lengthy to get in entrance after the restart, with Martin Ødegaard latching on to a ball into the field from Christos Tzolis earlier than slotting dwelling.
Tensions flared between England teammates Rogers and Declan Rice within the dying phases of the sport with Rogers feeling as if he had been introduced down on the counter by Rice; it ended with solely the Chelsea attacker being booked because the away facet pushed for a late equalizer.
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Estêvão had the decide of the late probabilities, with a deceiving, curling effort off his left foot that was simply tipped over by David Raya. Chelsea had been unable to create one other likelihood of observe as Arsenal held on to their lead at dwelling.
“[Havertz] is a very good participant,” Ødegaard mentioned after the sport. “He strikes so nicely and he takes a number of consideration from the defenders.
“When he makes the run, and I come from behind, I am at all times free. So yeah, it was a superb purpose.
“It was a giant sport, huge sport, [against a] robust opponent and we acquired there in the long run, so sensible.
“Our mentality is to maintain combating. We now have proven that many occasions. We by no means wish to concede early however the response is prime. We acquired our reward in [the] finish and the response was sensible. We confirmed our high quality with and with out the ball and the outcome displays that.”
