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secondBut Arsenal impressively brushed aside all adversity by dominating the first half and shaking Chelsea, who just didn’t get going; It seemed like they were slow and beaten in every challenge and they scored two goals at half-time and couldn’t complain. Lampard looked puzzled.
One of those changes from Arsenal, Gabriel Martinelli, had a clear opportunity in the first minute when Héctor Bellerin’s center slipped past Thiago Silva and fell on the forward who deflected his first shot. Shortly thereafter, a header from Alexandre Lacazette bounced off Edouard Mendy’s hands and it was apparent that Arsenal were excited, motivated and punished by Arteta, who turned and unsuccessfully demanded a warning from N’Golo Kante for pushing Emile Smith back. Rowe.
That optimism was shaken a bit when Granit Xhaka unnecessarily once again lunged in and brought down Christian Pulisic. At twenty-five yards, and in the middle, Mason Mount’s free throw left goalkeeper Bernd Leno rooted as he hit the outside of the post. But Arsenal responded again.
An error by Silva, whose punt was charged with the ball breaking Hector Bellerin, led to Smith Rowe being attacked by the Arsenal captain from a cut with only Mendy to win, only for the 20-year-old to miss. his kick. Martinelli finally fired into the side net.
Arsenal’s positivity was finally rewarded. They continued to press with Xhaka doing well to change the angle of attack and select Kieran Tierney, who beat Reece James with the wing, in his desperation to return, seeming to cut through his opponent. The penalty was awarded and Lacazette calmly beat Mendy to give Arsenal the lead and claim their first league goal in nine games.
Arsenal had teased, harassed, pushed and deserved their lead with Chelsea in strange and disturbing ways. It was summed up with Mount and Timo Werner taking chances and missing wide. Two minutes before halftime, Kante dropped Bukayo Saka and Arteta again unsuccessfully demanded “yellow card”, but Xhaka shot the free kick and shot it superbly beyond Mendy’s reach and high into the net. It was a notable change for Arsenal given the mood. Could you hold it?
Chelsea will argue over whether Arsenal’s penalty should have been awarded, but they were deservedly behind; the score was not deceptive and Lampard responded by turning to Jorginho and Callum Hudson-Odoi, who replaced the disappointing Werner, and sent his team out early. His face betrayed his anger and it had been his turn to demand an answer with the dangerous Hudson-Odoi cross led by Bellerin on his own bar.
The winger became Chelsea’s hope when they attacked again from the right and the question was clear: could Arsenal hold out now that the intensity had changed? They gave their answer most emphatically when Bellerin moved to the right and chose Rowe Smith, who quickly found Saka. No Chelsea player tried to close it, Kante was just jogging, and the 19-year-old launched a cross shot that beat Mendy, hit his second post and bounced off the net. In 56 minutes, Arsenal had scored as many goals as in their last seven league games together.
After a Kurt Zouma header went wide, Arsenal again threatened a good shot from Martinelli over Mendy’s head and soon after, the goalkeeper reacted well and blocked another shot from the forward after Tierney he will square the ball.
Silva and Abraham headed for Chelsea who, in a panic, gave Arsenal a clear chance when Mendy passed the ball directly to Lacazette. He shot for the first time when he could have taken the ball with Mendy scratching it. From the corner, Mohamed Elneny was met with a punt to finish off an upward shot from the bar.
Instead, it was Chelsea who scored, even if he was initially ruled for offside when Abraham found a Hudson-Odoi cross within the six-yard box to pass the ball to Bernd Leno. The VAR check showed that Bellerin played it from the side and scored the goal. Shortly after, Silva headed wide, when he should have scored, before Mari headlong down Mount inside the box only for Leno to save a casual penalty from Jorginho to his left.
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