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After a promising start, Arsenal have fallen like a stone on the Premier League table this fall. Before Saturday’s Londonderby, the crisis team was 15th with just four points behind relegation.
Then a pressed Mikel Arteta decided to line up with a previously untested eleven. With Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang slightly injured on the bench, Emile Smith Rowe, 20, and Gabriel Martinelli, 19, had a chance behind Alexandre Lacazette at the top, a play that went home.
After a tumultuous first half hour, the home team received a penalty after Reece James brought down Kieran Tierney. Lacazette stepped forward and scored the icy headed goal. Just before the break, the next blow came.
With a healthy blade, the criticized Granit Xhaka got into a dream game and made it 2-0 to a carefree Édouard Mendy in the Chelsea goal.
Frank Lampard opted to make double substitutions at halftime to wake up a pale Chelsea. But it didn’t help much.
At the beginning of the second half came 3-0. Bukayo Saka appeared to be heading to the side as he unexpectedly passed the ball to the Chelasea goalkeeper and to the far post.
Despite a comfortable lead, there would be excitement in the final minutes of the match. Tammy Abraham made it 1-3 first, and minutes later Jorginho had a chance from the penalty spot. But Bernd Leno waited for the Italian and managed to save.
– It is an incredibly important victory for us. Lately we have been very disappointed in the results, not so much in the performance. Our players have suffered and our fans have suffered, Mikel Arteta tells Sky Sports.
