Chelsea are looking to complete the double against arsenal for the fifth time. Arsenal however are looking to pick up some points to gain some points in a vital race to reach there form.
Within ten minutes Chelsea have a chance to score as Emerson floats a cross towards the head of Christenson who glance the header just past the post. Five minutes later and Abraham have another chance to take the lead as Hudson-Odoi plays the ball in into the head of Rudiger who then places it into the path of Tammy through places the ball into Leno’s hands. Only one minute later and Chelsea have another chance to score but the shot rebounds off the bar after Hudson Odoi’s shot. RED CARD after Mustafi played the ball back to goal and Abraham capitalise open this mistake. David Luiz chases the Englishmen back and performs a slide tackle through the back of Tammy and he then goes down and Chelsea gets the penalty. GOAL for Chelsea as Jorginho converts this penalty 1-0 to Chelsea Twenty Eight minutes in. The Last twenty seven minutes where pretty one sided Chelsea have two of the three chances. Chelsea finish the half 1-0 up to the ten men Arsenal.
After ten minutes of the second half Chelsea have another chance after Hudson-Odoi’s cross reaches Emersons head which is put into the path of Kovacic who strikes the ball which is then blocked by Hector Bellerin. In the sixty third minute Martinelli capitalises on Kante’s mistake and dribbles towards Chelsea’s goal scoring in the bottom right corner past Kepa and making the score 1-1. In the seventy second minute Pepe dribbles past three of Chelsea’s defensive team and plays the ball into Lacazette who buries the strike but is ruled offside. Only one minute later Willian receives a pass from Azpilicueta who has a shot at Leno who then saves the Brazilians shot. Seventy seventh minute and Barkley has a header towards the bottom left corner of the goal but Leno saves the shot yet again. Six minutes later in time and Abraham surges down the left wing but is tackled and barrels into advertisement boards. He comes out of his fall clutching his ankle he could be in some serious pain. The corner is taken Odoi plays the ball into the box. The Arsenal defence switches of for a second and Tomori capitalises on this heading ball down into Azpilicueta who pokes the ball home. Chelsea are still in the Honeymoon phase of scoring and Hector Bellerin equilises after Torreira plays the ball into Bellerin who curls the ball into Kepas bottom left corner. Its now 2-2 at the Bridge Last minute drama as in the dying moments of this tight close game Batshuayi has a chance to score the winner but his left foot pokes Hudson Odoi’s pass just around the post The final score at the bridge is 2-2 Arsenal taking a needed point and Chelsea being disappointed that they couldn’t capitalise upon Arsenal’s poor run of form.
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