Chelsea’s long unbeaten league run against Arsenal came to an end at the Emirates on Saturday evening, three first-half goals doing the damage. Pedro came onto the pitch 20 minutes from time replacing Willian.
A defensive lapse early on allowed Alexis Sanchez a free run at goal and he made no mistake. Before we could even think about getting back in the game it was two, Theo Walcott finishing off a slick move.
A couple of half-chances came and went for Chelsea before Mesut Ozil volleyed in a third before the break. Soon after it, the Blues went to three at the back, but there were no more goals and so we left a league game against our north London rivals empty-handed for the first time since October 2011.
- Match stats:
Chelsea (4-1-4-1): Courtois; Ivanovic (c), Cahill, David Luiz, Azpilicueta; Kante; Willian (Pedro 70), Fabregas (Alonso 55), Matic, Hazard (Batshuayi 70); Diego Costa.
Unused subs Begovic, Chalobah, Oscar, Moses.
Booked Ivanovic 28, Diego Costa 83
Arsenal (4-2-3-1): Cech, Bellerin, Mustafi, Koscielny (c), Monreal, Coquelin (Xhaka 32), Cazorla, Walcott, Ozil, Iwobi (Gibbs 69), Sanchez (Giroud 79).
Unused subs Ospina, Holding, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Perez.
Scorers Sanchez 11, Walcott 14, Ozil 40
Referee Michael Oliver
Crowd 60,028
- Match report by chelseafc.com
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