SPORTSLIVE UPDATES: 0 – 2 Arsenal Losing to Chelsea in London Derby

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51:49: Superb save from Mendy to deny Saka

51:06: Corner to Arsenal as Rudiger blocks Arsenal’s cross

45:01: Second half begins

45:00: Half Time.

44:50: Both of Arsenal’s centre backs now booked as Holding gets is name taken by the referee for a foul on Marcos Alonso


40:15:The referee rules out a big penalty call from Arsenal players

34:15: Goal! Reece James scores for Chelsea 0-2

33:49: Mari picks up the first booking of the game for an unnecessary tackle on Lukaku

28:40: Over the cross bar for Sambi Lokonga

22:40: Chelsea cut Arsenal open again but Mount shot blocked

20:35: Close as Lukaku heads one over the bar

14:30: GOAL! Lukaku scores for Chelsea 0-1

Chelsea dominating possession so far with Arsenal happy to drop back 60% to 40%

09:30: Great delivery from Lokonga but no one at the end of Tierney’s ball across field.

02:15: Xhaka down on the pitch after blocking a long-range shot from Reece James

01:30: Mendy makes a low save from Smith-Rowe after chest down from Saka

00:01: Arsenal kick match off…

Confirmed line-ups

Arsenal: Leno, Cedric, Holding, Pablo Mari, Tierney, Sambi Lokonga, Xhaka, Saka, Smith-Rowe, Martinelli, Pepe

Chelsea: Mendy, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Rudiger, James, Jorginho, Kovacic, Alonso, Mount, Havertz, Lukaku.

Substitutes:

Arsenal

14. Aubameyang 15. Maitland-Niles 20. Tavares 21. Chambers 24. Nelson 25. Elneny 26. Balogun 31. Kolasinac 32. Ramsdale

Chelsea

1. Arrizabalaga 6. Thiago Silva 7. Kanté 11. Werner 14. Chalobah 15. Zouma 20. Hudson-Odoi 21. Chilwell 22. Ziyech

Referee: Paul Tierney.

From naijanews.com