Chelsea 2-2 Arsenal
Chelsea scorer: Cole Palmer (15’, pen), Mykhailo Mudryk (48’)
Arsenal scorer: Declan Rice (77’), Leandro Trossard (84’)
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
LINE-UPS
Chelsea: Sánchez; Gusto, Silva, Colwill, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fernández; Sterling (Madueke, 84’), Gallagher, Mudryk (Jackson, 66’); Cole Palmer (James, 84’)
Subs: Petrovic, Maatsen, Disasi, Ugochukwu, Washington, Badiashile
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Arsenal: Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko (Tomiyasu, 45’); Ødegaard (Havertz, 78’), Jorginho (Smith Rowe, 68’), Rice; Saka, Jesus (Nketiah, 68’), Martinelli (Trossard, 78’)
Subs: Hein, Kiwior, Partey, Nelson
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
8’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
11’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
13’ VAR Decision: Penalty Chelsea.
15’ Goal! Chelsea 1, Arsenal 0. Cole Palmer (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
44’ Thiago Silva (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45’+3’ HTChelsea 1, Arsenal 0.
45’ Substitution, Arsenal. Takehiro Tomiyasu replaces Oleksandr Zinchenko.
48’ Goal! Chelsea 2, Arsenal 0. Mykhailo Mudryk (Chelsea) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Conor Gallagher.
66’ Substitution, Chelsea. Nicolas Jackson replaces Mykhailo Mudryk.
68’ Substitution, Arsenal. Eddie Nketiah replaces Gabriel Jesus.
68’ Substitution, Arsenal. Emile Smith Rowe replaces Jorginho.
71’ Marc Cucurella (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
77’ Goal! Chelsea 2, Arsenal 1. Declan Rice (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
78’ Substitution, Arsenal. Leandro Trossard replaces Gabriel Martinelli.
78’ Substitution, Arsenal. Kai Havertz replaces Martin Ødegaard.
84’ Substitution, Chelsea. Reece James replaces Cole Palmer.
84’ Substitution, Chelsea. Noni Madueke replaces Raheem Sterling.
84’ Goal! Chelsea 2, Arsenal 2. Leandro Trossard (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bukayo Saka with a cross.
89’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90+1’ Ben White (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90+8’ FT Chelsea 2, Arsenal 2.
Chelsea was decently good for much of that, yet they bottled it (unfortunately). Back in the Spurs days, we would have lost that match 3-2 at 89 minutes. I’m hopeful that Poch has matured since then. The ambition is certainly there. Chelsea’s midfield progression is very good considering how early into Poch’s tenure it is. However, the passes are still not there yet for Chelsea, especially in Arsenal’s half (I cannot understand why did Palmer and Jackson keep the ball for so long or made too many touches whenever they were in Arsenal’s box). At the moment, I do not rate Palmer (although I haven’t seen much of Chelsea this season). Some of the defending from Chelsea was also super sketchy too, especially after they were 2-0 up (which we also saw during Poch’s time at Spurs).
I don’t really agree that Poch is a fraud (he’s usually crap in his first season at a new club), I’d wait until half a season or three years really. Tbh it’s kind of impressive that he’s managed to draw against big six teams twice (which is already an improvement over his later tenure at Spurs where we always seem to lose more than win in our big six derbies).
Palmer was good what ???