Arsenal presented a great Christmas present to their suffering fans, after totally beating and beating Chelsea 3:1 in the London derby from the Premier League program of `Bosking Day`. Thus, the `gunners`, who before this match were four points from the relegation zone, broke their difficult series of seven consecutive matches in the championship without success. Arsenal`s previous victory was on November 1 against Manchester United. A goal from a penalty by Alexandre Lacazette (34 `) and a great performance by Granit Jaca (44 `) gave a convenient lead to the `gunners` before the break. In the second half Bukayo Saka (56 `) added an extremely beautiful goal for 3:0, and four minutes before the end Tammy Abraham scored the honorable goal for Chelsea. In added time, the guests could even reach the second goal and make the last minutes a nightmare for the `gunners`, but Bernd Leno saved a penalty executed by Giorgino. After today`s success, Arsenal has 17 points - eight l ess than Chelsea. For Frank Lampard`s team, this was the third loss in the last four games.
Arteta has made as many as nine changes since the Carabao Cup quarter-finals against Manchester City in the middle of the week. Only Alexandre Lacazette and Gabriel Martinelli kept their seats. Compared to the match with Everton from previous rounds of the Premier League, the corrections were six. Pablo Marie, Emil Smith Rowe and Martinelli started for the first time as starters in a match of the championship this season. Hector Belerin, Granit Jaca and the aforementioned Lacasette also started. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang remained on the bench.
Frank Lampard made two changes compared to the match forecast by football win bet with West Ham. Reese James returned to the right of defense at the expense of Cesar Aspilicueta. Mateo Kovacic started in the midfield at the expense of Giorgino. Ben Chillwell, who was suspected of playing, passed the late fitness test and also started. The hosts started well and in the first minute organized a good attack, which could have ended with a goal. Saka and Belerin combined well on the right, after which the Arsenal captain centered, the ball deviated from the head of Thiago Silva and reached Martinelli, who was on the far post. However, the Brazilian`s shot from the air went to the side. After the first ten minutes, Chelsea took control. In the 13th Mason Mount made a very good direct free kick, after which the ball bounced from the outside of the right crossbar.
In the 25th minute Arsenal had a good opportunity. Hector Bellerin found himself in the penalty area after a good lead by Michael Oliver. The right back returned to Smith Rowe, who stretched his leg as far as possible to reach the ball, but failed to make a good shot. This second good period for Arsenal pa id off. In the 33rd minute Tierney burst into the penalty area on the left, then fell after a duel with James. Oliver immediately pointed to the white dot. The replays showed that the contact between the two is minimal and this did not seem to be a clear violation of the Chelsea defender. However, the VAR supported Oliver`s decision and the penalty remained. Alexandre Lacazette realized the 11-meter penalty kick, giving the hosts an advance.
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