Arsenal vs Chelsea LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as Gunners’ run riot after White and Havertz goals
Arsenal 5-0 Chelsea: Kai Havertz and Ben White both scored twice as the Gunners go three points clear at the top of the table
Arsenal moved three points clear of Liverpool at the top of the Premier League table with a blistering 5-0 victory over Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium.
Mikel Arteta’s men dominated from the get-go but couldn’t make full use of a first 45 minutes of controlled play despite Leandro Trossard’s fourth minute opener. He was fed the ball by Declan Rice then smoked the ball home at the near post.
After the break, the Gunners turned up the heat with Ben White latching onto a deflected shot from Rice and Kai Havertz lifting a fine finish over the goalkeeper to put Arsenal clear. Havertz then added a fourth with a guided finish to the bottom corner before White volleyed a beautifully dainty pass from Martin Odegaard into the top corner.
For Chelsea it was a night to forget but Arsenal took advantage of playing first this week and now Liverpool and Manchester City must respond if they hope to avoid dropping points in the title race.
Relive the updates from Arsenal vs Chelsea in tonight’s live blog below and get the latest match odds and tips, here
Arsenal vs Chelsea
Cole Palmer has scored 20 league goals this season, with 10 coming in his last five appearances.
Only three Chelsea players have ever scored more in a single Premier League campaign – Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba.
Arsenal vs Chelsea
Since the start of last season, Bukayo Saka has been involved in more London derby goals in the Premier League than any other player (17 – 8 goals, 9 assists).
Martin Odegaard says Wolves victory is ‘massive’ for Arsenal
Arsenal captain and midfielder, Martin Odegaard, says that the 2-0 victory over Wolves was ‘massive’ for the club after a tough week which saw them slip up in the Premier League and lose to Bayern Munich in the Champions League.
Writing in the matchday programme ahead of this evening’s clash with Chelsea, Odegaard said: “The result at Wolves on Saturday was massive for us - we had to respond after the previous two matches.
“It was really tough for us after the Aston Villa and Bayern games. The defeat in the league, then going to Germany and going out of the Champions League was tough. We were all really down and really disappointed after that, and it took a lot of energy from everyone, and a lot of commitment, to get ourselves back up. “We were all down after returning from Germany, but we knew that going into the Wolves game on Sunday we would go back on top with a win, so that was a massive motivation for us.
“We wanted to strike back, to make a statement that we are still here – that drove us on. We did brilliantly to do that because Wolves is a difficult place to get a result.
“To go away again, more travelling, and a quick turnaround – it was a tough challenge but we can be very proud of how we did it and the result we got on Saturday.”
Arsenal vs Chelsea
Arsenal lost their first evening kick-off against Chelsea in the Premier League way back in March 1993. Since then they are unbeaten in 11 such games against the Blues with four wins and seven draws.
The Gunners have won the last three in a row.
Arsenal end a torrid week just where they need to be in Premier League title race
A torrid week ends with Arsenal top of the table. There are worse places to be and they could be four points ahead of Manchester City before the champions play again. If the eventual verdict is that the last seven days costs Arsenal the Premier League as well as the Champions League, none of the damage was done at Molineux.
The footballing cliché is that it is the sort of win champions secure, an away win that was ground out in forgettable fashion; the likelier scenario may be that they end up as runners-up again. Yet if a response was required after the defeats to Aston Villa and Bayern Munich, Mikel Arteta got one: not so much in the quality of the performance but in the way Arsenal showed the resolve to avert suggestions their season is in meltdown.
Arsenal end a torrid week just where they need to be in Premier League title race
Wolves 0-2 Arsenal: Martin Odegaaard and Leandro Trossard struck as the Gunners returned to the top of the table
Arsenal vs Chelsea early team news
Arsenal are one of the more fortunate Premier League sides when it comes to injuries and are only expected to be without Jurrien Timber, who sustained a serious knee injury on his debut in August.
Chelsea were dealt a blow in the build up to the game, with the news that Cole Palmer might not be available against Mikel Arteta’s side.
Christopher Nkunku is nearing a comeback, but the game against Arsenal might come too soon, with Robert Sanchez and Levi Colwill also close to full fitness. However, Reece James, Lesley Ugochukwu, Wesley Fofana and Romeo Lavia are on the long-term injury list.
How to watch Arsenal vs Chelsea
Arsenal vs Chelsea kicks off at 8pm BST on Tuesday 23 April 2024 at the Emirates Stadium.
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Arsenal vs Chelsea
Chelsea are in danger of losing back-to-back Premier League away games versus Arsenal for the first time since a run of three defeats at Highbury from 2001 to 2003.
Arsenal seem the more composed of the two teams but Chelsea been on the end of some remarkable wins this season and they could be set to influence the title race this evening.
Arsenal vs Chelsea
Chelsea’s only win in the last nine meetings between the teams in all competitions was a 2-0 victory at the Emirates Stadium in August 2021.
Can Mauricio Pochettino mastermind another win this evening?
Arsenal vs Chelsea
Arsenal last lost consecutive league games at the Emirates Stadium in April 2022, and last did so without scoring in November 2020.
Their 2-0 loss at home to Aston Villa and couple of weekends ago was a shock to the system but the Gunners will be hoping to shift their mindset and get back on a winning run this evening.
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