Chelsea v Arsenal LIVE: Latest score as VAR rules out Kai Havertz goal in Premier League derby
Arsenal travel across the capital looking to reignite their title ambitions in a showdown with London rivals Chelsea
Chelsea host Arsenal at Stamford Bridge today in the Premier League, with both sides on 18 points after 10 games and looking to climb the table after Manchester City slipped up against Brighton yesterday.
Chelsea laboured to a disappointing draw away at Manchester United last weekend and missed the chance to go third in the table, though they could yet jump that high should they triumph here. Meanwhile Arsenal enter the weekend after back-to-back defeats, the latest to Inter Milan in the Champions League, and find themselves 10 points behind leaders Liverpool.
The Gunners will want to remind neutrals of their title credentials, and a game against an old enemy at Stamford Bridge is the perfect chance to do so, while Enzo Maresca’s side will want to build on their early promise with a statement result.
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Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal
42 min: Cucurella snuffs out Saka on the right wing, and Gusto does the same to Martinelli on the opposite side a moment later, sliding to block his low cross.
Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal
39 min: Cole Palmer sends a long-range free-kick over the bar and it’s perhaps a sign of his frustration that he’s even tried it. Chelsea’s No 20 has barely touched the ball over the past 15 minutes.
Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal
37 min: Ben White is booked for a clash with Pedro Neto which, replays suggest, was minimal. Neto threw himself to the floor. A good duel brewing there and now both players are on a yellow card.
NO GOAL! Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal
33 min: Offside! Arsenal thought they’d scored a very clever goal as Declan Rice slipped the ball into Kai Havertz while Chelsea were setting up to defend a free-kick.
Havertz celebrates as Chelsea fume over the allowance of the quick free-kick, but it’s a moot point when VAR intervenes to rule Havertz just offside.
Pedro Neto is meanwhile booked for his protestations.
Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal
30 min: This has been an entertaining first half hour, played out in a feisty atmosphere. Both teams have been positive with the ball and looked to create good openings, and on another day we might have seen a couple of goals already. Chelsea started brightest but Arsenal have settled into the game nicely.
Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal
27 min: The biggest chance of the match so far falls to Martinelli in the box, in space, but his left-footed shot is too close to Sanchez and the goalkeeper sticks out a paw to push it clear.
Gusto, meanwhile, has dusted himself down and is OK to continue.
Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal
24 min: Wow, what a piece of skill this is by Pedro Neto. I think I counted six dummied crosses, checking one way and then the other to leave Ben White in a bit of a tangle, before eventually lifting a perfect ball to the far post. Malo Gusto arrives to surely head home, but somehow misses the target from a couple of yards!
What’s more, he looks to have hurt himself in a collision with Martinelli.
Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal
22 min: Chelsea deal with it comfortably as Sanchez comes out to punch clear.
Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal
21 min: The first booking of the game is for Levi Colwill, who chops through the back of Bukayo Saka. Both Colwill and the Chelsea fans can’t believe it, but that was a terrible tackle and the right call. Arsenal have a free-kick on the right side which Rice can deliver...
Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal
19 min: First piece of brilliance from Cole Palmer, who takes a beautiful touch to spin behind Thomas Partey and suddenly Chelsea are off on the counter. Palmer’s only mistake is that he should pass through the centre for the unmarked Jackson, but instead he goes left for Neto. Neto digs out a cross which Madueke heads wide.
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