SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 18:32 British Summer Time 18 August 2018
Chelsea 2-2 Arsenal
A change for Arsenal.
Uruguay international Lucas Torreira replaces Granit Xhaka.
45 minutes too late.
Summary
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Chelsea v Arsenal first of six games
Alonso strikes winner from Hazard's assist
Chelsea had 24 shots, Arsenal 15
Sarri's Chelsea have won their opening two league games
Emery's Arsenal have now lost to Man City and Chelsea
SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 18:32 British Summer Time 18 August 2018
Rejuvenated Mkhitaryanpublished at 18:31 British Summer Time 18 August 2018
Chelsea 2-2 Arsenal
Image source, Getty ImagesHenrikh Mkhitaryan has been directly involved in eight goals in his 13 Premier League games for Arsenal (3 goals, 5 assists), one more than in his last 25 for Manchester United (7).
Kanu, what's he gonna do???published at 18:28 British Summer Time 18 August 2018
Chelsea 2-2 Arsenal
Image source, Getty ImagesThe last time Chelsea lost a Premier League match having gone two goals up?
Against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge in 1999. Nwankwo Kanu scored a hat-trick.
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Arsenal fight back! No this isn't Arsene Wenger in disguise. New era beginning!
Gooner George
A half of two halves.
Steve, North Wales
Obviously Unai Emery's game plan is to win from a losing position.
Ed
Player Raterpublished at 18:25 British Summer Time 18 August 2018
Chelsea 2-2 Arsenal
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Thrillingpublished at 18:21 British Summer Time 18 August 2018
Chelsea 2-2 Arsenal
Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writerA thrilling, chaotic first 45 minutes and Arsenal will go in buoyant and disappointed. They have clawed back that 2-0 deficit but have also wasted several glaring opportunities.
HALF-TIMEpublished at 18:18 British Summer Time 18 August 2018
Chelsea 2-2 Arsenal
But a superb first-half does come to an end, unfortunately.
Arsenal looked hopeless for large parts but score twice in the space of five minutes to level against rivals Chelsea.
One of the best 45 minutes of football we have had the pleasure of viewing.
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Chelsea 2-2 Arsenal
I don't want this half to end.
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Jared: Hopeless Sarri. You can't have David Luiz as your organizer on the back... He has never organized any game. How do you leave Hazard on the bench? How?
Belete: If it wasn't for Arsenal poor finishing this game would have been 5-2 by now!
'A ridiculous half'published at 18:16 British Summer Time 18 August 2018
Chelsea 2-2 Arsenal
John Southall
BBC Radio 5 live football reporterIt has been a ridiculous half. The defending has been non-existent. It has been a fantastic half.
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Chelsea paid how much for this goalkeeper? Did someone get the decimal point wrong?
Chris
Postpublished at 45+1 mins
Chelsea 2-2 Arsenal
Suddenly, Chelsea are the team that look like they have forgotten how to play football.
An identical move to the second goal as Henrikh Mkhitaryan breaks free down the right, cuts a pass back, but Alex Iwobi strikes over on this occasion.
CLOSE!published at 44 mins
Chelsea 2-2 Arsenal
Arsenal should be ahead, yes really!
This is another bad miss from Pierre-Emerick Aubamenyang.
The former Borussia Dortmund man is given the ball by Alex Iwobi, but scuffs wide from eight yards out.
He was free, he should have rippled the net.
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Peter: This game is amazing. Well, not for defenders. Or for the art of defending in general. But very entertaining!
Mark: What a game! All Chelsea, yet Arsenal should be 3-2 ahead. More goals in this one.
GOAL - Chelsea 2-2 Arsenalpublished at 40 mins
Alex Iwobi
Unbelievable!!
What a fine Arsenal move, a throwback to when they were good.
Hector Bellerin plays in Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who rolls the ball towards the penalty spot.
In strides Alex Iwobi, who lashes a finish into the net.
Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga again gets a hand on it, but this one had too much power.
Arsenal were outplayed for 35 minutes, but score twice in five to level the contest.
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PJ: What is going on here? Mkhitaryan blazes the easy chance but absolutely slams in the considerable more difficult chance!
Joe: Courtois would have saved that.
Ash: Kepa didn’t look confident trying to save that shot.
Image source, ReutersGREAT SAVE!published at 38 mins
Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal
It's a great game this.
Alvaro Morata winds a left foot up and his thunderous strike is pushed over the crossbar by Petr Cech's flying save.
GOAL - Chelsea 2-1 Arsenalpublished at 36 mins
Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Arsenal back in it!
If you are the world's most expensive goalkeeper, you have to be saving these.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan makes up for his earlier miss by drilling a finish from outside the box low into the net.
It's not in the corner, Chelsea's £71m Kepa Arrizabalaga gets a hand to it but cannot keep it out.
Has to do better.
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Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal
Goalscorer Pedro sniffing another but his low shot from 25 yards dribbles into the hands of Petr Cech.
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Am I crazy for thinking that Arsenal should have looked at someone like Tony Pulis to replace Wenger? What is the one thing this team lacks? A backbone. What do Tony Pulis teams always play with? Yep, you guessed it, a backbone.
Alex P, Sydney
You are crazy, Alex.