Chelsea vs Arsenal Highlights – Spectacular comeback goals from Rice and Trossard break Blues hearts

Chelsea host Arsenal in the pair’s first London derby as Stamford Bridge sets the stage for a storied clash

Welcome to football.london’s live coverage of Chelsea vs Arsenal as both teams look to continue their momentum following their recent winning form.
Although the two clubs face each other in different races this season, a London derby throws context out of the window and provides a thrilling duel.

Arsenal welcome Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli back to the starting XI, while Thomas Partey is back on the bench. William Saliba is fit enough to start, while Jorginho is also in the squad to face his former team.

Meanwhile, Reece James and Axel Disasi are only fit enough for the Chelsea bench.
Nicolas Jackson cannot start either and Raheem Sterling joins Cole Palmer and Mykhailo Mudryk in attack.

Aaron Ramsdale is missing from the Arsenal squad.
The Gunners confirmed it was due to the birth of his and his wife Georgina’s baby boy.

Cole Palmer gave Chelsea the lead from the penalty spot. William Saliba was the culprit and was blamed for Mykhailo Mudryk’s head.
Tom Canton, Scott Trotter and Kaya Kaynak will all provide reporting from Stamford Bridge.
Structure, match commentary and reaction to follow…

Goal! Chelsea 2:2 Arsenal (Trossard)19:12

Goal! Chelsea 2:1 Arsenal (Rice ) 19:05

Goal! Chelsea 2:0 Arsenal (Mudryk) 18:36

Goal! Chelsea 1:0 Arsenal17:45

Full time

Strange whistle from the referee, but the match is over.

Arsenal will be the happier of the two teams after going 2-0 down.
But goals from Declan Rice and Leandro Trossard earned the Gunners a point.

Raya saves!

Jackson tries, but Raya can’t take it.

Save – Sanchez

90+4 – Nketiah tries one from distance but it is easily collected.
7 more minutes

This is anyone’s game

Yellow: Nketiah

The Arsenal striker lands with his foot on Caicedo.

Breed: Nketiah

So incredibly close to the Arsenal striker.
His shot goes just wide.

OBJECTIVE! Chelsea-Arsenal 2-2 (Trossard)

TROSSARD LEVELS!

Saka throws in a cross and Trossard slots in at the far post to score the equaliser.

Replacement at Chelsea

Sterling and Cole Palmer are gone.
Madueke and James are there.

Corner – Chelsea

The Blues have a chance to relieve some pressure here.

Now the test begins

Can Chelsea show some maturity?
They have managed the match very well so far and now we will see how they can handle the pressure.

Arsenal replacement

Trossard and Havertz are on the move.
Odegaard and Martinelli get out.

OBJECTIVE! Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal (Rice)

Oh! Rice brought Arsenal back into the game after an error from Sánchez.

Rice fires a shot into the bottom left corner.

Arsenal can’t find a foothold

Chelsea are managing the match really well.
They smell absolutely nothing.
Yellow – Cucurella

The Spaniard enters the book.

Large – Palmer

70 – Smith Rowe gives the ball away and Palmer has a chance to shoot but misses.

Arsenal replacement

Gabriel Jesus and Jorginho are absent.

Eddie Nketiah and Emile Smith Rowe are there.

Raya Redemption

Raya jumps at Jackson’s feet and catches the ball.
Good goalkeeper.

Replacement at Chelsea

Mudryk leaves for Nico Jackson.

Corner – Arsenal

Martinelli shoots a ball that Cucurella heads.

Sánchez crushed the Arsenal players

Sánchez completely targeted Jesus.
Very painful…
There is a strong case for a penalty, but nothing is said about a VAR review.

Competitive

Arsenal found their footing, so to speak, for the first time, but Chelsea still had to fight for every ball and the crowd liked what they saw.

Palmer is able to read Raya’s pass well on this occasion and wins a corner.

What does Raya do?

Raya passes the ball directly to Palmer…
Fortunately, he misses and it goes off a corner.

Completed – Tomiyasu

He rages when his deflected shot is finished, but the referee misses it…

Corner – Arsenal

56 – Martinelli wins another corner.

Large – Gabriel

The Brazilian’s header goes wide of the goal.

Corner – Arsenal

Martinelli moves inside and his shot is deflected wide.
Another follows.

AIM! Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal (Mudryk)

The man Arsenal wanted scored an incredible goal.
A cross, a miss, ends up in the net behind Raya!