Chelsea vs. Arsenal Live Score, Updates & Highlights

Finalists On Wednesday, Chelsea will try to dent Arsenal’s chances of finishing fourth in the Premier League.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Mason Mount scored in a 2-0 win over Crystal Palace to send Thomas Tuchel’s side to the FA Cup final.

They must now end a run of home defeats, having lost to Brentford in the league and Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final in April.

 

Arsenal has lost three games in a row since the start of the month, to Crystal Palace, Brighton, Hove Albion, and Southampton.

Mikel Arteta’s side is fifth in the table but can catch fourth-placed Tottenham if they win at their London rivals.

Chelsea vs. Arsenal

1H 2H Final

Chelsea 2 – –

Arsenal 2 – –

(Assist)

12th min – Nketiah (no assist)

16th min – Werner (Loftus-Cheek)

Smith Rowe (Arsenal) (Odegaard)

31st min – Azpilicueta (Mount)

57th minute – Nketiah (No assist)

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In the 75th minute, Tuchel may have erred in substituting Lukaku. Arsenal’s defenders are much more at ease without him now.

 

Smith Rowe replaces Cedric Soares in Arteta’s second substitution.

70 minutes: 20 minutes left. Martinelli replaces Nketiah, who leaves an ovation from the Arsenal faithful. The teenager has scored his first Premier League goals of the season at a crucial time.

 

65 minutes: Arsenal squeaks! With Ramsdale on the ground, Alonso’s shot is blocked after James’ cross. Sarr is the first to be booked after Nketiah.

63 minutes: Arsenal’s longest lead so far. Still, a long way to go, but they are ahead tonight compared to their previous two attempts.

60 minutes: Tuchel replaces Lukaku with Havertz after falling behind. Lukaku had shown signs of promise earlier in the game, but it was another frustrating night for the Belgian.

57 minutes: Arsene Wenger

Nketiah scores again! The youngster’s perseverance pays off as he fights for a loose ball in the box and stabs it past Mendy.

Arsenal has 55 minutes: Arteta motivates his Arsenal players. He knows they must win this game in some way. They are doing OK, it could be better or worse, but they must improve after a poor April.

52 minutes: Lukaku and Werner are combining well. Tuchel and Chelsea are putting pressure on Arsenal twice and only wayward final balls let them down.

50 minutes: rare calm. Chelsea has the ball but isn’t doing much with it, while Arsenal is happy to watch what their hosts have and how their hosts’ tactics have changed since the break.

After a poor pass from Holding, Werner fires a shot into the side netting. The second half begins as the first ended.

KOs in the second 45 minutes: One change to report. Chelsea has Thiago Silva in place of Andreas Christensen, who gifted Arsenal their opener with an awful back pass.

CHELSEA 2-2 ARSENALWhat a 45-minute football game. Opponents with strong forward lines punish both sides’ defenses.

Chelsea has had the better of the game, but Arsenal is dangerous on the break.

See you in 15 minutes for half 2.

ad three times. Can they do it again? Even for a few moments?

44 minutes: Arsenal almost wins! Smith Rowe burrows into the box and fires a shot just wide.

5 minutes to the intermission There’s no sign of a truce as both sides push hard. Arsenal’s Nketiah gets away on the left but his pass to Saka is intercepted.

The game that neutrals love but managers and fans of both sides despise. The inability of either defense to cope and give opponents so much space.

 

A long pass from Mount finds Alonso, who blazes over from the left side of the area as Chelsea tries to get ahead for the first time.

GOAL!!!! 2-2 Chelsea vs.

We’re even. Cesar Azpilicueta taps in Mount’s ninth assist of the season. The goal is reviewed for a possible Ben White foul, but it is upheld, and we have four goals in 19 minutes.

30 minutes: Can Arsenal extend their lead? Chelsea is back on their tails. They had some chaotic defending just before their second goal as they struggled to clear their lines and they don’t look solid defensively. Based on what we’ve seen so far, they’ll need another goal or two to take the points.

GOAL!!! 1-2 Chelsea

Arsenal reclaims lead. Saka again makes a good run down the right and his cross finds Martin Odegaard, who feeds Smith Rowe, who scores at Stamford Bridge for the second season in a row.

22 minutes: Nketiah gets on the end of a Saka cross, but his shot spins harmlessly wide. In attack, Arsenal is dangerous on the flanks.

20 min: Breath! An explosive finish. Chelsea deserved to be ahead and responded quickly after Christensen’s error handed Arsenal the lead.

Can they now take control of the situation?

GOAL!!! 1-1 Chelsea

It didn’t last long. Xhaka deflects Timo Werner’s shot past Aaron Ramsdale four minutes later. Arsenal had just taken the lead and was caught in possession deep in their own half.GOAL!!! 0-1 Chelsea

It’s a gift for Arsenal. Andreas Christensen’s under-hit-back pass finds Eddie Nketiah, who calmly scores.

 

11 minutes: Lukaku gets away on the right but drags his shot across the goal and wide.

10 min: That Arsenal fans enjoy Chelsea’s situation of not being able to sell tickets to non-season ticket holders is an understatement. “Nobody here,” they sing in a mocking chant.

 

A floated pass from Granit Xhaka finds Gabriel, who is found by Edouard Mendy, who kicks the shot away with his legs.

 

5 minutes: Marcos Alonso has a close-range shot deflected wide after Arsenal failed to deal with a corner convincingly, and Gabriel has to be alert to head clear from underneath his own bar from Mount’s flag-kick.

2 minutes: A few empty seats at Stamford Bridge, unusual for a London derby. Due to the sanctions, Chelsea can only allow season ticket holders and Arsenal fans in.

STAMFORD BRIDGE KICKS OFF:

 

10 minutes to go: Both teams are back in their locker rooms, ready to go. A reminder of the stakes. Both teams have work to do to make the top four.

Third-place Chelsea (62 points) has more leeway, but fifth-place Arsenal (54 points) needs at least a draw, if not all three points.

Three points will bring them to level with Tottenham. They won’t overtake the Spurs due to their superior goal difference, but with both teams still to play, Arsenal’s top-four destiny is still in their hands.

Mount was one of Chelsea’s heroes on Sunday, scoring the second goal in a 2-0 FA Cup semi-final win over Crystal Palace.

A key player in Chelsea’s success this season. He has 10 goals, 8 assists, and has created 41 chances this season. Arsenal will need him to be quiet if they are to win.

30 minutes to go: Sky Sports is previewing the game on UK television. Among the pundits is Arsenal legend Paul Merson, who believes a win tonight is vital for their top-four ambitions.

“A point is enough,” Merson said. “All you can ask for is that they do that.”

40 minutes to KO: Teams will soon be warming up. Smith Rowe is back in the Arsenal team after scoring the only goal in the Gunners’ 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge 11 months ago.

Arsenal had not won at Chelsea in ten years, but they had only lost once in their last four visits. Now we have Chelsea, with Tuchel making four changes from the team that beat Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final on Sunday. Antonie Rudiger, Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic, and Kai Havertz have been omitted from the starting XI.

 

60 minutes to KO: Tonight’s Arsenal team. Cedric Soares, Sambi Lokonga, and Gabriel Martinelli are replaced by Rob Holding, Mohamed Elneny, and Emile Smith Rowe.

70 minutes to go: The teams will be announced soon, but Arsenal will wear black armbands tonight. That’s in memory of Steve Rowley, who worked for the club from 1980 to 2017, most notably as a chief scout after Arsene Wenger joined in 1996.

 

Arsene Wenger will pay tribute to Rowley, who died on Sunday at the age of 63 after a brief illness.

 

In the reverse fixture in August, Chelsea cruised to a 2-0 win thanks to first-half goals from Romelu Lukaku and Reece James.

Arsenal was in trouble after losing their first two games of the season. Nothing has changed since then, and tonight’s game is crucial for Mikel Arteta.

A long time has passed since Chelsea last played in the Premier League. Of course, a lot has happened since the Blues beat Southampton 6-0 on April 9.

 

Their UEFA Champions League reign ended despite a 3-2 win at Real Madrid, as they lost 5-4 on aggregate.

 

Why do they need to win the league? They can mathematically win the title if they win all eight remaining games and Liverpool and Manchester City have bad weeks.

 

They will want to secure a top-four finish as soon as possible to rest players ahead of the FA Cup Final against Liverpool on May 14.

Thomas Tuchel will want them to start winning tonight to secure third place and automatic qualification for the group stages in 2022/23.

100 minutes to go: Arsenal must wish they could restart April. They were on course for a top-four finish and a return to the UEFA Champions League in 2022/23 when they left the field on March 19.

 

Due to injuries to Thomas Partey and Kieran Tierney, Arsenal lost 3-0 at Crystal Palace after the international break, then 2-1 at home to Brighton, and finally 1-0 at Southampton on Saturday.

 

They must now win tonight to regain parity with fourth-placed Tottenham, with both teams having six games left. Isn’t it simple? I’m sure Chelsea would have something to say about that.

 

Two hours to go: The action at Stamford Bridge is about to begin. Arsenal is desperate to end a three-match losing streak that has dented their chances of finishing fourth.

 

Three points would bring them to level with fourth-placed Tottenham with six games remaining, but that will be difficult against a confident Chelsea side coming off a 2-0 FA Cup final win over Crystal Palace on Sunday.

We’ll get team news in an hour or so, which will reveal how Thomas Tuchel and Mikel Arteta plan to tackle this.

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