Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal, Premier League RESULT: Relive the action as David Luiz sees red in Stamford Bridge stalemate

  • Arsenal, lying 12th in the Premier League, visit Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea
  • The Gunners have beaten Chelsea in their last two meetings in cup competitions
  • Antonio Conte's side are in a rich vein of form after their 6-0 win over Qarabag
  • Arsene Wenger will hope a big result can ignite their Premier League campaign
  • Chelsea: Courtois, Azpilicueta, Cahill, Luiz, Moses, Kante, Fabregas, Alonso, Willian, Pedro, Morata
  • Arsenal: Cech, Koscielny, Mustafi, Monreal, Bellerin, Ramsey, Xhaka, Kolasinac, Welbeck, Iwobi, Lacazette

Arsenal make the trip to Stamford Bridge in desperate need of a result to ignite a campaign which has got off to a stuttering start.

Arsene Wenger's side have won two and lost two and take on a Chelsea side who coem into the game off the back of a commanding 6-0 win over Champions league newcomers Qarabag during the week.

Join Sportsmail's JAMES DUTTON for all the action and live updates as Arsenal look to end a poor run of results at Stamford Bridge.


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  • James Dutton

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15:32
That's a wrap!

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15:27
The table

Deserved draw there. Chelsea miss the chance to climb above Man United, Arsenal remain in the bottom half.

I know it's September but these things matter right? A surprise point for Arsenal though, and one they can use to build upon you would hope.

15:23
Chelsea stunted at Stamford Bridge
15:22
FULL-TIME: Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal
15:20
Red-tastic
15:20
Arsenal pushing forward

90+2 mins: Cech gathers a Fabregas free-kick. Arsenal counter up the other end in the attempt to get something more out of this game.

15:19
FOUR MINUTES ADDED TIME
15:17
SUB: Morata OFF, Christensen ON

Another centre-back enters the fray for Chelsea.

15:15
RED CARD: Luiz

David Luiz has received a straight red, already on a yellow but the referee had no hesitation to move straight to red.

Quite a coming together. Luiz running with the ball, Kolasinac challenges and the Brazilian is over the top, studs showing and makes contact on the shin. It's a red.

15:13
Arsenal fan runs on to pitch to celebrate disallowed goal, ejected.
15:11
Frantic end in store

83 mins: Atmosphere has become a bit frenetic at Stamford Bridge. The crowd know that the next goal wins this. Into the final 10 minutes as the sun shines down on west London.

It's getting scrappier and scrappier.

15:08
SUB: Iwobi OFF, Elneny OFF

Final sub for the away side sees Wenger look to shore up his midfield. Perhaps release Ramsey a bit?

15:07
Cech saves from Hazard

80 mins: Hazard with some exceptional close control, glides into the penalty area but his shot is too close to Cech.

15:03
OFFSIDE GOAL!

Mustafi heads home at the backstick but it's offside from the free-kick! That really is inexcusable.

15:01
SUB: Welbeck OFF, Giroud ON

That's the end of Welbeck's afternoon as he limps down the tunnel.

15:00
Injury to Welbeck

73 mins: Welbeck in a bit of bother here after a tangle with David Luiz. Looks like a groin problem as he receives treatment from the Arsenal physio.

14:56
SUB: Willian OFF, Hazard ON

It's Hazard time.

14:56
GRAHAM POLL ON LUIZ YELLOW

Correct decision to show a yellow card to David Luiz for the high boot. You could argue that the challenge endangered the safety of the opponent, in this case Laurent Koscielny, but it was a natural attempt to play the ball with an overhead kick.

The boot appeared to stay relatively low and looked like it caught the Arsenal man on the hand towards the midriff. Had red been shown, it wouldn’t have been wrong but very harsh and in my opinion, lacking credibility.

14:54
SUB: Lacazette OFF, Sanchez ON

Alexis time. A quiet afternoon for Lacazette comes to an end.

14:53
YELLOW CARD: Morata

Booking for Morata. He barged into Monreal to ease him off the ball as they tussled for a 50-50. Let the ref know what he thought about the decision too.

14:50
ACTION SHOT: Luiz high boot on Koscielny
14:48
Willian shoots over

61 mins: Willian makes an angle to shoot from the edge of the area but sends it over. Chelsea seeing more of the ball in this second half so far, neutered the threat Arsenal were posing towards the end of the first. It's less end-to-end as a result.

14:42
Alonso shot blocked

54 mins: Quick break from Chelsea led by Bakayoko, he feeds Alonso on the left who cuts onto his right but his effort is blocked. Better from the hosts.

14:40
YELLOW CARD: Luiz

52 mins: David Luiz attempts a bicycle kick in a crowded penalty area and he's caught Laurent Koscielny square in the face.

He's given a yellow card by the referee. It's a talking point the commentators say, no doubt a nod to Sadio Mane's red for connecting with Ederson last week. No blood, and the Arsenal defender is able to walk away from the incident.

14:34
Cech saves from Willian

47 mins: Willian with the first shot of the second-half but it's low and straight at Cech who gathers it well.

14:33
Back underway!
14:33
SUB: Pedro OFF, Bakayoko ON

Half-time sub: Tiemoue Bakayoko is on for Chelsea, and it's Pedro who makes way.

14:22
Story of the first-half
14:18
HALF-TIME: Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal
14:17
Two minutes added time

45 mins: Morata sent through but Monreal covers and drills the ball back to Cech in goal who does very well indeed to chest it down and clear the danger himself.

14:12
Ramsey hits post

42 mins: Arsenal are playing some good football in transition today, gliding forward quickly and playing nice one-two touch stuff. It's just failing at the final hurdle though.

And that's the closest yet! Ramsey jinks his way into the area, eventually gets a shot off from under his feet but hits the bottom of the post. It falls out to Lacazette who volleys well over the bar on the rebound. What a miss.

Chelsea strangely subdued here.

14:08
Arsenal well in this

38 mins: Free-kick for Arsenal in a dangerous position, on the left-hand side near the edge of the area. Iwobi sends it in, headed behind for a corner by Morata. It comes to nothing...

14:06
On the touchline
14:02
Xhaka shoots wide

32 mins: Granit Xhaka has a sighter, lets rip from 30-odd yards. It's well struck but flies wide of the post.

14:01
Celeb watch

Channing Tatum is in the stands. It's been pretty frantic as opening half-an-hours go.

13:58
Too close to call

28 mins: Still a fast tempo to this game but it's turned a little scrappier in the middle and not as end-to-end as the last 10 minutes or so. It's a fascinating contest so far I have to say, and far tighter than anyone would have predicted.

13:53
Morata heads over

23 mins: Moses gets to the byline, does very well to get a decent cross into the box. Morata on the end of it but he had too much to do and can't get his header on target.

13:52
Cech saves from Pedro

22 mins: Pedro is sent clear through on goal but he's wasted it. Fabregas finds him, he's onside, but he waits too long to shoot, allows Koscielny to get back before he shoots too close to Cech.

13:51
Courtois saves from Kolasinac

20 mins: Effort from 20 yards out from Kolasinac and it's parried by Courtois but pushed straight back out into the danger zone where there were two Arsenal players running towards the goalkeeper. Chelsea eventually breathe a sigh of relief as Luiz is fouled.

13:50
Injury to Pedro

Another injury stoppage, this time it's Pedro who's in pain after a coming together with Kolasinac. He's been helped off the pitch in some discomfort. Will he continue?

13:49
Courtois saves from Lacazette

18 mins: Bellerin again gets inon the right hand side, Lacazette with some clever movement finds a pocket of space but his low shot is too close to Courtois. Chelsea growing all the time.

13:47
Welbeck heads wide

16 mins: Ooof. Lightning break from Arsenal, Iwobi and Bellerin with a lovely 1-2 down the right. The cross even better, and Welbeck gets on the end of it but can only head agonisingly wide. Better from the Gunners.

13:45
Koscielny heads danger away

15 mins: Koscielny in the right place to just divert Moses' cross out of the six yard box. Arsenal eventually clear their lines and Chelsea start again.

13:42
Morata offside

11 mins: Morata heads wide at the far post from an Azpilicueta cross but he's flagged offside. After that fast start from Chelsea Arsenal are getting back into it ever so slightly.

13:39
Injury stoppage

Bit of an injury stoppage here. Lacazette gets up and walks away but Victor Moses is struggling. He limps to the side to receive some more treatment.

13:36
Early Chelsea corners

6 mins: Couple of early corners for Chelsea. Fabregas unmarked after the first, drills the ball across goal but cleared behind for another. Second comes to nothing.

13:35
John Terry in house
13:33
Chelsea looking to start fast

3 mins: Petr Cech dives to grab the ball in front of Alvaro Morata after Victor Moses got to the byline to cross. Chelsea looking to drive forward at pace already in these early stages.

Pedro gets the first shot on goal with a dart from distance, easily stopped by Cech.

13:30
And they're off!
13:27
Teams are out

Kick-off is minutes away here at Stamford Bridge as both sets of players enter the pitch and go through the pre-match ritual handshakes.

13:25
The table

Chelsea can go second with a win today, Arsenal could go level with the Blues in third if they get the three points. Lots to play for.

13:21

The ugliest part of football is winning the ball back. Those are the tough miles to run. When you have the ball, I always felt they were the easy miles. But the work you have to do without the ball, to get it back, can be dispiriting, tiresome and hard.

No one really likes it but the best teams do it to great effect. And Antonio Conte's Chelsea do it really well. Here is a team who play with a back three and who are really well drilled. You can tell they know where to stand and which positions to take up with or without the ball.

On Sunday they take on an Arsenal side who also play a back three. But in contrast, Arsenal look like a team who happened upon the back three as a formation which got them through a few results. Even on Thursday night against Cologne, they switched to a back four and looked more comfortable.

13:20
The managers

Arsene Wenger: 'Ozil is injured and Sanchez is close to his best but played midweek. He is very close to starting again. Every game is an opportunity to change history when it is negative. That (4-0 loss to Liverpool) was a negative so this is a good opportunity to put it right.'

Antonio Conte: 'Eden is very close. He is improving very well.'

13:16
Groundhog Day?
13:13
Captain, Leader, Driver
13:08
The warm-up
13:06

'Chelsea has always been a club I liked since I was young, especially because of guys like Didier Drogba being here.

'I would make a point of watching their games and I had this club close to my heart growing up, so I'm really happy to be wearing their shirt.

'I made the choice to come to Chelsea a lot because of the coach and after speaking to him. And I spoke to the people around me and my family. It seemed like the best opportunity.'

13:02

The German midfielder sat out the midweek Europa League victory against Cologne, with Arsene Wenger saying ahead of that match that Ozil would be 'rested'.

Sportsmail understands that Ozil will not feature in Sunday's clash at Stamford Bridge as he is struggling with a muscle injury.

On Friday, Wenger admitted that Ozil and fellow midfielder Aaron Ramsey were both doubts for Sunday’s clash, although he retained a hope that both would be available.

12:59
That was the real quiz
12:56
Stamford Bridge is ready
12:42
The pundits have their say

Graeme Souness – ‘They can think that (they’ve got the measure of Chelsea) but they’d be wrong. First time around at the Emirates Conte wasn’t settled on his team. Then the cup finals, there are always surprises.

‘We saw Arsenal at Liverpool recently. They struggled.’

Gary Neville – ‘The international break helped Arsenal, because they weren’t playing. Xhaka and Ramsey are in midfield again. I’m amazed. I expect Chelsea to bulldoze them.

'They were shocking at Liverpool. They didn’t run back, but they are there again. So I expect the same result.

Thierry Henry – ‘It is a surprise if Arsenal beat a big team away from home. I give no stats to back up a statement that Arsenal can win.’

12:40
Arsenal take II

Looks like Arsenal's graphic team are on one today. After initially naming Welbeck as the striker and Lacazette alongside Iwobi in the two behind, they've only gone and switched them round.

Arsenal.

12:32
Chelsea team - Hazard on the bench
12:31
Arsenal team - Sanchez on the bench
12:28
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