Arsenal earned their first away point and David Luiz was sent off in a desperately poor game at Stamford Bridge
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Sun 17 Sep 2017 10.26 EDT
First published on Sun 17 Sep 2017 07.30 EDT
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Arsenal will probably be pleased with their first away point. That was a huge improvement on whatever it was they tried to do at Liverpool. They were solid and disciplined. That said, they might be slightly disappointed not to have scored in the first half, when their dominance forced Antonio Conte into making a half-time change to toughen up his team. Nothing really worked for Chelsea in possession. They need to get Eden Hazard up to speed. They go third - Arsenal stay 12th - but they’re three points behind Manchester City. Thanks for reading. Do join Nick Ames for Manchester United v Everton now. Bye.
Full-time: Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal
What a poor game.
90 min+3: Bellerin is booked for a cynical push on Bakayoko.
90 min+1: Moses runs at Kolasinac, who brings him down. Kolasinac has lost his head. He screams at the linesman and is lucky not to receive a second booking for dissent.
90 min: Kolasinac is booked for a hack on Hazard. There will be four added minutes.
90 min: Sanchez finds Monreal in space inside the Chelsea area, but the defender’s shot is blocked!
89 min: Andreas Christensen replaces Alvaro Morata. Kolasinac has returned.
88 min: Kolasinac is still receiving treatment.
Red card for David Luiz (Chelsea)!
87 min: David Luiz makes down the right flank and takes too long to release the ball. He ends up overruning it, with Sanchez pressuring him, panics, loses control and flies into a challenge with Kolasinac. The Arsenal player gets there first and Luiz studs him on the ankle. Ouch. Michael Oliver rushes over and shows the red card. There are no complaints from Luiz and once again Chelsea will finish with 10 against Arsenal.
87 min: This corner’s headed out as far as Moses, who sees his volley blocked.
86 min: Bakayoko’s shot is deflected wide for a corner by Sanchez. It’s cleared. Hazard picks up possession and finds Fabregas on the right. His volleyed cross takes a deflection for another Chelsea corner.
84 min: This is comically inept. No one can complete a pass. They’ve all lost the run of themselves! Look at them charging around! Elneny’s booked for a foul on Bakayoko.
82 min: “How many hundreds of millions of pounds have been spent so Sky could bring us this utter tripe?” says David Flynn. “If this game was on HBO they’d cancel the season halfway through.”
80 min: Mohamed Elneny replaces Alex Iwobi.
79 min: Kante breaks through the middle and manages something rare, a pass to a Chelsea player. It’s Hazard, too, and that spells trouble for Arsenal. He dribbles through, swaying inside on to his right foot, but his rising drive from 18 yards is held by Cech.
78 min: Mohamed Elneny will be on soon. Are Arsenal about to settle for a point?
76 min: Chelsea steam forward and force a corner on the left. Hazard and Fabregas take it quickly. Fabregas skips past one challenge and fires the ball into the middle, but Xhaka clears.
75 min: Bakyoko trips Ramsey on the right. Arsenal have a free-kick. Xhaka lifts it to the far post, Mustafi’s unmarked and he heads it past Courtois, but the flag’s up for offside! He doesn’t know and peels off to celebrate with the Arsenal fans. Alas. His joy is shortlived.
74 min: The second half has drifted by. It’s been fairly dire.
73 min: It seems Welbeck’s tweaked his groin. Olivier Giroud replaces him.
71 min: Welbeck’s down and in need of treatment.
70 min: Eden Hazard replaces the disappointing Willian.
66 min: Alexis Sanchez replaces Alexandre Lacazette.
65 min: Alexis Sanchez is getting ready to come on. There’s no sign of Eden Hazard yet, though. Morata’s booked for dissent after complaining about being penalised for a shoulder barge on Mustafi.
62 min: Another Chelsea move breaks down and Arsenal counter, Welbeck galloping down the left. He cleverly prods a pass inside to Kolasinac, who drives into the Chelsea area. However Azpilicueta does well to jockey him and Kolasinac ends up running the ball out of play before shooting or crossing.
60 min: Morata has had a few tussles with Mustafi and been given nothing. This time he gets a free-kick on the left, though. A chance for Chelsea. Fabregas rolls it down the line to Willian, who cuts inside before shooting miles over.
59 min: It’s been a poor start to the second half.
57 min: Welbeck tries to scoop a pass through to Ramsey, but Courtois reads it.
55 min: Ramsey sprays a slide-rule pass through to Lacazette, but Azpilicueta gets his body in the way and ushers the ball behind.
54 min: Bakayoko makes his first contribution, powering through midfield and injecting some energy into Chelsea’s play. He finds Alonso on the left. He cuts inside and sees his shot blocked by Bellerin.
52 min: A free-kick to Chelsea on the right. Fabregas lofts it in, it’s flicked on and Luiz tries an overhead kick and ends up booting Koscielny in the face. The defender’s down and will need treatment. Was there some kind of high boot controversy recently? Can’t remember. Anyway Luiz is booked.
50 min: This is scrappy.
47 min: Morata pokes a pass to Fabregas, who moves it to the right for Willian. He wastefully shoots straight at Cech.
46 min: Arsenal get the second half underway. Chelsea should be stiffer in midfield now Bakayoko’s on.
Tiemoue Bakayoko is coming on for Chelsea. Pedro is coming off.
Half-time: Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal
Arsenal are playing well at Stamford Bridge!
45 min+1: There will be two added minutes. Out of nowhere, Morata almost bursts through after beating Mustafi. Monreal steams across, though, and boots it back towards his own goal from 40 yards. Cech does very well to chest down and clear. A bit more oomph from Monreal and that could have been a very funny own goal.
45 min: Chelsea are rattled. They’re struggling to put two passes together.
43 min: Chelsea are rocking. I wonder if Conte might bring on Bakayoko for Fabregas.
41 min: What a miss from Lacazette! This is astonishing! With Arsenal completely on top in midfield, Ramsey decides to creep forward and he drifts past Fabregas as though the Spaniard isn’t there. Into the area he goes, stumbling past one challenge, then another. He’s off balance, but he’s determined and tries to prod a shot into the bottom left corner with his right foot. It bobbles past Courtois, but hits the inside of the post and bounces out to Lacazette, who promptly volleys over the empty net and high into the stands, almost like he was clearing it for a corner!
39 min: Gary Cahill decides to get out of a tight hole by doing a backheel. Does it come off? Well, moments later he’s booting it into the stands.
38 min: Xhaka’s corner is nonsense. So’s Moses’s attempt to clear on the edge of the area. A complete miskick gives Koscielny a chance, but the defender scoops over.
37 min: Iwobi sends in the free-kick; Morata heads behind for a corner.