London rivals Chelsea and Arsenal performed out an entertaining 1-1 draw of their Premier League assembly at Stamford Bridge on Sunday night, November 10. The stalemate prolonged the Gunners’ winless run to 4 video games within the English Premier League, inflicting them to fall additional behind within the title race. With 19 factors, Mikel Arteta’s aspect is in fourth place within the Premier League rankings, 9 factors behind league leaders Liverpool.
Chelsea and Arsenal Fail to Settle it at Stamford Bridge
Enzo Maresca’s massively improved Chelsea had the primary stab at purpose, and, unsurprisingly, it got here from the magical left boot of Cole Palmer. The Arsenal protection allowed the Englishman loads of house outdoors the field, and he unhesitantly tried his luck. The shot from vary was dipping swiftly, warranting Gunners stopper David Raya to acrobatically tip the ball over the bar. Within the twenty fourth minute, Chelsea got here agonizingly near scoring, as Pedro Neto discovered Malo Gusto with an ideal cross on the far submit. The Frenchman solely needed to steer the ball in from shut vary, however he mistimed his header, sending it over the bar.
Within the thirty second minute, former Chelsea man Kai Havertz discovered the again of the online for Arsenal, celebrating by placing his finger on his lips. Nonetheless, a lot to the delight of the Stamford Bridge devoted, the purpose didn’t stand, as Havertz had veered off into an offside place whereas receiving the ball from Declan Rice.
The impasse finally broke within the sixtieth minute, as Gabriel Martinelli did justice to Martin Odegaard’s impeccable cross from the appropriate. Surprisingly unmarked, Martinelli waltzed into the field from the left, obtained Odegaard’s supply, and beat the goalkeeper at his close to submit.
The North Londoners, nonetheless, didn’t keep forward for lengthy, because of Neto’s sensational outside-the-box effort within the seventieth minute. As soon as once more, Arsenal gave Neto far an excessive amount of house outdoors the field, permitting the winger to dispatch a thumping effort, which slotted into the bottom-right nook.
Arsenal might have received the sport within the 87th minute when the ball landed at Leandro Trossard’s ft inside the world. Disappointingly, the substitute blasted his effort over the bar.
Mikel Arteta Calls on His Gamers to Present Their Tooth
After seeing his group fall additional behind within the Premier League title race, a dejected Arteta urged his gamers to point out how a lot they need to win the title.
He stated within the post-match press convention (through The Guardian):
“When it will get nasty, present your tooth and present how a lot you need it.
“When it’s Disneyland it’s very straightforward. Everyone’s subsequent to you, telling you the way lovely you might be. When it will get darkish and tough and everyone’s questioning it, that’s once I need to see individuals. I’m wanting round. Who’s going to step into that field? Sure or no?”
He added:
“Win, win, win, win and win as a result of these guys [our rivals] don’t cease profitable. That’s what we’ve to do.”
Arsenal will return to motion with a conflict in opposition to Nottingham Forest after the worldwide break on November 23.
