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 facet 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 objective, and, unsurprisingly, it got here from the magical left boot of Cole Palmer. The Arsenal protection allowed the Englishman loads of area 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 trustworthy, the objective 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 precise. Surprisingly unmarked, Martinelli waltzed into the field from the left, acquired Odegaard’s supply, and beat the goalkeeper at his close to submit.
The North Londoners, nevertheless, didn’t keep forward for lengthy, due to Neto’s sensational outside-the-box effort within the seventieth minute. As soon as once more, Arsenal gave Neto far an excessive amount of area outdoors the field, permitting the winger to dispatch a thumping effort, which slotted into the bottom-right nook.
Arsenal might have gained 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 Enamel
After seeing his workforce fall additional behind within the Premier League title race, a dejected Arteta urged his gamers to indicate how a lot they need to win the title.
He stated within the post-match press convention (by way of The Guardian):
“When it will get nasty, present your enamel and present how a lot you need it.
“When it’s Disneyland it’s very simple. All people’s subsequent to you, telling you ways stunning you might be. When it will get darkish and troublesome and all people’s questioning it, that’s after I need to see individuals. I’m trying 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 successful. That’s what we’ve got to do.”
Arsenal will return to motion with a conflict towards Nottingham Forest after the worldwide break on November 23.
