The Premier League's Champions League race remains alive as ever, with Arsenal pulling level with North London rivals Tottenham on 57 points with a memorable 4-2 win away at Chelsea on Wednesday night.

Match Report

Chelsea, who sit third, had looked nailed on to finish in the top four, but their loss leaves them looking over their shoulders now as both North London sides are just five points behind them.
It was Mikel Arteta's side who took an early lead in what would go on to be a chaotic, goal-filled night at Stamford Bridge. Eddie Nketiah got the first of his two goals by capitalising on a mishit backpass from Andreas Christensen.
The lead was short lived though and Timo Werner levelled just four minutes later. Ruben Loftus-Cheek won the ball back off Arsenal's goalscorer, and he laid off to Werner to finish.
But Emile Smith Rowe soon had the visitors back in front, putting the finishing touches on a classic Arsenal move. Starting from the back, Arteta's Gunners played the ball out nicely before Martin Odegaard squared for Smith Rowe to finish from the edge of the area.
As they had earlier, Chelsea levelled inside five minutes through an unlikely source in Spaniard Cesar Azpilicueta. Mason Mount delivered a perfect cross and no Arsenal defender had noticed Azpilicueta arriving, allowing the defender to finish and draw things level again.
Nketiah restored Arsenal's advantage slightly before the hour mark and Bukayo Saka made sure of the points when he converted a stoppage-time penalty.
Match Events
0' KICK-OFF! Who can win this match?
3' CLOSE! Alonso’s shot wide out
6' Gabriel‘s shot stopped by Mendy
9' CLOSE! Lukaku’s shot wide out
12' GOAL! Chelsea 0-1 Arsenal (Nketiah)
16' GOAL! Chelsea 1-1 Arsenal (Werner)
23' CLOSE! Nketiah’s shot wide out
26' GOAL! Chelsea 1-2 Arsenal (Smith Rowe)
31' GOAL! Chelsea 2-2 Arsenal (Azpilicueta)
37' Alonso’s shot flies into the sky
44' CLOSE! Smith Rowe’s shot wide out
56' GOAL! Chelsea 2-3 Arsenal (Nketiah)
64' What a save from Ramsdale!
66' Werner’s shot flies into the sky
81' Nuno Tavares’ shot wide out
84' Yellow Card! Mount booked
Line-ups
Chelsea XI: Azpilicueta, Lukaku, Alonso, Christensen, E. Mendy, Kante, Werner, Loftus-Cheek, Mount, Sarr, Reece James
Subs: Thiago Silva, Saul , Barkley, Jorginho, Kepa, Ziyech, T. Chalobah, Pulisic, Havertz
Arsenal XI: Xhaka, M.Elneny, Martin Odegaard, Holding, Gabriel, Ramsdale, B. White, Smith Rowe, Nketiah, Nuno Tavares, Saka
Subs: Lacazette, Leno, Cedric, Pepe, A. Lokonga, Martinelli, Z. Swanson, M. Azeez, O. Hutchinson
ola_wealth
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This club. ❤️
Ibrahimsmile
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Nketiah Tonight 💪🏽
ABDULWARIS
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Arsenal and Tottenham are fighting for top four while Manchester United are fighting Maguire
Ageerjok
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Nketiah Answered Arteta's call. 👏
Ninoluxury
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Useless Lineup, Useless results. We moveeeeee; congrats to Arsenal; I only wanted Chelsea to win because of Man United, but we failed.
KlasicYoung11
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Arteta and his team never give up, the hopes are still possible for the UCL qualification
Desmond95
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he was outstanding today 💪💪
CaboPinkberryMadrid
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Arsenal may have 99 problems, but beating Chelsea isn’t one of them
Amalzmz007
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Chelsea beat Southampton Southampton beat Arsenal Arsenal beat Chelsea ! 💯🔥
Desmond95
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far better than lokonga
Ibrahimsmile
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Manchester United when they know they are facing Arsenal next 😰
Yiwdekmort
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Chelsea New Owner
Gilbertgooner
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Thank you CHELSEA
moudah
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me knowing however much I comment AF won't choose by comment in Daily comments section but I ain't giving up..
civilization
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You can find every gif of nice goals here: https://bit.ly/3MhcSxh
BATAIYA001
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Arsenal trying to escape from Europa league
Ninoluxury
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Useless Lineup, Useless results. We moveeeeee; congrats to Arsenal; I only wanted Chelsea to win because of Man United, but we failed.
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Mendy should be benched; that guy can't make a single save, he's at the worst goalkeeper in the world right now, he should be rested to restore his skills. Playing James as CB instead of Azpi is scaring, what a bunch of joke Tuchel brought out to defend, Sarr and (RB) R. James, then Lukaku and you expect to win. Those players are good but they haven't played for a very long time now, nonetheless blues forever💙💙
FrankUtd
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This club. ❤️
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I wanted it more and they won it. Good game from Arsenal, Tuchel underrated Arsenal
Gunners4ever❤
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wat do you have to say 🤣🤣🤣 this club wat club
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