Arsenal misplaced extra floor within the Premier League title race following a 1-1 draw with Chelsea on the Stamford Bridge yesterday.
The outcome leaves the London sides 9 factors adrift of leaders Liverpool.Gabriel Martinelli put the guests in entrance within the sixtieth minute, delivering a neatly lifted ball from captain Martin Odegaard, whose affect on his return from damage proved essential after the Gunners’ failure to attain of their final two video games.
Chelsea equalised 10 minutes later when substitute Enzo Fernandez pushed the ball to the ever-lively Pedro Neto simply exterior the Arsenal space and the Portuguese stepped to 1 facet and shot low to David Raya’s left.The outcome lifted Chelsea to 3rd and Arsenal to fourth within the desk, each on 19 factors.The primary half threatened to burst into life at occasions, with each side creating possibilities, however an absence of high quality in entrance of objective saved the rating goalless on the interval. Kai Havertz thought he’d gotten one over on his former membership when he scored from a fast free-kick, however the German had strayed simply offside.On the different finish, Cole Palmer’s early long-range effort was tipped over by David Raya.
Gabriel Martinelli had endured a troublesome first 45 minutes, squandering an excellent likelihood to place the guests forward when put by on objective. However with query marks remaining over his finish product, the Brazilian winger responded to the critics by making it 1-0 when Odegaard capitalised on some slack Chelsea defending to seek out Martinelli in house, and he did the remainder to complete on the close to submit.
The Blues had executed little else to hassle Raya, and it seemed like one thing particular can be required for them to get again into the competition. Step up Pedro Neto, who fired a rasping effort from distance into the underside nook within the seventieth minute.
