good evening to you and a warm welcome to the part of west london where the kings road
and fulham road meet stamford bridge i'm derek ray joined in the commentary position by lee dixon
and it's all about action from the premier league in this case
it's chelsea up against arsenal thank you derek just flicking through my notes at
this one everything pointing to a really lively matchup this is fingers crossed hey
here's the lineup for chelsea and goto kante starts alongside matteo kovacich
in central midfield and the starting role an attack today is handed to robert lewandowski
and so they started 11 for arsenal
bent leno stands between the posts thomas party starts with granit xhaka
in the center of the pitch and the starting striker today is pierre-emerick aubameyang
thank you
hoping for plenty of excitement here at stamford bridge
it's arsenal's turn that
martin erdogan
there's an effect of clearance
pulisic
given away by pulisic
thomas saka
he's found a pocket of space pulisic
conte has it mount shot attempting and he did his job defensively
and pulisic has it now with lewandowski or covering up defensively
really vital interception
granit xhaka
well he went strongly into the challenge and the result is a throw in granite jacker
keeping possession of the ball with authority well that's how to break the spirit of the attacker
and now passing it through oh surely takes the shot and it's in one nil they breached the
defense well here it is again he does so well to slip past his man
left him stranded and then the sheer power of the strike really impressive it's a thunderbolt
and they are back underway chelsea with the advantage
martin erdogan cuts out superbly by kovich
an encouraging arsenal move might be onto something with that ball
well not great defender real chance
and he clears it out of harm's way
granit xhaka
so chelsea get ready for the set-piece routine hoping to increase their lead
i'll be dealt with that ball played in rather well
can he play us in no high quality defending
thomas deserves credit for winning the ball back
lewandowski and chelsea have done it it's going to be so difficult to stop them now
well here it is again the through ball is perfectly timed he caused his habit and he
had choices of what type of finish to apply and bang he goes for the smash lovely goal
oh to be a fly on the wall in that dressing room if it stays like this derek he's not happy
just look at him it's going their way two nil
one minutes of stoppage time has been added on pulisic
and chelsea moving the ball forward what can they do from here
nicely timed and the first 45 minutes have come and gone here at stamford bridge
an analysis of robert lewandowski's performance up to this point leads us
to very positive reviews lately yeah he's carved out plenty of shooting opportunities hasn't he
testing the keeper on numerous occasions great performance up to so the second half underway
and it's going to take a colossal effort from arsenal if they are to turn this around
martin erdogan granit xhaka
thomas and arsenal now find themselves in potentially a dangerous position
party and return to aubameyang and a goal not over just yet
well here's the replay and in many ways it doesn't do justice to how patient they
were in the build-up just so composed waiting for the right moment and once he gets himself
settled with the keeper to beat he hammers it into the back of the net smashing goal
so there we have it two one
and chelsea have given us away
pepe and cleared away well chelsea have struggled with possession of it
but again we've seen it before we'll see it again their counter-attack player has
been absolutely fantastic pace really hurts defenses and they've got that in abundance
and snuffing out the danger but a corner coming up over it comes the end product just wasn't there
and 30 minutes left for play in this match
and it crossed the touch line so a throw in here
lewandowski for
opportunity and a goal to really bolster things for them two in front
well here's the replay it's a really lovely through ball and then the sheer
power of this strike really impressive it's a thunderbolt let's have another view of that goal
that's a tale of four goals in this match now three one it is number
is on the referee to take action potentially and the referee decided that intervention was
illegal and cautionable oh without question it was not the best of challenges
martin erdogan it's with gabrielle
tierney pressure exerted but he keeps the ball
but attacking possibilities
well not quite the result he was hoping for with that shot close though
gabrielle
granit xhaka it's with erdogan pierre emerick aubameyang and that puts them in position
fluency of movement well he's beaten his man comprehensively had a useful cross just
unable to take advantage of that developing situation and he was in the right place to
intercept
losing possession here bodies forward and the break looks on
a close offside
decision as they were threatening
and a bad touch like that usually will mean giving the ball away given away by arsenal
nicola pepe
inside the final five minutes now it did look on for them but not to be
what can chelsea do from this position chill well
michonne with lewandowski
alas he's made his move too early offside they've decided that now is the time to go to the bench
the electronic board lets the fans know three minutes of stoppage time
zesh
strong but fair tackle
so the final whistle and what we can say officially now is that chelsea picked up
maximum points on this fixture lee your thoughts well derrick when the lead is
extended to a two-goal margin you could almost hear the sigh of relief from their supporters
and the manager too and the final analysis a really positive performance from this manly
well he played well scored a goal what a good performance from him