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Sunday, 06 September 2026

FULL TIME

2–1

Half-time 1-1

Chelsea

Away

Havertz 25'Ødegaard 50'

Rogers 2'

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Line-upsOfficial

Arsenal4-2-3-1

1Raya

4White

15Konsa

6Gabriel

33Calafiori

41Rice

49Lewis-Skelly

7Saka

8Ødegaard

17Tzolis

29Havertz

Subs

Hincapié (66e) et Zubimendi (67e), Merino (77e) et Gyökeres (78e), Madueke (90e)

Manager · M. Arteta

Match report

Havertz hurt his old club badly

We conceded our first goal of the season after a hundred seconds, from a badly defended Reece James free kick, and for a quarter of an hour we wondered what this defence was really worth without Saliba. Then Kai Havertz went to work on his old club. He started with a low shot from twenty yards that Martinez got a hand to without keeping out, and then came that dummy on the Tzolis pass, where he lets the ball run through his legs while Chelsea follows him and Odegaard arrives behind. We dropped deep for the last half hour and the Emirates held its breath until the whistle, but we have now gone ten league games without losing to them.

Man of the match

Martin Ødegaard 8

He scored the winner, and he was the most accurate Gunner in the final third

Recent H2H

Arsenal2 - 1Chelsea

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Stats & timeline

2.11vs0.34

ArsenalStatsChelsea

Possession

55%

45%

Shots

Shots on target

Big chances

Touches in the opposition box

Pass accuracy

85%

82%

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Goalkeeper saves

Timeline

2'⚽

Rogers punishes us straight away

Reece James floats a free kick in, the ball hangs in the six-yard box and Rogers stabs it home

14'🟨

Joao Pedro is booked

The first card of the night, for Chelsea

25'⚽

Havertz wipes it out

Rice sends him down the right, he cuts inside and his low shot escapes Martinez

45'⏸

Half-time

Arsenal 1-1 Chelsea, and Neto had hit the post before the break

50'⚽

Odegaard puts Arsenal in front

Tzolis slides the ball into the box, Havertz lets it run through his legs and the captain finishes

58'🟨

Tzolis is booked

Lacroix picks his up in the same minute, at the other end

66'🔄

Arteta shuts the game down

Hincapie comes on for Calafiori, then Zubimendi for Lewis-Skelly straight after

77'🔄

Merino and Gyokeres come on

Odegaard and then Havertz make way, with the score settled

90'🔄

Madueke replaces Saka

Arsenal make their last change to see the game out

90'+5🟨

Merino is booked

Arsenal pick up their second and last card of the night

90'🏁

Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea

Nine points from nine, and ten league games without losing to Chelsea

Analysis & Arsenal focus

Ce qu’il faut retenir

On a encaissé après cent secondes et personne n’a changé quoi que ce soit. Arteta a gardé son onze et son plan jusqu’à l’heure de jeu, et c’est Chelsea qui a fini par reculer dans son camp. Ce sang-froid-là, on ne l’avait pas toujours dans ce genre de soirée.

La feinte qui a tout décidé

Tzolis glisse le ballon dans la surface, Havertz le laisse passer entre ses jambes sans même le regarder, et la défense de Chelsea suit son corps. Ødegaard débarque derrière et prend le temps de choisir son côté. Ces deux-là n’ont pas besoin de se regarder pour se trouver.

Le premier but concédé

Un coup franc de Reece James, un ballon qui traîne trop longtemps dans les six mètres, et Rogers n’a plus qu’à le pousser au sol. C’est le premier but qu’on encaisse depuis le début de la saison, et il vient d’un coup de pied arrêté mal défendu. Avec Konsa et Gabriel dans l’axe, le reste de la soirée a été autrement plus solide.

Arteta a fermé la boutique

Hincapié et Zubimendi sont entrés juste après l’heure de jeu, au moment où le match commençait à s’ouvrir. Ødegaard et Havertz ont suivi dix minutes plus tard, une fois le score acquis. Chelsea a poussé jusqu’au bout sans jamais nous mettre vraiment en danger.

Read the pre-match build-up

We are about to find out what this defence is worth

Xabi Alonso has built a side that hands you the ball without a second thought and cuts you open in three passes. Fulham and Brighton went down that way, and nobody here fancies being the third. Morgan Rogers lines up against us too, the player we chased all summer until Chelsea put £117m on the table. We have not lost a league game to them in nine meetings, though that says very little about this Chelsea. And at the back we go again without Saliba, with Arteta leaving his call on Bruno Guimarães and Mosquera to the last session.

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