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Eddie Nketiah had not scored in the Premier League for a year before his double at Stamford BridgeEddie Nketiah scored twice as Arsenal boosted their chances of qualifying for the Champions League with a thrilling victory against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
The 22-year-old scored at the start of each half as the Gunners ended a run of three successive Premier League defeats.
Emile Smith Rowe was also on target as Arsenal twice led in the first half only for Timo Werner and Cesar Azpilicueta to level soon after for Chelsea.
Bukayo Saka put the seal on the victory with a penalty in added time after he been brought down by Azpilicueta.
Arsenal stay fifth despite the win but are now level on points with fourth-placed Tottenham while Chelsea are five points better off in third.
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Chelsea
Squad number16Player nameMendy
Squad number24Player nameJames
Squad number4Player nameChristensen
Squad number31Player nameSarr
Squad number28Player nameAzpilicueta
Squad number12Player nameLoftus-Cheek
Squad number7Player nameKanté
Squad number3Player nameAlonso
Squad number19Player nameMount
Squad number9Player nameLukaku
Squad number11Player nameWerner
Squad number6Player nameThiago Silva
Squad number22Player nameZiyech
Squad number29Player nameHavertz
Arsenal
Squad number32Player nameRamsdale- Squad number4Player nameWhite
Squad number16Player nameHolding- Squad number6Player nameGabriel Magalhães
- Squad number20Player nameNuno Tavares
Squad number25Player nameMohamed Elneny
Squad number34Player nameXhaka- Squad number7Player nameSaka
- Squad number8Player nameØdegaard
- Squad number10Player nameSmith Rowe
- Squad number30Player nameNketiah
Squad number9Player nameLacazette- Squad number17Player nameCédric Soares
- Squad number35Player nameGabriel Martinelli
Line-ups
Chelsea
Formation 3-4-1-2
- 16Mendy
- 24James
- 4ChristensenSubstituted forThiago Silvaat 45'minutes
- 31SarrBooked at 65mins
- 28AzpilicuetaBooked at 90mins
- 12Loftus-Cheek
- 7Kanté
- 3AlonsoSubstituted forZiyechat 81'minutes
- 19MountBooked at 84mins
- 9LukakuSubstituted forHavertzat 60'minutes
- 11Werner
Substitutes
- 1Arrizabalaga
- 5Jorginho
- 6Thiago Silva
- 10Pulisic
- 14Chalobah
- 17Saúl
- 18Barkley
- 22Ziyech
- 29Havertz
Arsenal
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 32Ramsdale
- 4White
- 16Holding
- 6GabrielBooked at 90mins
- 20Tavares
- 25Elneny
- 34Xhaka
- 7SakaSubstituted forLacazetteat 90+5'minutes
- 8Ødegaard
- 10Smith RoweSubstituted forCédric Soaresat 75'minutes
- 30NketiahSubstituted forMartinelliat 70'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Leno
- 9Lacazette
- 17Cédric Soares
- 19Pépé
- 23Sambi Lokonga
- 35Martinelli
- 38Azeez
- 69Swanson
- 82Hutchinson
Referee:Jonathan Moss
Attendance:32,249
Live Text
Match ends, Chelsea 2, Arsenal 4.
Second Half ends, Chelsea 2, Arsenal 4.
Substitution, Arsenal. Alexandre Lacazette replaces Bukayo Saka.
Goal! Chelsea 2, Arsenal 4. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
Penalty conceded by César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Arsenal. Bukayo Saka draws a foul in the penalty area.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Rob Holding.
Attempt missed. Nuno Tavares (Arsenal) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is high and wide to the left.
Mason Mount (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Mason Mount (Chelsea).
Cédric Soares (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Nuno Tavares (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Cédric Soares.
Foul by Malang Sarr (Chelsea).
Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Chelsea. Hakim Ziyech replaces Marcos Alonso.
Attempt missed. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Cédric Soares.
Substitution, Arsenal. Cédric Soares replaces Emile Smith Rowe.
Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Martinelli replaces Eddie Nketiah.
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