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Trossard scores for Arsenal!”,”caption”:”Leandro Trossard scores for Arsenal!”,”credit”:”Photo: Dylan Martinez/Reuters “}}]”attributes”:{“pinned”:false,”keyEvent”:true,”summary”:false},”blockCreatedOn”:1713899012000,”blockCreatedOnDisplay”:”15.03 EDT”,”blockLastUpdated”:1713899237000, “blockLastUpdatedDisplay”:” 15.07 EDT”,”blockFirstPublished”:1713899163000,”blockFirstPublishedDisplay”:”15.06 EDT”,”blockFirstPublishedDisplayNoTimezone”:”15.06″,”title”:”Goal! 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Arsenal: Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Tomiyasu, Odegaard, Partey, Rice, Saka, Havertz, Trossard.
Subs: Ramsdale, Gabriel Jesus, Smith Rowe, Martinelli, Nketiah, Kiwior, Jorginho, Vieira, Zinchenko.
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Chelsea: Petrovic, Disasi, Gilchrist, Badiashile, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernandez, Madueke, Gallagher, Mudryk, Jackson.
Subs: Thiago Silva, Sterling, Bettinelli, Chalobah, Chukwuemeka, Casadei, Washington, Tauriainen, Dyer.
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Referee: Simon Hooper (Wiltshire).
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🔴 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠𝙉𝙀𝙒𝙎 ⚪️
🔙 Tomiyasu returns
⚖️ Partey in the middle
⚡️ Havertz leads the lineLet's seize the opportunity, Gunners 👊 pic.twitter.com/aOiWCkh43k
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) April 23, 2024
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Your Tuesday night team news is here! 🗞️@ParimatchUK | #CFC | #CheEve pic.twitter.com/4cKqA1cCFj
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) April 23, 2024
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Arsenal can go three points clear at the top of the Premier League tonight, and in doing so, tick off one of the harder matches of their title-race run-in. They’ll fancy their chances against a side that everyone has suddenly started referring to as Cole Palmer FC, but tonight won’t feature any Cole Palmer. Arsenal are the form horse, having won 11 of their last 13 Premier League matches, and have only lost one of their last nine encounters with Chelsea, though they lost their last home game, against Aston Villa. Meanwhile Chelsea are belatedly getting it together under Mauricio Pochettino: they’re unbeaten in eight league games, and were the better side in defeat to Manchester City in the cup semis last weekend. So all in all, for a match between first and ninth, between teams separated by 27 points, this is balanced rather nicely. Kick-off is at 8pm BST. Business-end drama ahoy! It’s on!
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| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 33 | 51 | 74 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 33 | 43 | 74 |
| 3 | Man City | 32 | 44 | 73 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 34 | 21 | 66 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 32 | 16 | 60 |
| 6 | Newcastle | 32 | 17 | 50 |
| 7 | Man Utd | 32 | -1 | 50 |
| 8 | West Ham | 34 | -9 | 48 |
| 9 | Chelsea | 31 | 9 | 47 |
| 10 | Brighton | 32 | 2 | 44 |
| 11 | Wolverhampton | 33 | -7 | 43 |
| 12 | Fulham | 34 | -4 | 42 |
| 13 | AFC Bournemouth | 33 | -12 | 42 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 33 | -14 | 36 |
| 15 | Brentford | 34 | -7 | 35 |
| 16 | Everton | 33 | -14 | 30 |
| 17 | Nottm Forest | 34 | -18 | 26 |
| 18 | Luton | 34 | -28 | 25 |
| 19 | Burnley | 34 | -32 | 23 |
| 20 | Sheff Utd | 33 | -57 | 16 |
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important events
7 minutes: Bad news for Chelsea: Arsenal have won 22 of their 25 Premier League games this season.
goal! Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea (Trossard 5)
This is too easy. Rice was allowed to barrel down the inside left channel without being questioned by anyone in blue. Rice reaches the edge of the box and feints into the box, but changes direction and releases Trossard wide. Gilchrist was gone from the game. Trossard lashes low and beats Petrovic at the near post. A good start for hosts!
3 minutes: Chelsea get off to a bit of a nervous start. Cucurella went back to keeper Petrovic and just got enough to buy the ball. Trossard was hovering.
2 minutes: …So with another inch or two Arsenal could already be one point ahead and Chelsea could be one point ahead.
25 seconds: White curls a low pass into the inside right channel and fires Havertz into the goal! He goes into the box but is pulled back by Badiasile. It’s clearly a penalty…but the flag should go up as it’s offside. It was something that Chelsea got away with. What a great start!
Chelsea get the ball rolling. Arsenal kicks towards the clock.
The team is out! Arsenal wear red and white, Chelsea wear blue and gold. Everyone seems to be doing really well. Everyone at Emirates sounded very good and the atmosphere was as expected ahead of a midweek derby between two huge rivals under the lights. I’m leaving soon!
Mauricio Pochettino tells TNT. “We need to move on… We were disappointed after the semi-final… Today we have another chance… It’s not easy to change players.” [Cole Palmer] It’s working very well for us…playmakers…but we need to know how we need to play…Alfie Gilchrist has already had the experience…he takes things in a natural way and… You have to try to play and perform the way you know how. ”
Mikel Arteta told TNT Sports. “We know we have to be really good to beat this team tonight…We’re going to keep fighting…We’ve won 10 of 11 games, but we’re still not at the top. That’s our goal. It’s the level… [Saliba and Gabriel] It’s a huge platform, there’s incredible chemistry there, there’s an understanding, they complement each other in the right way… They’ve been playing together for two years and continue to grow. …We are happy to have them…The team is good overall defensively, strong…We are already here and we know what is needed…we influence the game We’re here to… We have the ability… When it comes to these moments, we have to step up and make it happen. ”
Arsenal made two changes to their starting XI after their 2-0 win over Wolves. Thomas Partey and Takehiro Tomiyasu participated. Gabriel Jesus and Jakub Kiviol will be on the bench.
Chelsea made four changes to their squad following their 1-0 defeat to Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-final. Cole Palmer is sick, Maro Gusto is injured and Trevor Chalobah and Thiago Silva are on the bench. Mykhailo Mudryk, Axel Disasi, Benoît Badiashile and Alfie Gilchrist step up.
team
Arsenal: Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Tomiyasu, Odegaard, Partey, Rice, Saka, Havertz, Trossard.
Subs: Ramsdale, Gabriel Jesus, Smith Rowe, Martinelli, Nketiah, Kivior, Jorginho, Vieira, Zinchenko.
Chelsea: Petrovic, Disasi, Gilchrist, Badiasile, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernandez, Madueke, Gallagher, Madrik, Jackson.
Subs: Thiago Silva, Sterling, Bettinelli, Chaloba, Chukwuemeka, Casadei, Washington, Tauraiainen, Dier.
Referee: Simon Hooper (Wiltshire).
𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠𝙉𝙀𝙒𝙎 ⚪️
🔙Tomiyasu returns
⚖️ Party in progress
⚡️ Havertz takes the lead
Let’s take our chances, Gunners 👊 pic.twitter.com/aOiWCkh43k
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) April 23, 2024
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🔴𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠𝙉𝙀𝙒𝙎 ⚪️
🔙Tomiyasu returns
⚖️Party in progress
⚡️ Havertz takes the leadLet’s take our chances, Gunners 👊 pic.twitter.com/aOiWCkh43k
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) April 23, 2024
Here’s Tuesday night’s team news! 🗞️@ParimatchUK | #CFC | #chave pic.twitter.com/4cKqA1cCFj
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) April 23, 2024
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preamble
Arsenal can move three points clear at the top of the Premier League tonight and, in doing so, start one of the toughest games in the title race. They’ll be looking for a chance to play the team everyone suddenly started calling Cole Palmer FC, but Cole Palmer won’t be playing tonight. Arsenal are in good form, having won 11 of their last 13 Premier League games, losing just one of their last nine against Chelsea, but lost their last home game against Aston Villa. Meanwhile, Chelsea are slowly starting to improve under manager Mauricio Pochettino. They are unbeaten in eight league games and although they lost to Manchester City in the cup semi-final last weekend, they were the better team. So all in all, for a match between his first place and his ninth place between teams 27 points apart, this is balanced out pretty well. Kick-off is 8pm BST. Business end drama, Ahoy! It’s on!
