Martin Odegaard scored the winning goal as Arsenal defeated Chelsea 2-1 in Sunday’s Premier League game at the Emirates Stadium to maintain their 100% winning record.
Rogers’s opener shocked the Emirates crowd but only spurred on the Arsenal players, who subsequently launched a barrage of attacks on Xabi Alonso’s backline and inevitably found their equalizer through Kai Havertz, after an earlier Riccardo Calafiori goal was disallowed.
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Emiliano Martinez failed to cover his near post adequately as Havertz’s strike crept in, but the Chelsea number one had little hope five minutes into the second half, when a delightful Havertz dummy and thumping Martin Odegaard shot completed the champions’ turnaround.
One spectacular David Raya save later, the Spaniard tipped Estevao Willian’s late curler over the bar. Arsenal maintained their 100% start to the Premier League campaign while inflicting the first setback of the Alonso Chelsea era.
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Chelsea substitute Estevao thought he had equalized right at the end of the game, but Raya produced a brilliant finger-tip save as the Blues lost for the fifth straight league game at Emirates Stadium.
Along with Manchester City, the Gunners are one of only two teams to have a 100% winning record after three games, but their latest success came after an unexpected setback.
