Live bar On April 21, at 2:45 a.m. Beijing time, chelsea sat at home to meet Arsenal in the 25th round of the 2021-22 Premier League. Christensen gave a gift in the first half, Nketiah opened the scoring for Arsenal, then Werner equalised for Chelsea, Smith Rowe received an assist from Odegaard to help Arsenal lead again, Azpilicueta scored, and the Blues temporarily made it 2-2 to the Gunners at halftime.
Before this game, Chelsea were in third place in the table with 62 points in 30 games, while Arsenal were in fifth place with 54 points in 31 games. In terms of lineups, Lukaku, Werner, Mount and Kante started at Chelsea, Thiago Silva, Havertz and Jorginho were on standby; on the Arsenal side, Smith Rowe, Odegaard and Saka started the game, and Martinelli and Lacazette came off the bench.
With the whistle of the referee on duty, the game officially began.
In the 4th minute, a Chelsea corner kick opportunity, Lukaku's stop came to the feet of Marcos Alonso, whose left-footed shot was blocked and slightly off the upright.
In the 7th minute, Gabriel picked out a pass in the penalty area and Tavares crossed the ball in front of the goal and was cleared by Mendy.
In the 10th minute, Lukaku burst into the penalty area and leaned on the defender to hit the goal, deflecting it off the far post.
In the 13th minute, Christensen made a mistake in passing the ball at the back and Nketija snatched a low shot at Mendy, Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea.
Look at Nketiah's goal.
In the 17th minute, Arsenal's back-line pass was snatched by Cheek and the ball came to the feet of Werner on the left, who cut inside and fired a low shot that hit the defender and appeared to refract into the net, Chelsea 1-1 Arsenal.
Look at Werner's goal.
In the 19th minute, Werner crossed from the left, Marcos Alonso returned and Mount followed up with a volley that was deflected.
In the 22nd minute, Mount brought down Tavarez.
In the 24th minute, Arsenal counter-attacked, Saka broke through on the left and reversed the triangle back, Nketiah followed the attacking goal, the ball was interfered with by the defenders out of the bottom line.
In the 27th minute, Arsenal broke the ball at the back and quickly advanced to the front, Saka crossed on the right, Erdegaard got the ball and then made it to teammate Smith Ronaldo, Smith Ronaldo shot low, Mendy was powerless to stop the ball into the net, Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea.
Look at Smith Rowe's goal.
In the 32nd minute, Chelsea organised an attack on the left side of the field, Mount received the ball and crossed the box, followed up by Azpilicueta pushed the goal, Chelsea 2-2 Arsenal.
Look again at Azpilicueta's goal.
In the 33rd minute, Nketiah unleashed a cold left-footed arrow from outside the penalty area, the ball slightly off the near post.
In the 34th minute, Tavares drove straight into a low shot from the left that deflected off the far post. In the 38th minute, Marcos Alonso received a wide-range shift from Mount and burst into the box with a burst shot that went high.
In the 41st minute, Xhaka's shot was blocked by a defender.
In the 45th minute, Erdgau was obliquely blocked and Smith Rhode's ball burst into the box with a low shot that was slightly deflected.
Two minutes of injury time in the first half, chelsea temporarily 2-2 Arsenal.
Lineups for both sides:
Chelsea starters: 16-Mendy, 24-Rees James, 4-Christensen, 31-Sal, 28-Azpilicueta, 12-Cheek, 7-Kante, 3-Marcos Alonso, 19-Mount, 9-Lukaku, 11-Werner
Chelsea substitutes: 1 Kepa, 14-Charloba, 6 Thiago Silva, 18 Barkley, 5 Jorginho, 17 Saul, 10 Pulisic, 22 Ziyech, 29 Havertz
Arsenal starters: 32-Ramsdale, 6-Gabriel, 4-Ben White, 34-Xhaka, 20-Tavares, 16-Holderin, 25-Hernenne, 7-Saka, 8-Erdegaard, 10-Smithro, 30-Nketia
Arsenal substitutes: 1 Leno, 19 Cedric, 69 Swanson, 38 Azez, 23 Lokunga, 82 Hutchinson, 19 Pepe, 35 Martinelli, 9 Lacazette
(Ma Dongyu)