5:0!Havertz kills the old owner, Arsenal beats Chelsea, leads Manchester City by 4 points, and there is a play to win the championship
With the Bundesliga and Serie A competing for the league title and the leader of La Liga and Ligue 1 having a clear advantage, the Premier League has once again become the only title suspense in the five major leagues. Arsenal opened the game against Chelsea in the 29th round of the Premier League in midweek, with the Gunners firing on fire, Leandro Trossard opening the scoring, Kai Havertz and Ben White both netting twice as the Gunners handed the Blues a 5-0 defeat.
The Gunners comfortably beat Wolves in the last round to overtake Manchester City with a game in hand to regain top spot, while Chelsea lost to Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-finals to keep the big four out for the second season in a row. With the Blues' top scorer Palmer out due to illness, Pochettino had to put Madueke on the top to form a forward combination with Jacquesson and Mykhailo Mudryk, Conor Gallagher, Enzo and Caicedo in midfield, Gilchrist, Disasi, Benoit Badiashile and Cucurella in defence, and goalkeeper Petrovic.
Mikel Arteta also had a skilful 4-3-3 line-up: Kai Havertz, Leandro Trossard and Bukayo Saka partnered the front three, Thomas returned to the starting line-up for the first time in eight months with Odegaard and Rice, and Ben White, Gabriel, Saliba and Tomiyasu joined forces at the back, with Raya continuing to keep the back of the net.
In the fourth minute, Havertz pulled back and knocked, Thomas passed through, Rice held the ball in the ribs to advance the ball, Trossard shot into the net from a small angle, 1:0! After scoring this goal, Trossard has scored 10 goals in the Premier League this season, which is also the first time in his career to achieve this achievement in the Premier League. In addition, Leandro Trossard has scored five goals in his last eight Premier League starts.
In the 17th minute, Saka unexpectedly made a mistake in the return pass to give the Blues a corner kick opportunity, but Disasi failed to kick the perfect opportunity in the corner kick attack; in the 22nd minute, Rice stopped at the front of the penalty area and then shot with a kick, the ball was slightly above the crossbar; 2 minutes later, Jacquesson broke the ball on the left side to get rid of Saliba's defense and crossed into the penalty area, and the ball hit the post and popped up after changing the line!
In the 26th minute, Ben White broke the ball and passed directly, Havertz turned and volleyed in the penalty area, Petrovic made a sideways save, and then Saka received the ball at two points and passed again, Trossard shot hard in front of the goal and rebounded on Disasi, Petrovic did not dare to slack off and it was another wonderful save. In the 28th minute, Madueke forced a cross from the right side, Cucurella stopped the ball at the back point and hit the goal, and then Enzo's push was slightly off, and in the 41st minute, Gallagher crossed the ball, and Jacquesson's header was blocked by Raya sideways.
In the second half, Arsenal suddenly made a force, in the 48th minute, Badiashile held the ball in the backfield under the high pressure of the Gunners and made a low-level mistake, Odegaard broke the ball diagonally, Rice was saved by Petrovic bravely with a long shot; 2 minutes later, Odegaard sent a precise through plug on the right side of the rib, Havertz inserted a small angle to push the shot, Petrovic attacked in time to block the ball in the near corner. It's just that under the Gunners' continuous high pressure, it was no surprise that Chelsea conceded a goal. In the 52nd minute, Saka knocked back after receiving Odegaard's corner pass, Rice swept the ball low, Gallagher cleared in front of the goal and turned into an own goal, Ben White smiled and pushed it into the net, 2:0!
In the 57th minute, Gabriel broke the ball at the back, Arsenal launched a counterattack on the spot, Ode immediately sent a long pass over the top after observing the high circle, Havertz stepped forward to resist Cucurella's defense and volleyed into the top corner of the net, 3:0! Arsenal scored two goals in 5 minutes, Arteta raised his arms and shouted off the field, Havertz scored the goal of his old club, and the number of Premier League goals reached 10 this season, which is also the first time he scored double goals in a single season in the Premier League.
Chelsea are not without chances, in the 60th minute, Madueke pushed forward to attract the defense and then slanted, Jacquesson shook Gabriel to face the goal from close range but smothered in the side netting, fans joked that if it was not too bad to seize the opportunity, Jacquesson scored 30+ goals this season is not difficult. In the 65th minute, Saka broke through the cross with the ball on the right side, Badiashile completely missed Havertz, and the German striker easily shook off the angle and shot into the net, 4:0! Havertz scored twice and sprinkled a handful of salt on the wound of his old club.
In the 70th minute, it was Saka who held the ball on the right side to create an attack, Odegaard received the ball and crossed the penalty area, Ben White stepped forward to the corner of the goal to score another goal, and the score has come to 5:0!
Arsenal were not in a hurry for the rest of the game, and Chelsea's attacking backwater made it 5-0 to the scoreline, and after winning this game, Arsenal temporarily lead Manchester City by four points with two games in hand, and have a 12-goal difference, and the Gunners will also play Tottenham Hotspur in a north London derby this weekend. Chelsea, meanwhile, suffered their first consecutive defeat away to the Gunners in 20 years, while Pochettino has faced Arsenal eight times, drawing four and losing four, scoring just seven goals and conceding 18 goals and keeping a clean sheet.