Arsenal v Chelsea: The Blues earn bragging rights in London Derby

 Good afternoon everyone

I hope you're well and enjoying your Summer break. Apologies for not writing last week. I had just received my first dose of Pfizer on Thursday and had a sore arm until Friday night. From now on I'll be more consistent with my blog.

Moving on. After beating Crystal Palace 3-0 on the opening day of the season last week, Chelsea headed to London rivals Arsenal with a point to prove that they'll be contenders for the EPL along with Liverpool, Man City and Man Utd. Romelu Lukaku made his second debut for the Blues and boy did he have a good game with him opening the score after 15 minutes after an assist from Reece James and 20 minutes later the England wing back made it 2-0 which effectively killed the contest. Credit should go to the Belgian international for bullying the Arsenal centre-backs who couldnt handle him.

The second half was mostly about maintaining the composure and not slipping up. The Gunners did have good chances but the Chelsea defence stood firm. The whole team was good from defence to midfield to the attack but of course the Blues didnt need to kick into 2nd or 3rd gear. Also looking at the line up there was no Ngolo Kanté,Thiago Silva, Timo Werner or  Trevoh Chalobah. That just shows the strong depth of the team.

So this result means that Chelsea are top with 6 points, 2 clean sheets and 5 goals scored in 2 matches. There's still a long way to go so lets get too excited just yet. Next up is a difficult trip to Anfield to face Liverpool on saturday night. This time supporters will be there so it wont be as simple as last time. Plus they have most of their players fit so the Van Dijk v Lukaku battle will be interesting as well as the midfield battle. 

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In case you missed the match, here are the highlights. Enjoy


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