Arsenal vs Chelsea
Match pulse
ARSAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
Who won: Arsenal 1-0
Arsenal beat Chelsea 1-0 on Sunday, December 16, 2007 at Emirates Stadium. Goals for Arsenal: William Gallas (45'+2').
Play by play
- 90'
FULL-TIME: The goal from ex-Blues man William Gallas gives Arsenal a rare victory over Chelsea in an absorbing game which could perhaps have gone either way towards the end.
- 90'
Fabregas misses a glorious chance after sub Bendtner passes for him. Fabregas then kicks out at Cole who lashes out at the Spaniard. Both players appear to have been booked.
- 90'
Chelsea can't make anything from the corner but Arsenal go straight up the park and try to finish the game off. At one point there are five red shirts against two blue, which is sure to have Arsene Wenger furious at such a late stage of this game.
- 90'
A fantastic free-kick from Shevchenko evades the Arsenal wall but is too close to Almunia who is able to deflect it behind for a corner.
- 89'
Arsenal again have the ball in the net but, once more, it does not count.
- 88'
Great ball in towards Shevchenko who totally makes a mess of a header which he really could, and should, have scored from.
- 87'
Cech makes an incredible double save from Van Persie and then Fabregas which will go some way to making amends for his costly first-half error.
- 86'
Chelsea are attacking in numbers and leaving lots of space at the back. It is space Rosicky is unable to capatalise on though as his floated cross is too close to Cech.
- 83'
Van Persie has prodded home but it is not a goal as Rosicky, who squared it for him, was in an offside position.
- 82'
Ashley Cole puts in a good tackle on Adebayor who would have been clear on goal. Mikel though has been booked for two sneaky fouls in quick succession.
- 81'
Flamini uses his chest in his penalty area to block a Ferreira cross.
- 80'
Shevchenko appeared to received a nudge in the back as the ball is played in to Arsenal's penalty area but the ref either didn't see it or didn't think so.
- 79'
Great play from Rosicky on the left wing but Alex is tugging his shirt and concedes a free-kick.
- 76'
A marvellous break from Arsenal involving Adebayor and Hleb who squares for Van Persie. The striker sets his sights on goal but Lampard has rushed back to put in enough of a challenge to put him off.
- 73'
Wright-Phillips has missed a glorious chance after Arsenal can't clear a high ball. It finds the little winger via the head of Gallas but Wright-Phillips opts for power at the expense of precision and the shot is disappointingly wide of the goal. Chelsea's best chance of the match.
- 72'
Free-kick to Arsenal after Ben-Haim clatters in to Fabregas. The Israelis is booked for the challenge.
- 69'
Van Persie's first two contributions are a clever reverse pass which doesn't find an Arsenal man and then, seconds later, a snap shot which Cech does well to get to (although he fumbles causing mild panic in the Chelsea defence). Van Persie has slotted in perfectly to the game's tempo.
- 69'
Eboue has been replaced by Robin van Persie.
- 65'
Great tackle from Eboue, before he is felled by Joe Cole. The ref waves play on but then Fabregas is then pushed out of play by Mikel. The ref now takes the time to brandish a yellow card in the direction of Joe Cole.
- 64'
It was actually Flamini who received the booking, quite rightly too. A rash challenge from behind.
- 62'
The referee appears to have been booked Kolo Toure after Mathieu Flamini made a tackle. And they are such similar looking chaps.
- 61'
Rosicky plays a one-two off a blue shirted figure before trying to thread a ball towards Hleb whom he just can't reach.
- 60'
Van Persie is warming up on the touchline and could be about to join the fun.
- 59'
Mikel has hit a wonderful shot from twenty-five yards across Almunia but it is a good height for the keeper who parries it away.
- 58'
Wright-Phillips flashes a ball across the edge of the six yard box after superb play from Joe Cole but Shevchenko is nowhere near it.
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