Mikel Arteta faces the media following Arsenal’s Premier League clash with Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium
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Mikel Arteta faces the press following Arsenal's Premier League clash with Chelsea
Mikel Arteta faces the press following Arsenal's Premier League clash with Chelsea
Mikel Arteta faces the media following his Arsenal side’s clash with Chelsea in the Premier League. The Gunners took the lead through Mikel Merino, heading in past Robert Sanchez from a near-post corner from Martin Odegaard.
It was certainly a classic London derby-type match with plenty of yellow cards for both teams. However there was little in the way of goals with only Merino’s strike separating the sides.
After a period of three games without a win, Arteta will surely not care how the three points were collected, as long as they were.
You can hear everything Arteta has to say on all that and much more with football. l ondon's chief Arsenal correspondent Tom Canton is in our live blog below.
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In what was a delightfully feisty London derby between Arsenal and Chelsea, the Gunners took home the spoils on the afternoon. It moves them nine points clear of the Blues and relieves some of the mounting pressure on their Champions League qualification hopes while piling more on their opponents.
Arsenal took the lead after a round of chances had already been missed in a dominant opening to the game. Martin Odegaard’s near-post corner headed past a shaky Robert Sanchez by Mikel Merino.
The Gunners should have been out of sight as their opponents created little. Merino missed a chance for a second on the volley while Odegaard hit a tame effort into the arms of Sanchez but they eventually got the job done.
Read how football.london rated the performances of the Arsenal players here.
Mikel Merino vindicated his manager's decision to continue as the central Arsenal striker as he scored against Chelsea (Image: David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)
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Hello and welcome to football.london's coverage of Mikel Arteta post-match press conference after the Gunners' clash with Chelsea.
You can hear everything Arteta has to say on all that and much more with football.london's chief Arsenal correspondent Tom Canton in our live blog below. Updates to follow...