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Bucaio Saka chased away the ghosts of the final penalties of Euro 2020, striking on the spot when Arsenal knocked down Chelsea 4-2 to resume their offer of a final in the top four in the Premier League.
The England striker took his first penalty for Arsenal to seal the Gunners’ vital victory over the Blues, which tied Mikel Arteta’s men to fourth-placed Tottenham.
Saka missed the last penalty in England’s 3-2 defeat to Italy on penalties at the Euro 2020 final at Wembley last July.
The 20-year-old won a late point kick at Stamford Bridge by fouling Cesar Aspilicueta and quickly insisted on taking the penalty himself.
Saka dismissed his nerves, throwing himself into the household to put a stamp on a decisive victory for the gunners.
Eddie Nketiah twice took advantage of the wrong defense to lead Arsenal to a 3-2 lead before Saka’s strike.
Nketia took advantage of Andreas Christensen’s sad back pass for his first goal of 367 days for Arsenal to open the scoring in West London.
The 22-year-old striker later staged an awkward but captivating race when three attempts to clear Chelsea slammed the ball right into his path and through the door.
Timo Werner’s rebound leveled Chelsea quickly after Nketia’s first goal, with captain Aspilicueta then canceling Emil Smith Rowe’s fine before the half.
However, the tired and impossible Blues were forced to pay for a series of mistakes, as the £ 98 million striker Romelu Lukaku again failed to shoot.
Tony Rüdiger’s absence with a slight groin problem destabilized Chelsea’s defense and Christensen lasted all night to forget.
The Danish national team was drawn at halftime as a result of a lower level, but even the incomparable Thiago Silva failed to sharpen the hosts.
Arsenal took full advantage of Chelsea’s displeasure to score just their second win in six league games, breaking a miserable streak to go under the Spurs by goal margin, leaving the race in fourth place.
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Arsenal have revived hopes in the top four as Eddie Nketia scored twice in a thriller against Chelsea
From so much chaos, some order. Arsenal won the first of four victories to reload their first four challenge in one of the most incredible places. And this is largely one of the least likely characters. Eddie Nketia had not scored in the league in 367 games before that trip to Chelsea, and his team had not scored in three games against midfielders.
It took seven minutes to change that, with the striker finally hitting his second shot to send Mikel Arteta’s team on a 4-2 turnaround just as their season seemed to be in full swing.
Of course, it was hard to escape the feeling that a relatively certain Chelsea was not the most focused, not that Thomas Tuchel would see it that way. He was often angry on the line because his team was so irritable on the field.
This will not matter to Arsenal, but the result will matter. It will be very important. It was probably a change of season. This really cannot be overestimated, given the looming feeling that this match will lead to four consecutive defeats, and an unexpected chance for a place in the Champions League has dissipated.
Instead, Arsenal showed impressive opportunism, as Nketia best symbolizes. He made sure that his team took advantage of Chelsea’s negligence, which was signaled – and often caused – by Andreas Christensen.
Michael Jones April 20, 2022 10:05 p.m.
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Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka spoke to Sky Sports after the match and explained how he won the penalty: “We wanted to give the fans something to believe in us and we did it. We showed fighting and character. This is a huge result.
“It simply came to our notice then. Losing in three games in a row is really difficult. Of course he is [Cesar Azpilicueta] I’m going to be angry, but that’s what it is. It was a penalty. “
Michael Jones April 20, 2022 9:59 p.m.
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Michael Jones April 20, 2022 9:55 p.m.
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Chelsea 2 – 4 Arsenal
Chelsea remain third in the table with a five-point cushion ahead of Tottenham and Arsenal and they still have a game in hand for both teams.
The big winners tonight, however, were Arsenal. They ended a series of three consecutive defeats with a victory against their rivals from London to equalize with the “spurs”. The Gunners will transfer this momentum in their match against Manchester United this weekend.
Michael Jones April 20, 2022 9:53 p.m.
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Emil Smith Rowe and Bucaio Saka have scored 10+ goals each in the Premier League this season; only the third time two players under the age of 21 have done so for the same team in a campaign (Bridges and Kewell for Leeds in 99-00, Rooney and Ronaldo for Man United in 06-07).
Michael Jones April 20, 2022 9:46 p.m.
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Final working day: Chelsea 2 – 4 Arsenal
90 + 5 minutes: What a performance of Arsenal. They had to win to stay on the hunt for Champions League seats, and they came to Stamford Bridge and passed Edward Mandy four times.
Thomas Tuchel looks reflective from the side, but his team has just been beaten tonight. Arsenal are equal in points to Tottenham and they still have to play with the people of Antonio Conte.
The end of the season is going well.
Michael Jones April 20, 2022 9:39 p.m.
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GOAL! Chelsea 2 – 4 Arsenal (Saka, 90 + 2 ‘) (
90 + 2 minutes: Mandy throws himself to the right and Saka hits him on the left of the goalkeeper. Arsenal is two goals ahead with two minutes of play!
Michael Jones April 20, 2022 9:36 p.m.
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Penalty for Arsenal!
90 minutes: Cesar Aspilicueta takes down Bucaio Saka in the field of Chelsea and Arsenal has a point kick to win the match!
Saka himself will take it after a VAR check confirms the judge’s decision.
Michael Jones April 20, 2022 9:35 p.m.
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Chelsea 2-3 Arsenal
87 minutes: Gabriel Martinelli cuts the ball from Malang Sar and tries to bring it into the penalty area, but Thiago Silva intervenes to block it and restore the ball to Chelsea.
Michael Jones April 20, 2022 9:33 PM
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Chelsea 2-3 Arsenal
84 minutes: A long ball on the right side of the field sees Arsenal replace Cedric Soares under the ball and invaded the penalty area. He drives all the way to Nuno Tavares, who hits his shot towards the door away from the nearby beam!
Michael Jones April 20, 2022 9:28 PM
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