Lehmann; Lauren, Toure, Campbell, Cole; Parlour, Gilberto, Edu, Pires; Wiltord, Henry Subs - Stack, Cygan, Kanu, Bergkamp, Aliadiere Cudicini; Johnson, Huth, Terry, Bridge; Melchiot, Makelele, Lampard, Duff; Crespo, Mutu Subs - Ambrosio, Hasselbaink, Cole, Stanic, Gronkjaer
Henry seemingly injured and he might not come on for the second half. Very good match so far. 1-1 is a fair score-line at half-time but chelsea have impressed me. Come on Arsenal.
Second half about 19mins old. Henry still playing, no signs of an injury. Arsenal creating a few chances now. Still 1-1 Come on Arsenal!
Substitutions: Arsenal - Bergkamp on - Wiltord off Kanu on - Parlour off (injured??!) Chelsea - Gronkjaer on - Mutu off
Unbelievable Henry misses a one-on-one, save of the season. And then Kanu hits the post from the resulting corner. We are right on top at the moment.
What a couple of minutes for Cudicini, from save of the season to absolute howler! What a ridiculous goal!!
We are totally battering Chelsea at the moment, Bergkamp misses a good chance. Substitution: Chelsea - Hasselbaink on - Geremi off
As an aside... Portsmourth 1 - O Liverpool: Patrick Berger. How many times do former players come back to haunt their old clubs? Man City 6 - 2 Bolton. Man City are down to 10 men as well.
Full Time Result - Arsenal 2 - 1 Chelsea Arsenal Pride of London! Pride of England! Say We Are Top of The League, Say We Are Top of The League!!
The boys deserved the result. They were the better side out there for most of the match. Chelski looked dangerous occasionally, but overall, they're aren't on the level of ManYoo or the Gunners yet.
Looks like Edu is playing himself into the starting lineup... He seems to score whenever he gets some good playing time.Who is the man of the match?
Some people were predicting we'd be lucky to even have realistic CL ambitions by now after the run of games we've had and now we're sitting top of the *#*#*#*#ing league! Man U (D) Newcastle (W) Liverpool (W) Chelsea (W) 9 games undefeated, sitting pretty on top of the league. Main rivals still to play each-other. Crisis? What ******* Crisis?!
top of the table... chelsea just look like a team that doesnt know how to play with one another yet.. maybe all the changing of lineups.. but nice to see kanu get in there.. henry, bergy, and kanu seem to play well with the one touch football; i hope arsene uses them together more.. total gaff by cudicini but 3 points deserved in my mind.. now if my alma mater tx tech can only beat OSU.. nice start to the day lads... only one club in london~ P