Mason Mount has now been directly involved in 12 Premier League goals since the start of last season:
◉ 6 goals
◉ 6 assists
Perfectly balanced.
Mason Mount has now been directly involved in 12 Premier League goals since the start of last season:
◉ 6 goals
◉ 6 assists
Perfectly balanced.
Mason Mount (3) and Reece James (3) both created more chances than the entire Arsenal side combined in the first half (2).
Cobham’s finest.
Lukaku James
James Mount
Romelu Lukaku marks his return to Chelsea with a goal.
1992 - Arsenal will end a day in the relegation zone with more than one game of the season played for the first time since August 1992. Reset.
Arsenal have lost their opening two games of a league season for only the third time in the Premier League era:
1992/93
2018/19
2020/21
A worrying start to the season.
Chelsea have now won each of their last five London derbies away from home in the Premier League:
vs Fulham
vs Spurs
vs Palace
vs West Ham
vs Arsenal
Kings of the capital.
0 - In what is their 118th campaign in England’s top four tiers, Arsenal have opened a league season with two defeats and no goals after two matches for the first time in their history. Damaged.
Reece James vs Arsenal:
91 touches
1 goal
1 assist
4 key passes
4/4 acc. long balls (most)
51/55 acc. passes
6/9 duels won
3 tackles
9.0 SofaScore rating
An outstanding performance in the London derby by the 21-year-old.
20 - Mikel Arteta suffered his 20th defeat as Arsenal manager in the Premier League, in what was his 60th game - while Arsène Wenger didn’t register his 20th defeat with the Gunners in the competition until his 116th game. Gulf.
This is the first time in Arsenal’s history they’ve opened a league season with two defeats and zero goals scored after two matches…
This is their 118th campaign in England’s top four tiers
None of these players started for Chelsea today:
DEPTH
1.41 - Romelu Lukaku posted a non-penalty expected goals figure of 1.41 against Arsenal, the highest return of any player in the Premier League so far this season. He has put up a higher figure only eight times in 325 games in Europe’s top five leagues.
Romelu Lukaku says his opener for Chelsea against Arsenal on Sunday is the most special Premier League goal he’s ever scored.
He was unplayable, INCREDIBLE’: Lukaku hailed by Campbell.
Romelu Lukaku is back and he means business at Chelsea, with pundits already blown away by the Belgian’s improvement since leaving England two years ago.
Roy Keane insists Chelsea could have put seven past Arsenal as Sol Campbell and Graeme Souness lay into Mikel Arteta’s men after their 2-0 defeat on Sunday.
Sol Campbell has claimed Chelsea have the quality to challenge for the Premier League title after a dominant performance in a 2-0 win against Arsenal on Sunday.