London: Romelu Lukaku marked his second Chelsea debut with your first Premier League The Gunners had a poor start to the season as European champions beat Arsenal 2-0 on Sunday as target for the Blues.
Belgium have returned to Stamford Bridge for a club record £97 million ($132 million) as the missing piece of a proven goalkeeper to turn Champions League winners into English champions.
Thomas Tuchel’s men have made an impressive start towards that goal with six points, five goals and none conceded in their opening two matches of the Premier League season.
In contrast, Arsenal have yet to register a point or score a goal as the gap between Mikel Arteta’s men and the title contenders was exposed.
Things also went up against Arteta before the game signed Ben White in the fifth positive case of coronavirus among his squad in the last 10 days.
A rough start could turn worse with a trip to defending champions Manchester City next weekend ahead of an international break.
Arsenal’s latest signings Martin Odegaard and Aaron Ramsdale did not register in time to feature.
Those arrivals cost the Gunners a transfer window above any other Premier League club, despite a fifth season without Champions League football.
But while Chelsea already needed to fill just one spot to complete a team with quality, Arsenal are starting from scratch.
A bright start in front of the first full home at the Emirates for 17 months quickly ended when Chelsea found their rhythm and began to play to Lukaku’s strength.
the former inter Milan The striker received the ball with his back to score in 15 minutes, hurled Pablo Mari as the ball was working to Reece James on the right and then scored his 114th Premier League goal for four different clubs. Stayed at home to tap.
Lukaku should have been given another moment at the plate later when James instead picked up Mason Mount, whose shot was retracted.
But Arsenal didn’t learn their lesson and gave James the right to the huge spot.
Mount picked up his England teammate 10 minutes before half-time and James made a fine finish in front of Bernd Leno.
James, however, was lucky just before the break, when his push on Bukayo Saka went unpunished by both referee Paul Tierney and VAR when the box exploded.
Rob Holding should have halved Arsenal’s deficit after the break, when the centre-back went wide from close range.
Leno at the other end also made his case for catching Ramsdale as number one, doing no damage with an incredible save to deny Lukaku a first double as he swung a bullet header over the crossbar.
Lukaku was overcome with disbelief watching replays on the big screen, but his presence has dispelled any lasting doubts about Chelsea’s ability to challenge City in the title race this season.
Belgium have returned to Stamford Bridge for a club record £97 million ($132 million) as the missing piece of a proven goalkeeper to turn Champions League winners into English champions.
Thomas Tuchel’s men have made an impressive start towards that goal with six points, five goals and none conceded in their opening two matches of the Premier League season.
In contrast, Arsenal have yet to register a point or score a goal as the gap between Mikel Arteta’s men and the title contenders was exposed.
Things also went up against Arteta before the game signed Ben White in the fifth positive case of coronavirus among his squad in the last 10 days.
A rough start could turn worse with a trip to defending champions Manchester City next weekend ahead of an international break.
Arsenal’s latest signings Martin Odegaard and Aaron Ramsdale did not register in time to feature.
Those arrivals cost the Gunners a transfer window above any other Premier League club, despite a fifth season without Champions League football.
But while Chelsea already needed to fill just one spot to complete a team with quality, Arsenal are starting from scratch.
A bright start in front of the first full home at the Emirates for 17 months quickly ended when Chelsea found their rhythm and began to play to Lukaku’s strength.
the former inter Milan The striker received the ball with his back to score in 15 minutes, hurled Pablo Mari as the ball was working to Reece James on the right and then scored his 114th Premier League goal for four different clubs. Stayed at home to tap.
Lukaku should have been given another moment at the plate later when James instead picked up Mason Mount, whose shot was retracted.
But Arsenal didn’t learn their lesson and gave James the right to the huge spot.
Mount picked up his England teammate 10 minutes before half-time and James made a fine finish in front of Bernd Leno.
James, however, was lucky just before the break, when his push on Bukayo Saka went unpunished by both referee Paul Tierney and VAR when the box exploded.
Rob Holding should have halved Arsenal’s deficit after the break, when the centre-back went wide from close range.
Leno at the other end also made his case for catching Ramsdale as number one, doing no damage with an incredible save to deny Lukaku a first double as he swung a bullet header over the crossbar.
Lukaku was overcome with disbelief watching replays on the big screen, but his presence has dispelled any lasting doubts about Chelsea’s ability to challenge City in the title race this season.
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