Arsenal got three very valuable points by defeating Chelsea two goals to one on this Matchday 28 of the Premier League, so for another week they will remain as absolute leaders and will be able to continue dreaming of lifting the long-awaited title that they have not been given since 2004.
The game was decided for both sides from the corner and the three goals that were seen today at the Emirates Stadium came from there. The first work by William Salibá, then the equalizer by Piero Hincapié by scoring in his own frame and the decisive goal was the work of Jurrien Timber, who took advantage again of a charge from the flag to give his squad three points.
This result is extremely important for Mikel Arteta, since on the three occasions in which he has faced Liam Rosenior, he has defeated him. This time in Premier, one more last month in the second leg of the Carabao Cup semi-finals and also in the first leg when the Englishman had only been leading the Blue bench for a few days.
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Arteta stated that he knew that this would not be an easy match, that there was a lot of pressure since Manchester City had taken three points yesterday against Leeds United and he took the opportunity to praise the work of his current rival who did not make the task easy for them at any time.
We knew it was going to be a difficult game. They are a top-level team, very well trained. I think we did some great things throughout the game. We are very happy because we know that we had two difficult games in the last week.
In addition to the record he sets against Liam, the Spanish technical director became the man who has defeated Chelsea the most times with eleven wins, leaving behind the record he held of wins against Wolves (10) and nine against Newcastle.
