CHELSEA HAS 16 points remaining in first place... Arsenal still with 9
90+4 Chelsea keep ball.... GAME OVER!!! GAME OVER! CHELSEA WINS 2-1
90'+3 Chelsea controls.. Hazard on the right....HAZARD WITH KICK! Out of bounds... Corner kick
90+2 Ramires receives yellow card... Fouled Cazorla....
Announcers believe Giroud made shot harder thank it was
90' GIROUD OVER THE MIDDLE! JUKES GOALIE! GIROUD WITH THE LEFT... HITS OFF TOP OF THE NET ON THE OUTSIDE!!!! Cech with kick in
90 MINUTE MARK.... 4 ADDITIONAL MINUTES AWARDED
89' Chelsea controls.... Cech clears... Moses takes ball on right side.
88' Arsenal controls... Cazorla gets feed from Gervinho WIDE LEFT WITH LEFT LEGGER!
86' not much going on
85' Walcott gets ball to bounce off two Chelsea defenders, dribbles just outside of goal.. Cech picks up the ball
85'Moses with booming kick over the goal
84' Gervinho offsides
SUBSTITUTION Mata OUT, Betrand IN for CHELSEA
83' HEADER OFF THE POST!! HEADER OF THE RIGHT POST!!! Arsenal was offsides anyways
82' Jenkinson with the cross.... FOUL Arteta by Ramires... Cazorla with free kick on left side
Cech kicks it in....
SUBSTITUTION CHELSEA Cahill IN David LUIZ out
80' Mata hits it right into the Arsenal wall.. Arsenal player down. Two Arsenal players clash heads
79' Mata picks up foul! Just outside of penalty area... Maybe a yard from being a penalty
77' Gibbs with a super kick that clears the goal completely... Cech inbounds
76' ball bounces off players' heads.. Arsenal brings it down and controls... Walcott on the right.. Chamberlain on the right. Gets angle to get ball into the middle... Chelsea clears
75' ANOTHER CORNER! Taps ball in... Want to control ball... MOSES tooo strong with header
75' 2-1 CHELSEA LEAD....... Ball cleared by Giroud
74' CHELSEA CORNER
73' Arsenal clears. Chelsea to inbound close to Arsenal goal....
SUBSTITUTION---- Oscar out.... MOSES IN
72' CECK BLOCKS GIROUD SHOUT!!!! OFF BALANCE BLOCK!
71 BOTH TEAMS MISS OPPORTUNITES! In both occassions ball crossed middle of net without anybody touching it
70' Mata blows opportunity... Arsenal attacks... Cazorla..CANNOT GET ANGLE! Was in penalty area...
70 MINUTE MARK! 2-1 CHELSEA LEADS
69' Hazard could net get clean pass in penalty area.... Turn ball over briefly.. Get it back... Mata with the feed.. BLOCKED!
68' Chelsea turns it over...
67' Ramires controls on right side. Gives it up to Torres, ball cleared... Arsenal controls.. David Luiz with ball.. Torres on the right... PUSHED! No foul
66' RAMSEY OUT Walcott IN.... PODOLSKI OUT.... Giroud IN
65' Turnover by Chelsea on Arsenal side.. Chamberlain with the kick, places ball up the middle... DAVID LUIZ CLEARS... Corner kick coming... very close to being auto goal.
SUBSTITUTION coming
64' Gervinho controls... turnover.. CHELSEA ON THE RUN... five blue shirts... Oscar to Ramires. Oscar with the kick... deflected.... Goalie Mannone recovers.
63' Arsenal clear ball.. Chelsea to inbound
62' Chelsea clears goes on the run, Chelsea turns it over. Gervinho called for the offsides
61' Chelsea continues to play wonderful defense..... Jenkinson fouled on right side, just outside of penalty area... FREE KICK!
60 MINUTE MARK in MATCH... SCORE 2-1 CHELSEA
58' Gervinho with the steal. Gets it Back, CECH WITH THE DIVING SAVE!! Arsenal stays with ball... RAMSEY WIDE LEFT!!!
57' Ramires with the steal, Mata cannot make good enough pass back to Ramires
57' Arsenal controls after foul on their side of field
56' Chelsea gets ball... Cech to kick ball in
55' Arsenal briefly threatened... Arsenal controls again after Chelsea clears
54' Arsenal controls... Mata gets the ball... Arsenal steals, Chelsea gets it back... Oscar cannot control, but inbound the ball now... Arsenal fouled....
2-1 LEAD CHELSEA
GOAL! GOAL! Mata with the goal! Ball goes untouched right into goal net!!!!
52' free kick from the right side just outside of penalty area....
52' Chelsea picks it up... Torres on the run. ANOTHER YELLOW CARD as Vermaelen tripped up Torres as he was wide open in the open field
51' Free kick coming for Arsenal..... simple tap to the left
50' Gervinho gets ball.. Cleared by Chelsea... Arsenal controls
Chelsea's Terry gets booed everytime he touches the ball...
49' Arsenal with beautiful opportunity! Podolski with pass over the middle. Chelsea clears... Then Arsenal kicks too hard over the net
48' Chamberlain misses wide open opportunity right in front of net... Cech limps and makes a horrible kick.... Arsenal controls
47' Corner leads to nothing... David Luiz gets YELLOW CARD FOR FAKING A FOUL IN PENALTY AREA!
46' Arsenal controls, Torres on the run, cornerkick coming for Arsenal
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45+ 3 MINUTES
44' Chamberlain on the outside... gets it to the middle... BALL CROSSES MIDDLE WITHOUT BEING TOUCHED>... Arsenal controls again... cannot convert
43' Crowd going crazy as Arsenal is about to get another corner
Ball cleared... Carzola had ball in right side of penalty area, wide open! kicked ball and it was deflected. Chelsea recovered
GERVINHO WITH GOAL! SCORE 1-1 in Minute 42
42' Chamberlain with the feed to the middle. GERVINHO OPEN! GERVINHO TURNS! GERVINHO GOAL!!!! Straight to the top of the net
41' Back to play. Ramsey remains in the game. Hobbling slightly.... Chelsea controls...Torres offsides
RAMSEY IS DOWN.... Trainer checking his left ankle.... 40 MINUTES PLAYED IN 1st half
39' Carzola in penalty area with the ball... Set up by Chamberlain, but three Chelsea defenders clear ball
38' Arsenal with possession. OSCAR OF CHELSEA GETS YELLOW CARD.... played very aggressive defense
36' ARSNENAL ON THE ATTACK... MAta and Hazard threaten Arsenal, but ball cleared by Arsenal
35' Arsenal defense threat well. Arsenal controls... Ramsey gets ball. Turnover
34' RAMSEY GETS YELLOW CARD
34' Carzola with the cornerkick, ball crosses middle untouched! Arsenal still controls... Ramsey with foul as ball was stolen from him
33' Gervinho with ball on left side. Gets inside leftside of penalty area corner kick
32' Chelsea goalie Cech kicks it in.... Arsenal controls
31' Jenkinson attacks on right side of field... Arsenal opens it up... Vermaelen with a shot from far goes WELL over the net and too far left
30 minutes into the game---- CHELSEA LEADS 1-0 on TORRES goal
28' MATA TO TORRES! GOAL!... No..... Torres was offsides
***On further review... Torres tripped himself on the ball as he kicked the air, missing the ball and slightly landing on top of it.
28' Gervinho with header! No good. Bounced of head, hit Terry's chest, ball went straight to goalie
27' Free kick from about 20 yards outside of penalty area
26' Arsenal controls ball at midfield... turnover... Foul on David Luiz... gets warning
26' Chelsea attacks on left side of field
23' Arsenal with corner kick... get nothing out of it.. Still control... Cazorla... another cornerkick for Arsenal
21' Arsenal controls ... pushing ball up field... Ramsey with good touch... Ball was intercepted TORRES BEATS DEFENSE!!!!! Gets sandwiched between to defenders! NO PENALTY!!
21' Corner kick Chelsea... Hazard kicks right to Arsenal defenders
Mata with the assist on the free kick...
19' Foul.... CHelsea gets free kick about 10 yards outside of penalty area... GOAL! GOal! Torres with the RIGHT LEG!
17' Gervinho on the attack! Pushed in penalty area.... Ran into Cole. No foul.
16' SUBSTITUTION ARSENAL>>> DIABY OUT .... Chamberlain in
15' Arsenal controls...
14' Ramsey with the steal! Pass to Gervinho. Gervinho back to Ramsey.... Nothing happens
13' Chelsea controls on own half of the field.... FOUL on Torres. Arsenal controls on own half of field
12' Arsenal once again attack. Chelsea prevents them from getting ball close to goal
11' Arsenal showing great defense, stopping Chelsea every time they attack.... Diaby gets by three defenders! Right legger right to Petr Cech, Chelsea's goalie!!!
10 minutes into the match Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea
9' Gervinho to Carzola! Carzola too strong with kick. Ball soars over the net
8' Match getting physical as Chelsea attacked Arsenal's goal... Arsenal controls on left side... Ball cleared from penalty box by Chelsea.... Arsenal inbounds
7' Mata too strong with floater. Was trying to set up teammate in penalty area with header
6' Arsenal controls at midfield...Chelsea fould now take over
5' Chelsea in bounds.... Chelsea controls....
4' Arsenal controls.... Possess ball on right side of the field... Ramses wide right on kick!
2' Free kick hit right at Arsenal goal keeper, Arsenal attacks on the return... Turn the ball over... Chelsea pushes
1' Free kick for Chelsea... Hazard was fouled.
1' Arsenal controls... No foul on potential push...
0' Chelsea controls. pass ball around on own side of the field
7:45 Whistle blows... ACTION BEGINS!
---------PLAYERS HAVE HIT THE FIELD!----
We are bringing you updates and play-by-play as the Chelsea and Arsenal are getting ready to kick off from London
7:30 a.m. ET.... Just minutes away from game going live on television
MATCH IS LESS THAN AN HOUR FOR START
-----We are still waiting for kickoff-----
Pardon, I had my system set in Pacific Time, which explains why I thought there was a schedule change....
The stage is set and the teams are on the field as Arsenal will host Chelsea in Emirates Stadium in London. The action will take off at 7:45 a.m. ET/12:45 p.m. GMT start as previously announced.
Both teams are off to good starts. Chelsea is holding on to first place as Manchester United and Everton are right behind them. Wrapping up the top five teams in the Premier League standings is Arsenal.
Arsenal defeated Southampton in a 6-1 routing, while Liverpool lost to Arsenal 0-2. From then on the other three matches of 2012 have finished in draws for Arsenal. Sunderland and Stoke matches finished in 0-0 draws, while last week they finished in a 1-1 tie with Manchester City.
Chelsea has steamed rolled through the competition tallying 13 points so far in the young season. Their victims thus far in the season; Wigan, Reading, Newcastle and Stoke City. QPR have been the lone survivors battling and finishing their match in a draw.
Here are the projected lineups for this morning's match.
ARSENAL
Mannone, Jenkinson, Vermaelen, Koscielny, Gibbs, Diaby, Arteta, Cazorla , Walcott, Giroud, Podolski
CHELSEA
Cech, Ivanovic, Terry, Cahill, Cole, Mikel, Lampard, Ramires, Hazard, Torres, Mata
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