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WHAT ZIYECH?

Hakim Ziyech had a moment to forget for Chelsea on Sunday, as he failed to convert an OPEN GOAL against Arsenal.

But Gunners fans were full of praise for new £50million defender Ben White for getting back to pressure him.

Leading 1-0 courtesy of a first half Kai Havertz strike, Ziyech was presented with a golden opportunity in the 52nd minute.

The Moroccan had the goal at his mercy, after flicking the ball over helpless Gunners keeper Bernd Leno.

But after dilly-dallying, Ziyech allowed White to get back in.

And the former Brighton ace made a brilliant challenge to keep his side in the game.

PARTEY POOPER

Arsenal have been dealt a major injury blow with Mikel Arteta confirmed Thomas Partey's ankle injury is 'not looking good'.

The Gunners kick-off their 2021-22 Premier League campaign in just 12 days - making the short trip to newly-promoted Brentford on Friday August 13.

Partey was taken off in the first-half, with the Arsenal man set to have a scan on Monday.

But after the game, Arteta confirmed the worst, revealing things are 'not looking good' for Partey - who also missed a chunk of his debut season at Arsenal through injury.

The Gunners chief said: "I just had a talk with the doc. He'll have a scan tomorrow.

"At the moment it's not looking good because he was in pain and could not continue.”

WILLOCK GHOST GOAL

The replay of that Willock 'goal'. No VAR-senal today...

ARTETA ON XHAKA

Mikel Arteta insists that Granit Xhaka is staying at Arsenal after talks over a move to Jose Mourinho’s Roma collapsed.

The 28-year-old Swiss international captain had his heart set on a move to Serie A after five years at the Emirates.

But Arteta said: “Granit is going to stay with us. He is a key member of our squad and a player that we rate and value so much.

“He only trained for two days but still wanted to play in this game and I think that is a very clear commitment from him that he wants to be here.”

Xhaka scored a 70th minute equaliser for Arsenal after replacing £45million midfielder Thomas Partey, who suffered a first-half ankle injury in a challenge with Chelsea’s Ruben Loftus-Cheek.

FT: ARSENAL 1-2 CHELSEA

Both managers will have learned a lot about their sides ahead of the forthcoming Premier League season, with Thomas Tuchel sure to be the happier happy of the two after his side narrowly edged it in the end.

Mikel Arteta will be particularly disappointed with his side's defensive display, after they repeatedly gave the ball away while attempting to play out from the back, with goalkeeper Bernd Leno the primary culprit.

They were also caught out by the pace of the Chelsea front-line on multiple occasions, with Ziyech and Abraham both failing to convert glaring opportunities to put the game to bed in the second half.

The Gunners showed promise in the first half, with Partey in particular pulling the strings in midfield and Tierney and Aubameyang combining well on the left.

But once Partey had to be withdrawn due to injury, Arsenal noticeably struggled in midfield and Chelsea were able to create chance after chance, which they somehow continually failed to convert.

Joe Willock was unlucky that his thunderous effort which whacked the underside of the crossbar and went into the goal was not awarded, while Arsenal also had a couple of penalty shouts which were ignored.

Despite losing, however, Arsenal fans will be encouraged by the the performances of their new signings, who all had a positive impact on the game after coming on.

Ben White made a goal-saving block, whilst Nuno Tavares delivered some very good crosses from the left flank.

Albert Lokonga also looked promising in midfield and Arsenal fans will look forward to seeing more their new signing in the coming weeks, possibly out of necessity if Partey's injury rules him out.

Chelsea were without key players Mason Mount, Ben Chilwell and Jorginho, but the supporting cast put in a good performance to win what was a very open and competitive game.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek in particular played well in midfield for the Blues and will hope that he's done enough in pre-season to convince Thomas Tuchel that he's deserving of another chance at Stamford Bridge.

Arsenal take on Spurs at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium in a week's time, meanwhile Chelsea face the same opposition on Wednesday as part of their charity friendly series in support of Mind.

As we saw today, however, when Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs are coming up against each other, the term 'friendly' can only be used very loosely...

ARSENAL 1-2 CHELSEA

93. Barkley does well to drive into the Arsenal half and finds Zappacosta, who puts a decent ball in the box and a shot from Batshuayi goes well over the bar.

ARSENAL 1-2 CHELSEA

90. Three minutes of added time.

Chelsea on the attack in the final moments here and Batshuayi almost makes it three, but his shot was blocked and Arsenal's clearance doesn't go far.

Chelsea come again...

ARSENAL 1-2 CHELSEA

89. CHANCE! Aubameyang finds himself one on one thanks to some intelligent attacking play from Nketiah, who has been excellent since coming on.

Aubameyang's effort is well saved by Kepa, who gambled and got it right. More frustration for Arsenal.

ARSENAL 1-2 CHELSEA

87. CHANCE! Abraham is again one on one after a long-ball caught out the Arsenal back line, but his eventual effort is tame at best and he'll be very disappointed not to do better there.

Leno did well to stand his ground and make himself big, but a striker with a point to prove such as Abraham should be finding the back of the net there.

ARSENAL 1-2 CHELSEA

86. The replays show that Willock's effort from a few minutes ago definitely went over the line. Where's VAR when you need it?

CHELSEA SUBSTITUTION:

OFF: Trevoh Chalobah.

ON: Jake Clarke-Salter.

ARSENAL 1-2 CHELSEA

85. YELLOW CARD! Nuno Tavares is booked for a foul on the right-hand side.

Barkley takes the free-kick but it's headed out for a Chelsea corner.

ARSENAL 1-2 CHELSEA

84. CHANCE! Another sensational corner delivery from Pepe, whose set-pieces have been flawless today.

There's a goalmouth scramble and Chelsea just about manage to get the ball out of the danger zone.

ARSENAL 1-2 CHELSEA

82. CHANCE! Abraham breaks free in the area after another bad decision from Leno and instead of having a go, he tries to find Batshuayi, but it's blocked and cleared.

He HAS to have a go there. Poor from Abraham.

ARSENAL 1-2 CHELSEA

80. CHANCE! My word. Pepe does fantastically on the right for Arsenal, who finds Willock inside the box.

Willock thumps it from close range and it cannons of the bar and bounces ON THE LINE.

It looks like the ball actually may have bounced over the line, but it happened so quickly and immediately bounced back out.

Harsh on Willock as it was a superb effort and Pepe had done really well to create it.

Arsenal will feel hard done by not to be on level terms there.

ARSENAL 1-2 CHELSEA

79. Lokonga, Tavares and Nketiah combining very well on the left for Arsenal, showing a lot of energy and sharpness, but nothing comes of it this time.

Arsenal on the ascension at the Emirates...

ARSENAL 1-2 CHELSEA

77. CHANCE! Nuno Tavares does extremely well on the left-hand side and puts an excellent ball in for Aubameyang, who just can't make the right connection with it as it goes wide.

It was a wonderful chance and he knows it. A player of his calibre has to be burying that.

ARSENAL 1-2 CHELSEA

75. After two goals in quick succession and a host of Arsenal substitutes, the game has really opened up.

Arsenal driving forward on the right hand side and Dujon Sterling makes a tough tackle but goes unpunished.

Arsenal causing problems going forward, but still leaky at the back.

ARSENAL 1-2 CHELSEA

ARSENAL SUBSTITUTIONS:

OFF: Pablo Mari, Kieran Tierney, Mohamed Elneny, Alexandre Lacazette, Calum Chambers, Emile Smith-Rowe.

ON: Nuno Tavares, Joe Willock, Hector Bellerin, Eddie Nketiah, Albert Lokonga, Sead Kolasinac.

ARSENAL 0-1 CHELSEA

67. CHANCE! This time it's Chelsea who are caught in possession as Pepe does superbly to win the ball back in the opposition half and he bursts into the box.

He's almost one on one but Dujon Sterling makes a fantastic last ditch challenge and the ball goes out for a corner.

Pepe then takes the corner, which is excellent, but Xhaka's header goes over.

ARSENAL 0-1 CHELSEA

65. CHANCE! Arsenal try to play out from the back but Leno's pass to Xhaka is intercepted and Barkley again finds himself with the ball in the box, but his shot doesn't have enough on it and it comes to nothing.

Tuchel will expect more from his substitutes, who have had two great chances since coming on.

ARSENAL 0-1 CHELSEA

64. CHANCE! It's poor from Chelsea as the new subs combine to create a wonderful opportunity but Barkley completely misses it and it's then fired well over the bar after Batshuayi had done well to break on the right.

ARSENAL 0-1 CHELSEA

CHELSEA SUBSTITUTIONS:

OFF: Loftus-Cheek, Mendy, Pulisic, Ziyech.

ON: Barkley, Batshuayi, Kepa, Kante.