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22 min: Saka sashays down the right touchline and cuts infield. He drops a shoulder to shoot, but his effort is blocked. Rice then steals the ball off Fernandez, and has a lash from the edge of the D. Over the bar it goes. Not by much, though. That got the crowd gasping.

21 min: On TNT Sports, Ally McCoist argues that Petrovic shouldn’t have been beaten at his near post for the goal. “He’s talking clichéd rubbish about Petrovic,” writes Hugh Molloy. “Trossard’s perfect first touch let it sit up slightly and allowed him to absolutely marmalise that from six yds out. Unless that hits the keeper, it’s a goal. Near post or not.”

19 min: Mudryk’s corner is flicked on by Badiashile. Disasi, bombing in at the far post, can’t connect. Had he got anything on that, the ball was flying into the net. Arsenal probably should have gone 2-0 up; now they could easily be 2-1 down. Strange old match, this one. There’ll surely be more goals.

18 min: Saka makes a mess of a simple backpass, shanking it out for a Chelsea corner on the left. Mudryk to take.

16 min: Chelsea’s best form of defence may be attack. Jackson probes down the left. He can’t find anyone with his cross. Mudryk has a go from the same flank. He delivers brilliantly, but Madueke can’t connect in the middle, six yards out. So close to an equaliser, despite everything that’s gone before!

15 min: The corner’s worked back to Odegaard, who crosses deep. Tomiyasu closes his eyes and heads over from close range.

14 min: Odegaard is orchestrating. He rolls a pass down the right for White, who wins a corner off Cucurella. Arsenal have already scored 13 goals from corners this season. Number 14 coming up? Not immediately, as Badiashile eyebrows Saka’s delivery out for another corner, this one to come in from the left.

13 min: That really should have been 2-0. Arsenal doing their time-honoured thing of attempting to walk the ball into the net. They’ve been excellent, though, forcing Chelsea into many a mistake.

11 min: Badiashile passes out carelessly from the back. Partey intercepts easily, then Odegaard sends Havertz into the box down the inside-right channel. Havertz attempts to roll the ball across for Rice, instead of shooting himself. Caicedo intercepts. It would have been a simple tap-in for Rice otherwise. Chelsea have started in shambolic fashion.

9 min: Jackson stands on Tomiyasu’s ankle. A free kick, but no yellow. It could easily have been a red.

8 min: Fernandez tugs back Trossard on the left. Odegaard’s free kick is no good, straight into the arms of Petrovic. Then another phase of attack, and White makes good down the right but can’t find anyone with his cutback. Chelsea need to wake up quickly or they’ll be out of this in short order.

7 min: Bad news for Chelsea: Arsenal have won 22 of the 25 Premier League games this season in which they’ve scored first.

GOAL! Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea (Trossard 5)

3 min: Chelsea are making a slightly nervous start. Cucurella heads back to his keeper Petrovic and only just gets enough purchase on the ball. Trossard was hovering.

2 min: … so but for an inch or two, Arsenal could be one up already and Chelsea a man down.

25 sec: White curls a low pass down the inside-right channel to release Havertz on goal! He enters the box before being tugged back by Badiashile. Clearly a penalty … but the flag goes up, correctly, for offside. What an escape for Chelsea. What a start that could have been!

Chelsea get the ball rolling. Arsenal kicking towards their famous clock.

The teams are out! Arsenal wear their red and white, Chelsea blue and gold. Everyone looking real fine. Everyone at the Emirates sounding damn good as well, the atmosphere just as you’d expect ahead of a midweek derby between two huge rivals under the lights. We’ll be off soon enough!

Mauricio Pochettino talks to TNT. “We need to move on … we were disappointed after the semi … it is another opportunity today … it is not easy to replace a player [Cole Palmer] that is doing really well for us … the playmaker … but we need to know how we need to play … Alfie Gilchrist already has experience … he must take things in a natural way and try to play and perform the way he knows.”

Mikel Arteta speaks to TNT Sports. “We know we will have to be really good tonight to beat this team … we keep fighting … we have won ten out of 11 and are still not top, that is the level we are in … [Saliba and Gabriel] is a huge platform, they is an unbelievable chemistry there, an understanding, they complement each other in the right way … they’ve been playing for two years together and keep growing … we are blessed to have them … the team defensively has been collectively strong … we have already been here and we know what it takes … we are here to impact the game … we have the ability … when it comes to these moments you have to step up and make it happen.”

Arsenal make two changes to their starting XI after the 2-0 win at Wolves. Thomas Partey and Takehiro Tomiyasu are in; Gabriel Jesus and Jakub Kiwior drop to the bench.

Chelsea make four changes in the wake of their 1-0 FA Cup semi-final defeat by Manchester City. Cole Palmer is ill and Malo Gusto is injured, while Trevoh Chalobah and Thiago Silva drop to the bench. Mykhailo Mudryk, Axel Disasi, Benoit Badiashile and Alfie Gilchrist step up.

The teams

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