Arsenal crashes to 2-0 defeat against Chelsea

September 19, 2015 08:03 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 04:13 pm IST - LONDON:

Arsenal had two players sent off when they lost an ill-tempered derby 2-0 to Chelsea on Saturday as the champions pulled out of their early-season slump with their first Premier League win for almost a month. Picture shows Eden Hazard of Chelsea celebrating with his team-mates after scoring his team's second goal during the Barclays Premier League match between Chelsea and Arsenal at Stamford Bridge in London.

Arsenal had two players sent off when they lost an ill-tempered derby 2-0 to Chelsea on Saturday as the champions pulled out of their early-season slump with their first Premier League win for almost a month. Picture shows Eden Hazard of Chelsea celebrating with his team-mates after scoring his team's second goal during the Barclays Premier League match between Chelsea and Arsenal at Stamford Bridge in London.

Arsenal had two players sent off when they lost an ill-tempered derby 2-0 to Chelsea on Saturday as the champions pulled out of their early-season slump with their first Premier League win for almost a month.

Chelsea’s 20-year-old French defender Kurt Zouma headed the first after 53 minutes of a fractious game before an Eden Hazard shot deflected off Calum Chambers in stoppage time to make it 2-0.

Two sent out

Arsenal defender Gabriel was red-carded for kicking out at Diego Costa just before halftime and Santi Cazorla was dismissed with a second booking for sliding in on former Arsenal skipper Cesc Fabregas after 79 minutes.

The result lifted Chelsea from 17th into mid-table while Arsenal stayed fourth, at least until Saturday’s later matches.

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