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3¹ BENZEMA beat BRANDT and blasted the ball to ANTONY who dragged his shot wide. 6¹ MILLER yellow cards THIAGO SILVA for a late foul. 8¹ A high foul on SZOBOSZLAI by BENZEMA results in a booking. 10¹ GOAL!! A one-handed save from the 'keeper enabled RODRYGO to lob the ball into the empty net. (1-0 Arsenal) 20¹ GOAL!! A deep cross by ANTONY was met by LUKAKU who steamed in to score. (1-1) 27¹ GOAL!! A weak shot from MOUNT seemed to hold little difficulty for MAIGNAN but the ball somehow squirmed into the net. (2-1 Chelsea) 37¹ LUKAKU rushed through the Arsenal defence but shot straight at MAIGNAN. 38¹ GOAL!! After a neat build-up MARTINELLI drove a low shot past the Chelsea 'keeper. (2-2) 39¹ LUKAKU rifled a simple chance past the righthand post. 42¹ WERNER given a yellow card for a clumsy challenge on RODRYGO. 44¹ A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing Chelsea 'keeper. 46¹ GOAL!! A deep cross from PAVARD on the right was nodded home by BENZEMA at the near post. (3-2 Chelsea) 4² MARTINELLI was put clear by KILMAN and he dummied DIEGO PIÑEIRO but glanced his shot over. 6² A lovely effort from SAVINHO scraped the outside of the post. 8² MARTINELLI booked. 12² A tame strike from RODRYGO rolled agonisingly wide. 12² GOAL!! A long clearance by the Arsenal 'keeper beat the Chelsea defence and MARTINELLI fired the ball beyond the oncoming DIEGO PIÑEIRO. (3-3) 15² A cross from BENZEMA left MARIO HERMOSO in lots of space but he snapped at his shot. 32² MARTINELLI dribbled away from LAIMER and rattled a poor shot wide. 36² The hapless Chelsea 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from MARIO HERMOSO fell just wide. 39² BRANDT floated the ball to RODRYGO who nodded it just beyond the far post. 45² GOAL!! LAIMER tried to play the ball out of the Chelsea penalty area but was tackled by SAVINHO who forced the ball to RODRYGO for an easy tap in. (4-3 Arsenal)

Chelsea   League position: 17 Home league form: LLLL Overall league form: LLLLLLLL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups DIEGO PIÑEIRO del Álamo 4½ 1 6  Mike MAIGNAN Benjamin PAVARD 6½ 2 7½ Julian BRANDT MARIO HERMOSO Canseco 6  3 7½ Max KILMAN Konrad LAIMER 6  4 6½ Dominik SZOBOSZLAI(c) EDER Gabriel MILITÃO 6  5 8  William SALIBA (c)THIAGO Emiliano SILVA 6  6 7  Nathan AKÉ ANTONY Matheus 7  7 8  Noni MADUEKE Mason MOUNT 6  8 7½ SAVINHO (p)Romelu LUKAKU 7  9 7½ RODRYGO Silva(p) (f)Karim BENZEMA 5½ 10 7  MATHEUS CUNHA(f) Timo WERNER 5½ 11 7  Gabriel MARTINELLI Manager Tony Abbey Bashir HUMPHREYS    12    Joe JOHNSON Jayden WAREHAM    13    DIOGO Meireles COSTA Nélson SEMEDO    14    Jonathan TAH Aleix GARRIDO    15    Godwill KUKONKI Ben CHILWELL 6  16    Youssouf FOFANA

Arsenal   League position: 6 Away league form: WWXW Overall league form: WXWOXXWL Formation: 3-5-2

Arsenal go through to the next round, 9-4 on aggregate

Statistics

Chelsea 3 Arsenal 4 (Half-time: 3-2, Attendance: 41,503, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Nigel Miller 6, TV: highlights) Lukaku 20¹, Mount 27¹, Benzema 46¹ Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Rodrygo 10¹, Martinelli 38¹, Martinelli 12², Rodrygo 45² WerneróChilwell 46²       Thiago Silva 6¹, Benzema 8¹, Werner 42¹ Martinelli 8² 6 2 18 6 1 8 6 6 7 10 13 16 3 2 42% 58% ¶ Man of the match: Noni Madueke ¶