Arsenal vs Chelsea LIVE: Premier League score and goal updates as Leandro Trossard fires in opener

10 mins: Nicolas Jackson lunges into a tackle on Takehiro Tomiyasu and goes over the ball behind landing on the defender’s ankle. No punishment comes his way and he’s a lucky boy.

Close! Benoit Badiashile gives the ball away to Martin Odegaard who threads Kai Havertz into the box. Havertz has the chance to shoot but decides to pass it across to Declan Rice.

Chelsea’s defenders sprint back into position and intercept the ball before clearing their lines. It’s all Arsenal now.

7 mins: This is not the start Chelsea would have wanted. Arsenal look released of all pressure now and are flying forward with slick passing and cutting runs.

Bukayo Saka pulls the ball back to Ben White but the hosts lose the ball as Chelsea boot it long.

4 mins: No nonsense here!

Thomas Partey sends the ball across to Declan Rice who drives up the pitch. He cuts into the box and moves Alfie Gilchrist out of the way before slipping a pass over to Leandro Trossard.

Trossard rattles a shot towards the near post, sends it between Dorde Petrovic’s legs and gives Arsenal the lead!

3 mins: Chelsea have just settled things down since Benoit Badishile knocked over Kai Havertz. If the Arsenal man wasn’t offside that could easily have been an early penalty awarded for the Gunners.

Things are slowing heating up but both teams are trying to assert some control through possession at present.

Chelsea get the ball rolling at the Emirates Stadium. They send the ball bck to Dorde Petrovic who boots it over to the left side of the pitch.

There’s a battle in the air which is won by Arsenal. Ben White then slips a pass into Kai Havertz who sprints in behind. He goes down in the box under pressure and wants a penalty but the offside flag goes up.

The players make their way out onto the pitch at the Emirates Stadium. Should Chelsea win tonight they’ll move up into the European places, Arsenal will go clear at the top of the table with a victory.

Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino speaking to TNT Sports: “It’s a difficult time. Because of the circumstance never help us to be solid and to be in a position on the level we wanted. It is difficult to match the history of Chelsea.

“We are a young team that need to learn, need to improve, need to know what it means to be professional.

“[It is important to] not only to be motivated or to give your best when you play against big teams. We need time. Time to be better and improved.”

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta speaking to TNT Sports: “There is no time, no room for complacency. We know we will have to be really good to earn the right to beat this team and keep fighting.

“After the defeat we had here against Villa and the run we had, winning 10 out of 11 we were still not top. We have to keep fighting.”

Bukayo Saka’s penalty against Brighton is his only goal in six league appearances, having scored seven in his previous six to start 2024.

Mauricio Pochettino has never won an away league game against Arsenal, drawing four and losing three of his seven league visits to the Emirates Stadium with Southampton and Spurs.