[ REUTERS]Arsenal beat London rivals Chelsea 3-1 for their first league win in nearly two months as goals from Alexandre Lacazette, Granit Xhaka and Bukayo Saka lifted the pressure on coach Mikel Arteta. Nine minutes later, Xhaka lifted an unstoppable freekick over the wall and beyond Mendy's dive. A visibly frustrated Chelsea coach Frank Lampard tried to turn the tide at halftime when he replaced out-of-form Germany striker Timo Werner with winger Callum Hudson-Odoi and Mateo Kovacic with Jorginho. Chelsea scored a consolation goal with five minutes to go when Tammy Abraham converted a cross by Hudson-Odoi. Arsenal had failed to win any of their previous seven league games - losing five of them - and the win lifted them to 14th place in the table.

Source: Standard Digital December 26, 2020 19:41 UTC