Premier League: Arsenal beat Chelsea, with Interesting Stats, and Took an Unbeatable Lead for the Top Position

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Arsenal is at the top of the Premier League table and with today’s win, Arsenal will have an unbeatable lead from second position Liverpool.

Liverpool has 74 points with 33 matches against Arsenal 77 with 34 matches.

Arsenal is playing Chelsea on Tuesday, April 22. Chelsea is in 9^th position with 47 points at Emirates Stadium, London.

Arsenal put in a five-star display to go three points clear at the top of the Premier League table! 📈#ARSCHE pic.twitter.com/mXG3SW2gCI

— Premier League (@premierleague) April 23, 2024

Arsenal started well to retain its top position by scoring the match’s first goal in just 5 minutes. Leandro Trossard scores the goal with assistance from Declan Rice. He shoots between Djordje Petrovic’s legs at the near post. A perfect start for the hosts.

Chelsea was creating chances and had most of the ball possession in the first half.

Trossard Strike separated both sides till half time and Arsenal led 1-0.

In the second half, Arsenal sped up the pace of the match and Ben White scored the second goal in 52 minutes and gave a 2-0 lead to Arsenal.

Within 5 minutes, Arsenal scored the 3^rd goal. It’s 3-0 now. Kai Havertz scored a brilliant goal in 57 minutes after getting a ball from Odegaard.

Kia strikes again in 65 minutes for his second goal of the match and fourth for Arsenal. The score was 4-0.

Goal number 2️⃣ of the evening for Kai Havertz against his former club!@Arsenal are now 4-0 up, and the latest comes from a superbly placed finish that goes in off the post 👏#ARSCHE pic.twitter.com/6XBa4dc7ce

— Premier League (@premierleague) April 23, 2024

It is 5-0 now with Ben white second goal of the match at 70 minutes.

What a dominance in the second half from Arsenal. Chelsea is clueless at this stage and Arsenal won the match 5-0 and increased its lead to the top position in the Premier League.

Interesting Stats about Arsenal and Chelsea

• Arsenal scored 13 goals in the first 15 minutes in the second half, and only Spurs have scored 17 goals in this season’s Premier League.
• Ben White’s goal means that Arsenal have scored 12 goals via defenders in the Premier League this season, the most by any team. Spurs & Newcastle are in second position with 11 goals.
• This is the first time in the Premier League when Chelsea have conceded 5 goals since April 2021 against West Brom (lost 5-2).
• Martin Odegaard has created seven chances so far tonight, his joint-most in a single Premier League game.