Arsenal Beat Chelsea to Stay Unbeaten Under Arteta

Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 at the Emirates to stay unbeaten after three games, and the manner of the win left Sky Sports pundits ready to write off the Blues as title contenders already.

Morgan Rogers put Chelsea ahead inside 90 seconds, latching onto a set-piece that Arsenal defended, according to match reports, in half-hearted and disconnected fashion. Kai Havertz levelled before half-time, and Martin Odegaard settled it with a move that mirrored his goal against Manchester City in the Community Shield: an intricately rehearsed pattern rather than anything off-the-cuff.

Xabi Alonso's side had arrived on the back of 3-2 and 4-3 wins over Fulham and Brighton and were fancied by some to push Arsenal this season. Daniel Sturridge and Jamie Carragher clashed on air, pointing to what they called a massive gulf between the two sides. Sturridge, assessing Chelsea's performance at full-time, gave his view of where the problems lie.

"I feel as if [Chelsea] started well, but there are a few things that need to change for them to be as fluid as possible."

Ezri Konsa, making his Arsenal debut, was blamed in part for the opening goal but recovered to make a crucial challenge on Rogers with the score at 2-1. Arsenal, by contrast, controlled the game for long spells after the sluggish start, limiting Chelsea's front three—where the pundits noted settled chemistry—to scraps in the second half.

The result puts Arsenal three points clear at the top after three matches. If Sturridge's reading holds, Chelsea's rebuild under Alonso still has meaningful work to do before the Blues can be treated as genuine rivals for the title.