Enzo Fernandez He is not stunned by the noise. While in London there are many voices that say it outside the Chelsea For the few minutes that coach Enzo Maresca is giving him (this week he was linked to Lautaro Martínez’s Inter and there was also talk of Barcelona’s interest for next season), the former River delivers every time he has to come on. And this time his appearance was key to meeting Pedro Neto and the Portuguese giving the Blues a tie in the London classic against Arsenal.
With the point achieved, the Citizens were five points behind Liverpool, while Chelsea and Arsenal are already nine points behind.
At Stamford Bridge, Arsenal opened the scoring 15 minutes into the second half with a goal from Brazilian Gabriel Martinelli, a great way to celebrate their entry into the green-and-yellow National Team roster thanks to Rodrygo’s injury.
In the first period, Arsenal looked more dangerous. Kai Havertz was able to break the local defense, confused in a free kick played with speed, but his goal was disallowed for offside (33).
Chelsea fans applauded the VAR decision and whistled heartily at the scorer of the goal, an old acquaintance who gave the London team the Champions League in 2021 in the final against Manchester City. Havertz backfired; The German did not take into account the disapproval of his former club’s fans and had the bad idea of celebrating his goal by silencing the entire stadium with a finger over his mouth. Finally, his goal was not counted.
It was a matter of time because Martinelli did manage to score, taking advantage of the local passivity after a great pass from his captain Martin Odegaard, starting for the first time since August.
At 67 minutes, Maresca sent Enzo onto the field to replace the Belgian Romeo Lavia who was injured. And three minutes later he saw that the Portuguese Pedro Neto got into the box that was between the back of the Arsenal number 5, Thomas Partey and the central defenders Gabriel and Saliba. Neto controlled, advanced the ball once and beat Spanish goalkeeper David Raya Martin with a left-footed shot to the near post.
The Portuguese’s goal extended the crisis for the Gunners, who have only achieved two points in their last four games (two losses and two draws). The Blues, on the other hand, have a second consecutive draw after having drawn 1-1 against Manchester United last weekend.
