Arsenal 2 Chelsea 0: Lacazette and Koscielny fire Gunners to rousing derby win

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Alexandre Lacazette and Laurent Koscielny scored first-half objectives as Arsenal skiped once again from annihilation at West Ham to beat Chelsea.

Arms stockpile came back to winning ways and reignited their offer for a main four place in the Premier League with a fantastic 2-0 triumph over Chelsea.

Alexandre Lacazette made a superb fourteenth moment opener as Maurizio Sarri's side, not out of the blue this season, withered under the weight of a London derby.

Club chief Laurent Koscielny's endeavor to head Sokratis Papastathopoulos' volleyed pass six minutes previously half-time spun off his shoulder and beat Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga.

It was the previous France safeguard's first objective since bursting an Achilles ligament last season and Chelsea were not able react.

Sokratis controlled wide plain from an eighth-minute corner before focus back accomplice Koscielny constrained a point-clear spare from Kepa, who was getting a handle on at air when Lacazette turned pointedly and cut past him at his close post.

Sead Kolasinac played Pedro erratically onside to nearly hang an eighteenth moment equalizer for Chelsea, despite the fact that the left-back made himself increasingly valuable in assault with a sensitive cross that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang about changed over with a superb overhead kick.

Koscielny's chance transformation off his shoulder was not so beautiful but rather it was all things considered cheerfully gotten at Emirates Stadium.

Slack set-piece checking at the opposite end saw Marcos Alonso head against the post, seeking after a life saver Chelsea barely merited.

Chelsea delighted in continued belonging in the Arsenal half right off the bat in the second time frame however made nearly nothing, with Koscielny specifically guarding flawlessly.

Aaron Ramsey attempted to goad the objective his undertakings merited in the 64th moment after Kolasinac assaulted into the Chelsea box.

Blues substitute Ross Barkley had a scratching strike hindered before Arsenal rolled out an upheld improvement because of Hector Bellerin crumbling with apparently genuine knee damage - an uncommon smudge on a trip far expelled from a weekend ago's misfortune at West Ham.

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