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title: "Arsenal 3-0 Chelsea – Player ratings"
canonical: "https://readchelsea.com/2016/09/25/arsenal-3-0-chelsea-player-ratings/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Sam Tabuteau"
section: "Chelsea Match Previews & Reports"
published: "2016-09-25T09:15:45Z"
modified: "2016-09-25T09:15:45Z"
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# Arsenal 3-0 Chelsea – Player ratings

Chelsea suffered a second successive Premier League loss – as Chelsea’s defence was exposed to within an inch of their lives by Arsenal, who ran out comfortable 3-0 winners.

Another infamous Gary Cahill mistake handed Arsenal the lead when his clumsy back-pass was cut out by Alexis Sanchez – who went on to chip the ball over the advancing Thibaut Courtois. Arsenal continued to control the game – continuously exploiting the characteristically poor marking of Nemanja Matic and Branislav Ivanovic’s lack of pace.

So when Theo Walcott finished off a sweeping Arsenal move it came as no surprise to the furious away support – especially once replays showed that it was indeed Ivanovic who had lost his man.

Arsenal compiled Chelsea’s misery when Mesut Ozil capitalised on Ivanovic once again being out of position – to volley the ball into the net, with the bounce of the ball looping it over Courtois.

The second-half didn’t see a change in impetus for Chelsea – as they continued to toil in the face of excessive Arsenal possession. As a result of the game slowly petering out – with Petr Cech only having to deny Michy Batshuayi late on.