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Jorginho’s misplaced back-pass helped gift Emile Smith Rowe the only goal as Arsenal beat Chelsea 1-0 to stop the Blues moving third in the Premier League.

Italy midfielder Jorginho’s miscued pass left the out-of-position Kepa Arrizabalaga scrambling across goal, with the Spain stopper forced to parry off the line.

Smith Rowe capitalised on a rare Chelsea error under Thomas Tuchel and slotted home, for Arsenal’s third-straight Premier League victory.

Christian Pulisic saw a second-half equaliser chalked off for offside after a video assistant referee review.

Kurt Zouma and Olivier Giroud struck the bar within mere seconds of each other at the death, as Chelsea wasted a host of chances in a dominant but disjointed performance.

Blues boss Tuchel had made seven changes to keep his players fresh, with Saturday’s FA Cup final against Leicester clearly in mind.

Tuchel had been at pains to warn his players of allowing thoughts to drift to the weekend, but that almost inevitably happened.

Chelsea’s third defeat in 26 matches under Tuchel proved the result of a galling west London evening then, and one where the Gunners pulled off a league double over their capital rivals.

The Blues could have taken a giant step towards sealing a top-four Premier League finish with a win over Arsenal, but instead were left to rue a string of missed opportunities.

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12 May 2021

Tuchel: ‘It’s still in our hands'

Asked about the battle for the top four, Tuchel said: “It was always a big fight, it never felt like a relief. If anybody felt it like this today, maybe, it’s the last lesson to learn.

“It’s still in our hands. It is another chance missed. We have had some good results, so we have to cope now with a loss.”

12 May 2021

James: ‘It’s our own fault'

Reece James agreed with his boss, telling Sky Sports: “We lost the game, we made a mistake to lead to the goal and we simply didn’t take our chances.

“We only have ourselves to look at and to blame for the loss and maybe on another day, the game goes differently.

“They’re a good team and they’re hard to break down as well, but we had chances to score to put the game to bed early on and we didn’t take the chances. It’s our own fault.”

12 May 2021

Tuchel takes the blame

Tuchel, who made seven changes for the game, admitted he might have got it wrong.

He told Sky Sports: “It was totally our fault, nobody else’s. We lost the game, it’s totally our responsibility. We had huge chances, we made more or less an own goal, a total gift.

“But overall, we were not sharp enough, we could not put up the same intensity and energy as usual, so it’s on me. I think it was maybe too many changes from the last match and I take full responsibility also for that.

“Maybe it’s the last wake-up call for all of us.”

Tuchel added: “I’m not happy with my line-up. It’s easy to say after, you arenot happy with too many changes. I should not have done it like this.”

12 May 2021

Smith Rowe: Arsenal goal down to training

Smith Rowe revealed his goal had been the result of hard work on the training pitch.

He told Sky Sports: “We worked on that in training this week, a high press, so we did well to make them make a mistake, and then Auba set me up, which was obviously good.”

Asked if he had been nervous as his mishit shot trickled towards goal, he added: “That happens sometimes. I’m just happy that it went in. But it was a lucky finish.”

12 May 2021

Arsenal player ratings

Following that impressive win, Simon Collings runs the rule over Arteta’s squad.

12 May 2021

James Robson at Stamford Bridge

That could be a really costly defeat for Chelsea that brings Liverpool right back into the frame for top four. If they win their two games in hand, they could move to within a point of Chelsea.

12 May 2021

Premier League top four race

So, Arsenal’s win pushes them up to eighth - while they can’t finish in the top four, the race for Champions League qualification looks tasty...

Pos Team P W D L GD Pts
1 Man City (C) 35 25 5 5 46 80
2 Man United 35 20 10 5 30 70
3 Leicester 36 20 6 10 21 66
4 Chelsea 36 18 10 8 22 64
5 West Ham 35 17 7 11 10 58
6 Liverpool 34 16 9 9 18 57
7 Tottenham 35 16 8 11 20 56
8 Arsenal 36 16 7 13 12 55
12 May 2021

Full-time! Chelsea 0-1 Arsenal

A huge win for Arsenal, and that defeat puts a dent in Chelsea’s hopes of Champions League qualification.

12 May 2021

Arsenal clear desperately, a Gabriel header rebounds off Jorginho - that’s surely it!

12 May 2021

One last corner for Chelsea...

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