Saturday 24th November 2007
Chelsea 0-2 Arsenal
Stamford Bridge
Goals:
Emmanuel Adebayor (5')
Robin van Persie (63')
Squads:
Chelsea (4-4-2):
1. Petr Cech (GK)
3. Ashley Cole (LB)
4. Ricardo Carvalho (CB)
5. Michael Essien (CM)
11. Didier Drogba (CF)
15. Florent Malouda (LM) - off 82 -
23. Michael Ballack (CM) - off 75 -
24. Shaun Wright Phillips (RM) - off 64 -
27. Claudio Pizzarro (CF)
33. Alex (CB)
35. Juliano Belletti (RB)
Subs:
8. Frank Lampard (CM) - on 75 -
10. Joe Cole (AM LR) - on 64 -
17. Scott Sinclair (CF) - on 82 -
22. Tal Ben Haim (CB)
40. Henrique Hilario (GK)
Arsenal (4-4-2):
3. Bacary Sagna (RB)
4. Francesc Fabregas (CM)
5. Kolo Habib Touré (CB)
10. William Gallas (CB)
11. Robin van Persie* (CF)
13. Aliaksander Hleb (LM)
16. Mathieu Flamini (CM)
21. Lukasz Fabianski (GK)
22. Gäel Clichy (LB)
25. Emmanuel Sheyi Adebayor (CF)
28. Nikolay Dimitrov (RM) - off 80 -
Subs:
6. Phillipe Senderos (CB)
9. Eduardo da Silva (CF)
15. Neves Denílson (CM) - on 80 -
23. Andrey Arshavin (RM, AM)
24. Manuel Almunia (GK)
Robin van Persie and Emmanuel Adebayor put Chelsea's unbeaten record at home to bed. This is Chelsea's first home defeat since 2004 and it showed Avram Grant's tactical naivity. | 
