This Laporte vs Chambers incident was a controversial one, with City defender appearing to hit Calum Chambers in the face in the leadup to the Ferran Torres goal against Arsenal. VAR interestingly chose not to interfere and didn’t deem Laporte pushing Chambers to be a foul
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Arsenal fans celebrating opposition goal! Rodri goal for Man City 2021
This Rodri goal vs Arsenal was a lovely finish from the City midfielder but also saw several Arsenal fans cheering after the goal was scored, perhaps in frustration at how their team was performing. The Rodri goal against Arsenal came in the 53rd minute- a drilled, low effort from outside the box, and put City 4-0 up
xG Arsenal Chelsea August 2021 | Expected Goals Shots Map and Match Stats
Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats for Arsenal vs Chelsea on August 22, 2021. The Blues won this game 2-0, with goals from Romelu Lukaku and Reece James. As seen on xG and the post match stats, a fairly comfortable win for Thomas Tuchel’s men, and big work to do for Mikel Arteta.
xG Arsenal 0.69-3.18 Chelsea (Actual score AFC 0-2 CFC)