Unscrupulous Romelu Lukaku puts a weak Arsenal in the sword on Chelsea ‘s return Premier league

Emirates Stadium was an irritated place everywhere. It was a surprise to see empty seats around the ground, revealing a drift hanging over this unfortunate racket, and it didn’t take long before apathy began to turn angry. Forget the joy of being back: there was a shortage of patience after the Arsenals a sad loss to Brentford last week, though Martin Odegaard was warmly applauded when the 34-meter Real Madrid signing was in the parade just before the kick-off, and it was something strangely reassuring that home team fans took all 18 minutes to start beating their own players.

The mid-whistle boot was perfectly predictable, and initial optimism waned as soon as Chelsea began to put pressure on Arsenals ’defense vulnerabilities. For all of Arteta’s opposition, despite the attempts to create a siege mentality, the painful truth is that it was impossible to cover up Arsenals ’weakness. There were dead trees on their bench, so it’s hard to know why players like Sead Kolasinac, Calum Chambers, and Mohamed Elneny haven’t been moved forward and they were worse in all areas of the field, with their weaknesses with and without the ball.

Everyone saw it coming, an open-minded feeling of power when news came that Ben White had become the latest Arsenal player to positively test for Covid-19 disease. Willian, Alexandre Lacazette and Runar Alex Runarsson were out of reach, while Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was only ready to spot the bench, and White’s loss barely raised confidence in Arsenals ’ability to restrain Lukaku.

Rob Holding was an unsatisfactory substitute for the 50-meter midfield. The Lukakus performance evoked memories of Didier Drogba, who terrorized Arsenal at its best, while Chelsea was not afraid behind it. Gabriel Martinelli offered nothing to Arsenal.

The early rise from the Artetas side was never convincing. The hosts got a few promising moments, Albert Sambi Lokonga offered a few great touches in midfield, Emile Smith-Rowe tested Dendard Mendy on a bubbling drive from 20 yards, but the truth is that the Chelseas opener was so easy when he arrived in the 15th minute.

The move started on the left hand side, Lukaku’s Pablo Marin didn’t have any support, so decided to take the defense on himself, he managed to weave his way to the edge of the area and instantly unleashed a powerful shot that rattled the bar. Arsenal’s slowness was amazing. Cdric Soares was a defender who played James. Mar was unable to stay with Lukaku, and the Belgian was ready to stop the movement, showing his goal of scoring by breaking into a six-yard box to transform James ’low cross.

Lukaku was a constant threat, even though he had played at Inter just 45 minutes before the start of the season. The 28-year-old man gave Chelsea a focal point in the attack, creating room for Mason Mount and Kai Havertz, and he was far too sharp for the Arsenals defenders and teased them all the time.

Arsenal looked scared. They tried to subvert the striker, Mar booked behind the fleshy challenge, but it didn’t matter. Chelsea remained calm, Jorginho and Kovacic slipped in midfield, and it was no surprise when they doubled their lead 10 minutes before the break.

It was another smart goal, although the defense left much to be desired, Lokonga and Soares somehow allowed Havertz to throw the ball to Marcos Alonso to the left. Alonso was gone and Granit Xhakas ’desperate attempt to slow the movement by breaking Lukaku had no effect. Paul Tierney took advantage of the right after finding that Arsenals Midfield had melted away and left it to the excellent Mount to release James, who limited the explosive screen by smashing his shot past Bernd Leno.

At least Arsenal collected some response, and Bukayo Saka saw a penalty request. Always so briefly Csar Azpilicue, Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rdiger were forced to work behind Chelsea. Saka saw Mendy’s crashed position early in the second half and Arsenal certainly seemed to be pulling one back just before the hour, just an inch wide from Holding’s head.

Still, the payment soon ceased, even though Aubameyang was sent to Sakka. There was never a return, and Chelsea was always threatened with a break. Mount went close before Leno performed miracles by pushing the Lukakus heading to the bar.

In the end, Chelsea ended up in a 2-0 situation. They had confirmed their title. Visiting Arsenal in Manchester City is going in the opposite direction.