Premier League Roundup: Chelsea and Tottenham share the points with nothing to separate them; Arsenal lose at home yet again

Tottenham returned to the top of the Premier League standings despite a barren draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

Chelsea had hoped to mark owner, Roman Abramovich’s 1,000th game at the club with three points but were frustrated by a Spurs team managed by former boss, Jose Mourinho.

Having been leapfrogged by Liverpool on Saturday, Spurs are back level on 21 points but ahead with a better goal differential.

Chelsea on the other hand, sit third with 19 points.

Tammy Abraham fluffed three scoring opportunities in the second half before Mason Mount and Olivier Giroud saw late efforts saved by Hugo Lloris, but Chelsea rarely threatened as Spurs produced a hallmark Mourinho defensive display.

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Reactions

Frank Lampard: “It went as I sort of expected. I thought we’d have a lot of possession. We created enough to win the game.”

“The clean sheet factor against a side set up to counter-attack – that was excellent. We didn’t give Harry Kane or Son Heung-min a sniff.”

Jose Mourinho said: “The game did not have many chances. It is a game where we both wanted to win. We respect each other.”

“Nobody gambled. Nobody tried to change the direction of the game. Everybody was thinking ‘one mistake, we get punished’.”

Stats and facts from the match (Backed by Opta)

• Spurs have won 13 points away from home in the Premier League this season (W4 D1); their most in their opening five away games of a league campaign since 1991-92 (also 13).
• Chelsea are now unbeaten in their last 14 games in all competitions (W8 D6) – their longest run without defeat since November 2018 (a run of 18).
• Tottenham have won just one of their last 35 away games against Chelsea in all competitions (D12 L22), with that lone victory coming in April 2018.
• Following today’s draw, Spurs (9) and Chelsea (8) are now the two teams on the longest current unbeaten runs in the Premier League.
• Chelsea’s Édouard Mendy has kept more clean sheets than any other goalkeeper in the Premier League this season, with this being his fifth in six appearances in the competition.

Arsenal 1-2 Wolves: The Gunners lose for the 5th time this season

Arsenal‘s poor form at home continued with defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers as goals from Pedro Neto and Daniel Podence on either side of Gabriel’s equalizer saw Nuno Espirito Santo’s men come away from the Emirates with all three points on Sunday night. 

Raul Jimenez came off worse after a nasty head collision with David Luiz early on in the game and was subsequently rushed to hospital unconscious but it didn’t deter Wolves as they enjoyed their first win at Arsenal since 1979. 

Poor defending gave room to Neto who fired in a rebound from an Adama Traore cross in the 27th minute of the game, but the Gunners levelled from a rare first-half attack when Gabriel nodded in Willian’s corner a few minutes later.

However, a brilliant individual display from Podence ensured the visitors got back the advantage just before the break, and despite an improved second-half performance from Arsenal, they fell to their third home defeat in a row.

A year to the day from Unai Emery’s dismissal, they now sit 14th, six places below their position when the former manager was sacked, and eight below Wolves who rise to sixth.

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Stats and facts from the match (Backed by Opta)

• Arsenal have lost three consecutive Premier League games at the Emirates for the second time since the start of last season (also December 2019); before this, they had never previously suffered three consecutive home defeats in the competition.
• Wolves have amassed 17 points in this season’s Premier League (W5 D2 L3); this is their most after their first 10 games of a top-flight campaign since 1979-80 (20 – adjusting to three points for a win).
• Arsenal’s tally of 13 points is their lowest after their opening 10 matches of any league campaign since the 1981-82 season (12).
• During 2020, only Manchester United (nine) have won more Premier League fixtures away from home than Wolves (seven – level with Liverpool, Manchester City and Southampton).
• Arsenal have lost five of their last eight league games (W2 D1), this after having only lost five of their first 22 such matches under Mikel Arteta (W11 D6 L5).
• Arsenal recorded just two shots on target at home to Wolves this evening – since Arsène Wenger left the club, they’ve only managed fewer in one home game in the Premier League (1 v Man City in December 2019).

Other Super Sunday results

• Southampton 2-3 Manchester United
• Chelsea 0-0 Tottenham
• Arsenal 1-2 Wolves