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2019 Aubameyang Scores The Winner As Leicester Spoil Frank
Gunners Shoot Down Burnley
21st, P i e r r e -

August E m e r i c k Lampard’s Homecoming At
Aubameyang hit

| the winning goal Stamford Bridge
for the second
EXAMINER Arsenal beat Fcravedashiswaitforafirstwin manager’s trust is not mis- team-mate after rounding goal-
time in a week as
rank Lampard did not get the loan at Derby last season. And
Burnley to make
keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga and
Chelsea homecoming he the midfielder is proving his
it two victories
then flashed a ball across goal
IRISH from two in the as manager went on following a 1-1 placed. that was begging to be knocked
Premier League.
in.
drawwithLeicester.
After the Foxes tried to play
The Gunners
The former midfielder, who
There was little surprise that
won 1-0 at played close to 650 games for out from the back, Mount Maddison was involved in
pressed Ndidi, stole possession
Newcastle on the opening weekend courtesy of an the Blues, was in charge at off him on the edge of the area Leicester’s equalizer midway
Aubameyang strike and he proved the difference again as Stamford Bridge for the first and fired into the bottom cor- through the second half.
Burnley were beaten 2-1 at the Emirates Stadium. time since his summer appoint- ner. The England Under-21 inter-
Fit-again Alexandre Lacazette had given the hosts the lead, ment but had to settle for a It was a result of the energy national sent in an inviting cor-
only for Ashley Barnes to snaffle away his third of the cam- point as Mason Mount’s early and desire Lampard wants to ner which Ndidi climbed high-
paign to send the teams in level at the break. goal was cancelled out by instill into his team and was the est for and emphatically sent a
Aubameyang then struck the decisive goal in the 64th Wilfred Ndidi’s second-half perfect response to criticism thumping header into the top
minute on an afternoon where David Luiz made his Gunners header. Mount received from Jose corner.
debut and loan signing Dani Ceballos starred on his first start. After a 4-0 loss at Manchester Mourinho, who singled him out Madison should have been
Arsenal started the brighter of the two teams and United last week and a penalty after the Old Trafford defeat. celebrating a goal of his own
Lacazette forced a smart reaction save out of Nick Pope with shootout defeat to Liverpool in Chelsea were rampant, soon after as he took possession
a looping header. the Super Cup in midweek, pressing their visitors at every in the area and ran across the
The France international would not be denied from the Lampard is still to taste victory opportunity, and they could face of goal, but somehow man-
resulting corner, collecting Ceballos’ delivery and turning and, as good as their first-half have gone further ahead in the aged to sky his effort from eight
home through Pope’s legs despite losing his balance. display was against the Foxes, 25th minute had it not been for yards.
Burnley – unchanged from a 3-0 win over Southampton their second-half struggle high- a fine block by Christian Fuchs, The former Norwich play-
last weekend – looked dangerous whenever they had the lights the size of the task he who slid in to deny N’Golo maker then set up another gold-
chance to get a set-piece into the box. faces. Kante a certain goal against his en chance, this time for Jamie
And on one such occasion Bernd Leno was called on to It had seemed like a win was own club following a clever Vardy as he slipped the striker
make a point-blank save from Barnes, only for the forward to written in the stars as, after the back heel by Olivier Giroud. through on goal, but the former
be flagged offside, before Matteo Guendouzi hooked the ball pageantry of his arrival into the It would have been impossi- England striker drilled an effort
off the line following a goalmouth scramble. dugout, with chants of ‘Super ble for Leicester to be as ineffec- across goal.
Arsenal twice came close to a second as the half pro- Frank Lampard’ ringing around tive as they were in the first half Chelsea were struggling to
gressed, first Reiss Nelson broke in down the left before firing the stadium and banners held after the break and they began cope with the Foxes and were
straight at Pope, the England goalkeeper then doing well to aloft, Mount gave Chelsea a to ask questions of Chelsea’s fortunate to take a point as
keep out a drive from Guendouzi soon after. deserved early lead. defense, with Maddison coming Youri Tielemans shot straight at
But it was Burnley who were level just before the interval But Leicester, orchestrated to the fore. Kepa and Vardy could not get a
as Barnes did well to collect a wayward Dwight McNeil shot by the impressive James He could not pick out a shot away at the near post. C
inside the box and steer past Leno. Maddison, showed why they
Nelson had the ball in the net for Arsenal but his effort on are tipped to make a challenge
the stroke of half-time was ruled out for offside against Nacho for the top six this season as
Monreal, with a video assistant referee check confirming the Ndidi made up for an error in
decision was correct. the build-up to Chelsea’s goal
Unai Emery responded to the setback by introducing club- with the equalizer.
record signing Nicolas Pepe for the second half as Nelson And had they been more
made way for the Ivorian winger. clinical they could have easily
Aubameyang sent a curling effort inches wide and was left with three points on
then denied by Pope on the hour-mark after a fine pass from Brendan Rodgers’ return to the
Pepe found the Gabon striker inside the box. club where he used to coach.
Ceballos was the next to be frustrated as Pope pushed his It was Lampard whom the
strike away – but Aubameyang made sure he tucked away his focus was on, though, and he
next chance, firing home from the edge of the box to put the could scarcely have dreamed of
hosts back in front. a better start.
Sead Kolasinac replaced Lacazette, recently back from an He could have been celebrat-
ankle injury, and was given a rousing reception following ing a goal after just 51 seconds
recent off-field events. but Pedro slashed a volley into
The full-back, along with team-mate Mesut Ozil, was tar- the side-netting and then Mount
geted by carjackers last month and the pair were unavailable shot straight at Kasper
at Newcastle last weekend as police investigated further inci- Schmeichel as the home side
dents. were straight on the attack.
Ozil was ill in the week so missed out on being involved And he was soon celebrating
here, while Kolasinac came on in a more attacking role, play- as Mount, on his home debut,
ing on the left wing for the final 19 minutes. made some early happy memo-
Fellow substitute Lucas Torreira came close to a third ries at Stamford Bridge.
Arsenal goal late on, with Burnley failing to test Leno in the The 20-year-old is a player
closing stages as they slipped to a 10th successive league Lampard has put so much faith
defeat to the Gunners. C in, having also taken him on