Arsenal against Chelsea

Chelsea are attacking in numbers and leaving lots of space at the back. It is space Rosicky is unable to capatalise on though as his floated cross is too close to Cech.

Van Persie has prodded home but it is not a goal as Rosicky, who squared it for him, was in an offside position.

Ashley Cole puts in a good tackle on Adebayor who would have been clear on goal. Mikel though has been booked for two sneaky fouls in quick succession.

Flamini uses his chest in his penalty area to block a Ferreira cross.

Shevchenko appeared to received a nudge in the back as the ball is played in to Arsenal's penalty area but the ref either didn't see it or didn't think so.

Great play from Rosicky on the left wing but Alex is tugging his shirt and concedes a free-kick.

A marvellous break from Arsenal involving Adebayor and Hleb who squares for Van Persie. The striker sets his sights on goal but Lampard has rushed back to put in enough of a challenge to put him off.

Wright-Phillips has missed a glorious chance after Arsenal can't clear a high ball. It finds the little winger via the head of Gallas but Wright-Phillips opts for power at the expense of precision and the shot is disappointingly wide of the goal. Chelsea's best chance of the match.

Free-kick to Arsenal after Ben-Haim clatters in to Fabregas. The Israelis is booked for the challenge.

Van Persie's first two contributions are a clever reverse pass which doesn't find an Arsenal man and then, seconds later, a snap shot which Cech does well to get to (although he fumbles causing mild panic in the Chelsea defence). Van Persie has slotted in perfectly to the game's tempo.

Eboue has been replaced by Robin van Persie.

Great tackle from Eboue, before he is felled by Joe Cole. The ref waves play on but then Fabregas is then pushed out of play by Mikel. The ref now takes the time to brandish a yellow card in the direction of Joe Cole.

It was actually Flamini who received the booking, quite rightly too. A rash challenge from behind.

The referee appears to have been booked Kolo Toure after Mathieu Flamini made a tackle. And they are such similar looking chaps.

Rosicky plays a one-two off a blue shirted figure before trying to thread a ball towards Hleb whom he just can't reach.

Van Persie is warming up on the touchline and could be about to join the fun.

Mikel has hit a wonderful shot from twenty-five yards across Almunia but it is a good height for the keeper who parries it away.

Wright-Phillips flashes a ball across the edge of the six yard box after superb play from Joe Cole but Shevchenko is nowhere near it.

Adebayor battles away up the park and calls for a corner which does not come. The game could do with someone putting their foot on the ball and slowing things down a bit. It is unlikely to happen though.

Chelsea corner which Lampard takes but first Ben Haim then Alex squander the chance to get an effort on goal when the ball comes to them.

Hleb, Fabregas and Adebayor combine well around the Arsenal penalty area and the Arsenal fans scream in vain for a penalty as they claim Fabregas was blocked.

Great tackle from Alex on Adebayor and then Joe Cole does well to get back and make a challenge. Chelsea are penned back a bit at the minute.

The crowd roar Arsenal on but Chelsea win a free-kick when Flamini downs Lampard.

Arsenal have not lost in over forty games where they have taken the lead, so statistics are not with Chelsea.

Ferreira fires in a great ball but Almunia stands firm and gratefully collects it.

Rosicky shows he can defend by taking the ball from Ferreira on the right hand side.

Apparantly John Terry has broken his metartarsal, which, as we all know, is not a good thing at all.

Arsenal give the ball away to Lampard who tries to cross for Shevchenko but puts too much on the ball.

Clichy puts in a good tackle on Ferreira to concede a throw.

The two teams are back on the park and Arsenal get the game underway again. Chelsea are going to have to push forward a bit more in this half and the pace of Shaun Wright-Phillips could help them do some damage.

HALF-TIME: Arsenal probably deserve the lead but you wonder if John Terry had still been on the park (and on the Chelsea far post for the corner) if it might have made a difference. They are certainly going to miss him in the second period.

GOAL: The corner coms over from Fabregas and has the normally reliable Cech flapping at the cross. He totally misses the ball and leaves William Gallas to gleefully head the ball home from a couple of yards out against his old team.

Wonderful tackle from Ferreira on Rosicky who showed him too much of the ball. Corner to Arsenal.

Wright-Phillips tries a deft flick for Shevchenko which doesn't come off and gifts Arsenal possession.

Mikel and Flamini bicker this time about some perceived injustice and all over the park there are players harbouring grudges about tackles made or decisions not given. It would not be a surprise to see a red card in the second half.

Some determined tackling going in from both sets of players and the commitment is there for all to see. Well, for those with access to a television set anyway.

Eboue's shot from twenty yards out brings groans from the Arsenal fans as it flies well wide of goal. There have not been too many clear cut chances so far for either side but Arsenal have had more of the ball.

Terry has sunk to his knees and his game is now over. Tal Ben-Haim comes on to replace him.

Rosicky comes inside from the left and, with three Chelsea men closing around him, whips in a shot towards Cech's near post which is about a foot wide of goal.

Terry is limping towards the touchline for some treatment.

Eboue and Fabregas this time show their fancy footwork with some nice one touch stuff but again Chelsea's defence are equal to the task and Terry gets it away. He's hurt though, and Eboue now is booked for the lateness of his challenge.

Shevchenko hits a great swerving strike which Almunia just about gets away, although he looked rather unconvincing. The corner comes, but Arsenal get it away.

Terry has put in another strong challenge and needs to be careful how he treads this afternoon.

Fabregas takes the free-kick but is is some way off target.

Frank Lampard was booked in the same incident and this game is developing in to a rather feisty affair.

Terry has put in a very firm tackle on Fabregas which brings a furious reaction from the Spaniard and for which Terry receives a yellow card.

Joe Cole is brought down on the edge of Arsenal's box and seemed to do so a little too easily. Chelsea aren't complaining but they might be now after Frank Lampard skies a shot closer to the corner flag than the intended target.

Hleb is clumsily brough to earth by Paulo Ferreira and the free-kick is thirty-five yards from Chelsea's goal. It is played short to Toure who blasts it against the Chelsea wall.

Adebayor catches Ashley Cole with a high challenge. The foul is a popular one around north London, if not the booking Adebayor is justifiably shown for his endeavours.

Great covering play from Toure who beats Shevchenko to a ball after Flamini had carelessly conceded possession in midfield allowing Chelsea to break.

Lampard executes a clever dummy which allows the ball to reach Ashley Cole out on the left. He gets a cross in but seems to be limping after some contact from a tackle by Sagna.

Fabregas starts a nice passing move up the park which ends when Ashley Cole goes in for a full-blooded challenge on Sagna. Cole has put in a decent performance so far.

It has been nearly all Arsenal so far but Chelsea have stood firm in the face of the Gunners slick passing moves.

Shaun Wright-Phillips manages to release the building pressure on the Chelsea goal with a break up the park and tries a speculative long-range effort when he should have used the support he had alongside him.

Alex looks a little unsure with a header back towards Cech but gets away with it.

Fabregas and Hleb play two one-two's in and around the Chelsea penalty area but can't find a way through. The ball is re-worked out to Adebayor who fires wildly over the bar.

Good tackle by Clichy on Shevchenko who seemed to dither on the ball.

Lampard it is who heads behind the free-kick for a corner. Fabregas takes it but it is headed away. Arsenal relaunch it in to the Chelsea penalty area but Alex does well to clear the ball.

It is fast paced stuff here - and Eboue is too quick for Lampard who trips the Arsenal man giving away a free-kick in a dangerous position.

Flamini is being spoken to by the ref following a challenge on Lampard. No action is taken though.

Ashley Cole comes across the advancing Mathieu Flamini and brings him down as he approached the Chelsea goal. No foul though.

Arsenal play their way our up the park with typical precision passing and the move ends with the crowd screaming for handball against Cole. It isn't given, but a foul to Chelsea is when Sagna brings Cole to the floor.

Chelsea start the game. Good atmosphere from the sounds of it in the Emirates although Ashley Cole's mother may not agree with that given the choice ditties already being belted out about her son.

Ashley Cole is sure to receive a festively cheery welcome from the Gunners fans as he appears at the Emirates for the first time. Chelsea start with just Andriy Shevchenko up front, Arsenal have Emmanuel Adebayor operating as a lone striker with Alexander Hleb just behind him.

In case you were unaware that two games between the top four teams in the country is a big deal, Sky have helpfully monikered today 'GRAND SLAM SUNDAY'. Man Utd have won the first part of today's special event, nowit is the turn of London rivals Chelsea and Arsenal to do battle.

Van Persie is warming up on the touchline and could be about to join the fun.

Mikel has hit a wonderful shot from twenty-five yards across Almunia but it is a good height for the keeper who parries it away.

Wright-Phillips flashes a ball across the edge of the six yard box after superb play from Joe Cole but Shevchenko is nowhere near it.

Adebayor battles away up the park and calls for a corner which does not come. The game could do with someone putting their foot on the ball and slowing things down a bit. It is unlikely to happen though.

Chelsea corner which Lampard takes but first Ben Haim then Alex squander the chance to get an effort on goal when the ball comes to them.

Hleb, Fabregas and Adebayor combine well around the Arsenal penalty area and the Arsenal fans scream in vain for a penalty as they claim Fabregas was blocked.

Great tackle from Alex on Adebayor and then Joe Cole does well to get back and make a challenge. Chelsea are penned back a bit at the minute.

The crowd roar Arsenal on but Chelsea win a free-kick when Flamini downs Lampard.

Arsenal have not lost in over forty games where they have taken the lead, so statistics are not with Chelsea.

Ferreira fires in a great ball but Almunia stands firm and gratefully collects it.

Rosicky shows he can defend by taking the ball from Ferreira on the right hand side.

Apparantly John Terry has broken his metartarsal, which, as we all know, is not a good thing at all.

Arsenal give the ball away to Lampard who tries to cross for Shevchenko but puts too much on the ball.

Clichy puts in a good tackle on Ferreira to concede a throw.

The two teams are back on the park and Arsenal get the game underway again. Chelsea are going to have to push forward a bit more in this half and the pace of Shaun Wright-Phillips could help them do some damage.

HALF-TIME: Arsenal probably deserve the lead but you wonder if John Terry had still been on the park (and on the Chelsea far post for the corner) if it might have made a difference. They are certainly going to miss him in the second period.

GOAL: The corner coms over from Fabregas and has the normally reliable Cech flapping at the cross. He totally misses the ball and leaves William Gallas to gleefully head the ball home from a couple of yards out against his old team.

Wonderful tackle from Ferreira on Rosicky who showed him too much of the ball. Corner to Arsenal.

Wright-Phillips tries a deft flick for Shevchenko which doesn't come off and gifts Arsenal possession.

Mikel and Flamini bicker this time about some perceived injustice and all over the park there are players harbouring grudges about tackles made or decisions not given. It would not be a surprise to see a red card in the second half.

Some determined tackling going in from both sets of players and the commitment is there for all to see. Well, for those with access to a television set anyway.

Eboue's shot from twenty yards out brings groans from the Arsenal fans as it flies well wide of goal. There have not been too many clear cut chances so far for either side but Arsenal have had more of the ball.

Terry has sunk to his knees and his game is now over. Tal Ben-Haim comes on to replace him.

Rosicky comes inside from the left and, with three Chelsea men closing around him, whips in a shot towards Cech's near post which is about a foot wide of goal.

Terry is limping towards the touchline for some treatment.

Eboue and Fabregas this time show their fancy footwork with some nice one touch stuff but again Chelsea's defence are equal to the task and Terry gets it away. He's hurt though, and Eboue now is booked for the lateness of his challenge.

Shevchenko hits a great swerving strike which Almunia just about gets away, although he looked rather unconvincing. The corner comes, but Arsenal get it away.

Terry has put in another strong challenge and needs to be careful how he treads this afternoon.

Fabregas takes the free-kick but is is some way off target.

Frank Lampard was booked in the same incident and this game is developing in to a rather feisty affair.

Terry has put in a very firm tackle on Fabregas which brings a furious reaction from the Spaniard and for which Terry receives a yellow card.

Joe Cole is brought down on the edge of Arsenal's box and seemed to do so a little too easily. Chelsea aren't complaining but they might be now after Frank Lampard skies a shot closer to the corner flag than the intended target.

Hleb is clumsily brough to earth by Paulo Ferreira and the free-kick is thirty-five yards from Chelsea's goal. It is played short to Toure who blasts it against the Chelsea wall.

Adebayor catches Ashley Cole with a high challenge. The foul is a popular one around north London, if not the booking Adebayor is justifiably shown for his endeavours.

Great covering play from Toure who beats Shevchenko to a ball after Flamini had carelessly conceded possession in midfield allowing Chelsea to break.

Lampard executes a clever dummy which allows the ball to reach Ashley Cole out on the left. He gets a cross in but seems to be limping after some contact from a tackle by Sagna.

Fabregas starts a nice passing move up the park which ends when Ashley Cole goes in for a full-blooded challenge on Sagna. Cole has put in a decent performance so far.

It has been nearly all Arsenal so far but Chelsea have stood firm in the face of the Gunners slick passing moves.

Shaun Wright-Phillips manages to release the building pressure on the Chelsea goal with a break up the park and tries a speculative long-range effort when he should have used the support he had alongside him.

Alex looks a little unsure with a header back towards Cech but gets away with it.

Fabregas and Hleb play two one-two's in and around the Chelsea penalty area but can't find a way through. The ball is re-worked out to Adebayor who fires wildly over the bar.

Good tackle by Clichy on Shevchenko who seemed to dither on the ball.

Lampard it is who heads behind the free-kick for a corner. Fabregas takes it but it is headed away. Arsenal relaunch it in to the Chelsea penalty area but Alex does well to clear the ball.

It is fast paced stuff here - and Eboue is too quick for Lampard who trips the Arsenal man giving away a free-kick in a dangerous position.

Flamini is being spoken to by the ref following a challenge on Lampard. No action is taken though.

Ashley Cole comes across the advancing Mathieu Flamini and brings him down as he approached the Chelsea goal. No foul though.

Arsenal play their way our up the park with typical precision passing and the move ends with the crowd screaming for handball against Cole. It isn't given, but a foul to Chelsea is when Sagna brings Cole to the floor.

Chelsea start the game. Good atmosphere from the sounds of it in the Emirates although Ashley Cole's mother may not agree with that given the choice ditties already being belted out about her son.

Ashley Cole is sure to receive a festively cheery welcome from the Gunners fans as he appears at the Emirates for the first time. Chelsea start with just Andriy Shevchenko up front, Arsenal have Emmanuel Adebayor operating as a lone striker with Alexander Hleb just behind him.

In case you were unaware that two games between the top four teams in the country is a big deal, Sky have helpfully monikered today 'GRAND SLAM SUNDAY'. Man Utd have won the first part of today's special event, nowit is the turn of London rivals Chelsea and Arsenal to do battle.