Chelsea lose the London derby to Arsenal just under 0: 1

Arsenal narrowly prevailed in the prestige duel

Chelsea missed the leap to third place in the English Premier League. The Champions League finalist lost the London derby in the 36th round against Arsenal 1-0 on Wednesday evening. Emile Smith-Rowe scored the only goal in the prestige duel in the 16th minute after Aubameyang preparatory work. With that, Chelsea two laps before the end of the season are two points short of Christian-Fuchs-Club Leicester City.

Chelsea went off as a loser after seven unbeaten competitive games. In eighth place, Arsenal have three points less than fifth West Ham, who, however, also played one game less.