足球聯盟盃 - Arsenal 4 - 1 Chelsea - 切爾西足球俱樂部 Chelsea Football Club

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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2022/01/11/
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EFL Trophy report: Arsenal 4 Chelsea 1

11 Jan 2022


Our development squad were knocked out of this year's Papa John's Trophy
on Tuesday evening, losing 4-1 to Arsenal at the Emirates.


https://i.imgur.com/VC0vZD0.jpg


We came up short in our round-of-16 clash against our London rivals
Arsenal. A 4-1 loss knocks us out of this year's competition and Xavier
Mbuyamba's red card in the first half of this one makes the result a
tougher blow to take.


We started the game well despite conceding first to a well-worked move
which James Olayinka finished in the six-yard-box. He diverted a
cross-shot from Joel Lopez into the goal.


After a series of missed chances, we were unfortunate to go a man down as
the referee believed Mbuyamba to be the last man following his trip on
Mika Biereth. Even with our handicap, Jayden Wareham dispatched a nice
counter-attack with a drilled shot from outside the box to level the
score.


The leveller was short-lived as Biereth found space in the box to tap home
from a cross before the break before the Gunners grabbed a third after
half-time as the tricky attacker Omari Hutchinson struck a wonder goal,
which he curled beyond Teddy Sharman-Lowe.


Our fate was then sealed with a fourth goal as substitute Marcelo Flores
was able to finish off a team move. We created a number of chances through
Joe Haigh, George Nunn and Harvey Vale but were unable to get the job
done.


https://i.imgur.com/ZMYT7ct.jpg
We had chances to score but they just did not go in for us


== Early blow ==


Development squad boss Andy Myers went with the same front three that beat
Leicester in Saturday's 5-0 PL2 win. Wareham, one of the scorers in that
game, had the game's first real chance six minutes in, latching onto a
poor back pass and after a couple ricochets in the box, he fired a shot
which but for the keeper's fingertips would have found the bottom
left-hand corner of the net.


Despite our good start, it was the Gunners who took the lead. With their
first real sustained period of pressure on our backline, a Joel Lopez
cross-shot was turned in by James Olayinka to give them the opener.


We were edging the possession but our London rivals were creating the
better openings and looking more threatening. A last-ditch Josh Brooking
tackle prevented Omari Hutchinson from having a one-on-one with our
keeper.


== Momentum shift ==


After a brief break in play due to an injury to Olayinka which forced him
off, our young Blues began to get a foothold in the game. Harvey Vale
delivered a wicked cross which was begging for a touch to divert it in and
then Joe Haigh powered a slightly deflected left-footed shot over the bar.
The resulting corner led to Alfie Gilchrist glancing a header just wide of
the near post.


Down the other end, Hutchinson seemingly gave a nudge to Gilchrist who was
floored but a foul was not given. The Arsenal man slipped in Mika Biereth
who pulled a great save out of Sharman-Lowe.


== A man down ==


Things went from bad to worse for us as Mbuyamba was dubiously sent off 10
minutes before half-time after he was adjudged to have been the last man
following a tussle with Biereth.


https://i.imgur.com/1ClBad1.jpg
Mbuyamba was sent off early in the first half


Despite the disadvantage, we soon created a two-vs-two situation with
Wareham on the ball and Jude Soonsup-Bell accompanying him. The in-form
Wareham manufactured an angle and fired a brilliant shot beyond the
keeper's reach to draw us level.


https://i.imgur.com/FRdOs9b.jpg
Jayden Wareham celebrates as he scored to make it 1-1


Pariry was short-lived though as four minutes later a lofted ball to the
back post found Biereth, who was on hand to finish and put the hosts
swiftly back in front.


== High pressure ==


The second-half plan from Myers was clear; soak up pressure and try to hit
them on the counter-attack. We did allow a number of half-chances to be
created but nothing that really tested Sharman-Lowe in goal.


On the stroke of the hour mark, we created a fantastic opportunity to
level the scoring for the second time in the game. Substitute Dion Rankine
beat his man on the outside and dinked a lovely cross to the far post,
where Vale came flying in for a header which dropped agonisingly wide.
There were shouts for a high boot on Vale's header but the referee waved
away the penalty claims.


== Tough luck ==


Almost immediately after this, the dangerous Hutchinson found himself on
the right-hand side and after jinking his way towards goal he bent a
curled effort beyond Sharman-Lowe.


Our 10 men were putting in a hard shift but were looking jaded and the
north London outfit took advantage by adding a fourth. Following a cutback
into the box, substitute Marcelo Flores was on hand to sweep home.


It was great to see our boys not give up and still attempt to compete and
we were almost rewarded as a Charlie Webster cross was floated into the
back post but with a man applying pressure, Haigh could only divert his
header wide.


The Gunners could have had a fifth as Flores rounded our keeper and
smashed an effort on goal, though Simons expertly headed over the bar.
Another of the Arsenal substitutes, Khayon Edwards, then drew a great save
from the busy Sharman-Lowe as he could not convert despite being
one-on-one with our keeper.


https://i.imgur.com/nwIzdMT.jpg
Ted Sharman-Lowe was a very busy keeper in tonight's game


Besides a late George Nunn chance which he volleyed over, the game was
managed well by the opposition, condemning us to a defeat which knocks us
out of the competition.


Our development squad will next be in action on Monday 17 January as we
face Crystal Palace in the PL2 competition. Before then, our Under-18s
resume their quest in the FA Youth Cup with a fourth round tie away at
Watford on Thursday 13 January.


Chelsea (3-4-2-1):
Teddy Sharman-Lowe

Josh Brooking Xavier Mbuyamba Alfie Gilchrist
(Brodi Hughes 75)

Xavier Simons (c) Ben Elliott Lewis Baker Harvey Vale
(Dion Rankine h/t) (Bryan Fiabema 75)

Joe Haigh Jude Soonsup-Bell
Jayden Wareham (Charlie Webster 63)
(George Nunn 63)


Unused subs - Prince Adegoke, Tariq Uwakwe
Booked - Baker 65; Nunn 84
Sent off - Mbuyamba 35
Scorers - Wareham 38


Arsenal (3-4-2-1):
Karl Hein (c)

Brooke Norton-Cuffy Zach Awe Mazeed Ogungbo

Ryan Alebiosu Jack Henry-Francis Salah Oulad M'Hand Joel Lopez
(Joel Ideho 82) (Reuell Walters 62) (Khayon Edwards 82)

Omari Hutchinson Mika Biereth James Olayinka
(Marcelo Flores 62) (Tim Akinola 23)


Unused Subs - Ovie Ejeheri, Marcelo Flores, Charles Sagoe Jr
Booked - Ogungbo 45
Scorers - Olayinka 10; Biereth 42; Hutchinson 61; Flores 67

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