Chelsea revive hope of title defence

Defending Premier Leagues Champions, Chelsea, have revived their title defence hope by beating Arsenal 2 nil on Saturday.

Chelsea have lost many of their games since the start of the season making football followers and club fans to doubt whether the club would be in contention at all for the title this season.

But on Saturday hope was rekindled as Chelsea dismantled nine-man Arsenal to run away with victory, in a match that was more or less played to win and for pride.

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Chelsea boss, Jose Mourhino and Arsenal coach, Arsene Wenger, saw the match as a deciding factor in their progression in the leagues.

Kurt Zouma and Eden Hazard scored as Chelsea exploited the dismissals of Gabriel and Santi Cazorla to beat Arsenal .

Gabriel was sent off late in the first half after a tussle with the provocative Diego Costa and Zouma, playing in place of Chelsea captain John Terry, put the hosts ahead in the 53rd minute.

Cazorla was shown a second yellow card for sliding in on Cesc Fabregas and Hazard made the game safe a minute from time with a shot that beat former Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech via a sizeable deflection off Calum Chambers.

It was for Chelsea a first home league win of the campaign and, arriving on the back of Wednesday’s 4-0 win over Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Champions League, fired hope that Jose Mourinho’s side may yet salvage something despite making their worst start to a season in 29 years.

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