Chelsea 3 Arsenal 0: Batshuayi Bags Brace, Moses And Tomori Impress, Iwobi Starts
Published: July 22, 2017Premier League champions Chelsea produced a devastating display to beat FA Cup winners Arsenal 3-0 at the Beijing National Stadium (Beijing) in a pre-season friendly on Saturday afternoon.
All three players of Nigerian descent Victor Moses, Fikayo Tomori and Alex Iwobi were in action, with the Arsenal number seventeen and Chelsea number fifteen handed starts by their respective coaches.
Brazil international Willian opened the scoring when he cut inside and curled the ball into the far corner in the 40th minute.
Three minutes before the break, Batshuayi added a second for Chelsea after he was set up by N'Golo Kante.
The Belgian international grabbed his brace three minutes after the restart.
Cesc Fabregas passed the ball to Alonso who beat his man and laid it to Batshuayi, who picked out the top corner of the net with a curler from 20 yards out.
Chelsea tackle Bayern Munich in their next pre-season game on July 25, while Arsenal face Benfica four days later.
Igho Kingsley
Photo Credit : arsenal.com
All three players of Nigerian descent Victor Moses, Fikayo Tomori and Alex Iwobi were in action, with the Arsenal number seventeen and Chelsea number fifteen handed starts by their respective coaches.
Brazil international Willian opened the scoring when he cut inside and curled the ball into the far corner in the 40th minute.
Three minutes before the break, Batshuayi added a second for Chelsea after he was set up by N'Golo Kante.
The Belgian international grabbed his brace three minutes after the restart.
Cesc Fabregas passed the ball to Alonso who beat his man and laid it to Batshuayi, who picked out the top corner of the net with a curler from 20 yards out.
Chelsea tackle Bayern Munich in their next pre-season game on July 25, while Arsenal face Benfica four days later.
Igho Kingsley
Photo Credit : arsenal.com
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