00:00and Ian Wright were on the bench. Chelsea made one change from the team that beat Coventry,
00:04Craig Burley replacing Jodie Morris. The commentator at Highbury is Tony Gubber.
00:11Dennis Wise, this is good pressure from Chelsea, inside the first five minutes.
00:17Burley, Hughes, sensed Wise coming in support.
00:22It's a penalty. He had a good long look at it, Keith Burge. Wise went down, Steve Bold with the challenge.
00:34Arsenal hearts were in their mouths. It's a foot or two inside the penalty area. Bold was quickly back on his feet.
00:43But he turned to see Keith Burge pointing at the penalty spot.
00:46And what a great early chance this is for Chelsea. The ball placed on the spot by Frank Leboeuf.
00:58And John Lukic in goal for Arsenal with David Seaman injured after the England trip is beaten in the first five minutes.
01:05Chelsea, who have yet to concede a goal in three Premiership outings, is Di Matteo.
01:22Arsenal able to smuggle it. And that's a good ball to John Hartson.
01:27The threat would have been great if he did any stride. He didn't.
01:30He went down under the challenge of Andy Myers. No penalty.
01:39The Bergkamp. Just two from the penalty spot so far for Arsenal.
01:45Here's Vialli.
01:49This is Parler. Vialli took it off him. Leboeuf.
01:54Oh, well done, Craig Burley.
01:56Winterburn rather dived in. Here's Vialli.
02:01Force wide.
02:02Oh! Oh, it's in!
02:07Lukic has made a hash of it.
02:09Vialli squeezed it in between keeper and post.
02:14But surely, surely John Lukic in today because David Seaman has got a hamstring injury.
02:20He should have had it.
02:21He should have had it.
02:21It hit the arms of the keeper.
02:28He didn't keep hold of it.
02:30He didn't force it behind for the corner.
02:33Somehow it squeezed its way past him.
02:35And Chelsea are ahead by two goals to nil.
02:39And we haven't yet reached half time.
02:41Time running out in this first half for Arsenal inside the last ten minutes.
02:50Parler's strong enough to win it, but it's Chelsea who come out with it in the form of Steve Clarke.
02:54And again, it's one of these quick sweeping breaks by the team in blue.
02:58Clarke as well.
02:59He's got Petrescu on the overlap.
03:01He's got three to look for if he's got a good cross.
03:04That's same for Mark Hughes.
03:06Who won it?
03:07Here's Vialli.
03:10Blocked by Lee Dixon.
03:12But you have to be impressed with the way Chelsea are playing.
03:19That's tight.
03:22Lukic will be glad that it stuck to his gloves as well as it did.
03:26Harsen's flick on.
03:32Teed up nicely for Merson to shoot.
03:36That goal for Arsenal coming just when they needed it.
03:42Paul Merson's first of the season.
03:44In added on time at the end of the first half.
03:50A lovely little flick on by Bergkamp to keep the ball flowing across the penalty.
03:56area.
04:03Petrescu.
04:06Hughes with a little back heel.
04:08Petrescu.
04:11It's a corner.
04:15Dennis Wise has placed the ball for the corner.
04:18Short to Craig Burley.
04:23Here's Burley.
04:24Hughes with the header.
04:28Vialli.
04:34Here's Merson.
04:35Here's Parler.
04:37Here's Bergkamp.
04:39What a miss.
04:40Arsenal looked to have done everything that they needed to do to unlock Chelsea's defence.
04:49came off the alley so that would be a corner.
05:04Martin Keogh well forward once again as Arsenal prepare to take this corner.
05:09This time it's short.
05:11Merson.
05:11It's 2-2.
05:12And didn't Arsenal work the corner very cleverly.
05:24Merson short to Platt.
05:28Then whipped into the back post where the captain Martin Keogh was waiting.
05:37Well directed.
05:38Well directed.
05:39Hartson was there to help it over the line.
05:42But I think it was in any way.
05:43Certainly Keogh thinks it was.
05:45It's 2-2.
05:46Vogue replaced by Ian Wright to popular acclaim.
05:55And there are 16 minutes left.
05:59A final instruction from the caretaker manager.
06:10Ian Wright now on.
06:11Stealing behind the last defender.
06:13Wright.
06:15Yes.
06:17Wright on the floor in need of treatment.
06:20But Arsenal are ahead 3-2.
06:23Just on as a substitute.
06:26And the man who's been the top scorer for Arsenal every season.
06:30Since he arrived in 1991 from Crystal Palace.
06:34Has delivered again.
06:36Despite the knock that he got in receiving it.
06:38Look how he got the better of the defender.
06:42And brave enough.
06:45To score the goal when Kareem was bearing down on him.
06:50Chelsea still in with a chance of salvaging something.
06:57Here's Andy Myers.
07:02Spencer.
07:04Here's Wise.
07:05Dennis Wise.
07:06Yes.
07:08What a super strike by Dennis Wise.
07:12It's 3-3.
07:14One of the most memorable London derbies between Arsenal and Chelsea for years.
07:23The teams sitting second and third in the Premiership.
07:27Have carved out a marvellous match at Highbury.
07:30Chelsea ahead 2-0.
07:32Arsenal fight back to lead 3-2.
07:35And deep in added on time.
07:37Dennis Wise gets the equaliser.
07:45A delight.
07:48A beer.
07:49It's too much.
07:49Abdelete land.
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