Chelsea boss Graham Potter had seen enough, replacing the anonymous Aubameyang -- whose rare touches were booed by the visiting support -- for Armando Broja,
Arsenal returned to the top of the Premier League courtesy of a 1-0 win over London rivals Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang lined up to face his former club after leaving under something of a cloud back in February, when he was stripped of the Arsenal captaincy amid questions over his discipline. His most notable intervention here, though, was a yellow card for a rough foul on Arsenal’s Ben White before he was subbed off in the second half on a frustrating afternoon for the Chelsea striker.
The first half was a non-event and the opening of the second period followed a similar pattern with neither side looking particularly comfortable on the ball or dangerous in attack. In a game of fine margins, it took a set-piece to open the scoring, with Bukayo Saka’s corner squirming all the way through a crowd of bodies and Gabriel tapping the ball home from inside the six yard box.
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