Chelsea vs Arsenal result: Eden Hazard ensures Blues win Europa League final in style
Re-live the action from Baku
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Your support makes all the difference.Eden Hazard bid a glorious farewell to Chelsea by netting a brace as Maurizio Sarri's side roared past Arsenal to seal Europa League success in Azerbaijan.
Unai Emery was looking to continue his love affair with this competition and end the Gunners' 25-year wait for continental success at the end of his maiden campaign in the dugout.
But Arsenal collapsed as a tepid first half made way for a memorable second period at the sparsely-filled Baku Olympic Stadium, where Chelsea manager Sarri masterminded a 4-1 win that brought his first major trophy. Re-live the action in the blog below.
Gonzalo Higuain has also not been a happy boy in training recently....
TEAM NEWS
The big news for Chelsea is that N'Golo Kante STARTS - he's been passed fit!
Here's Chelsea's starting XI: Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Luiz, Emerson, Knte, Jorginho, Kovacic, Pedro, Giroud, Hazard
TEAM NEWS
For Arsenal, it's largely as expected, and Petr Cech starts his final ever match against his former club!
Here's Arsenal's starting XI: Cech, Maitland-Niles, Sokratis, Koscielny, Monreal, Kolasinac, Torreira, Xhaka, Ozil, Aubameyang, Lacazette
Chelsea substitutes: Caballero, Cumming, Alonso, Barkley, Higuain, Zappacosta, Willian, Cahill, Ampadu, Gallagher, McEachran
Arsenal substitutes: Leno, Lichtsteiner, Mustafi, Jenkinson, Elneny, Guendouzi, Willock, Saka, Amaechi, Iwobi, Nketiah, Welbeck
Maurizio Sarri speaking to BT Sport pre-match:
On losing his temper in training yesterday:
"I think that you were not able to understand yesterday because if my players are really aggressive in training I am happy, not disappointed. In the final 15 minutes, the cameras were there so we were disappointed."
How fit is N'Golo Kante:
"We don't know exactly."
Unai Emery has won this competition three times in a row from 2014-2016 with Sevilla.
Can he make it number four?
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