Chelsea vs Leicester City: Maurizio Sarri suffers first home defeat
Re-live the action from Stamford Bridge
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Your support makes all the difference.Jamie Vardy pounced to give Leicester and boss Claude Puel a valuable and worthy 1-0 win at Chelsea.
Eden Hazard hit the crossbar in the first half and Vardy punished Chelsea's profligacy six minutes into the second half to ease the pressure on Foxes boss Puel with Leicester's first win at Stamford Bridge in 18 years.
Maurizio Sarri's Blues, for whom Marcos Alonso hit a post in stoppage time, have now lost three of their last six Premier League games and desperately need a goalscorer to ease the burden on Hazard.
The Foxes had won just two of their nine games since the October 27 helicopter crash which resulted in the death of five people, including chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.
A run of two wins in 12 games had led to speculation Puel's position was in jeopardy, but a first win at Chelsea since September 2000 should ease the pressure. Re-live the live action below:
37 minutes
More injury woes for Unai Emery.
Nacho Monreal is grimacing as he is replaced, and Arsenal lose yet another centre-back option.
Stephan Lichtsteiner comes on, and there'll be a reshuffle.
A back-three - Lichtsteiner, Sokratis, Granit Xhaka - is the new defensive system.
40 minutes
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang can't thread a pass through to Alexandre Lacazette as Kevin Long slides back well.
It is again Ashley Barnes and Sokratis in close proximity as Burnley break, with the latter hauling down the former. Barnes seems on the verge of a violent reaction and potential second yellow as Sokratis clings on, but just about keeps his cool.
The Greek is cautioned. Those two will have to be careful.
42 minutes
Ben Mee will take the free kick...
Atrocious. His chipped pass down the middle floats into Bernd Leno's hands with no Burnley player even within ten yards of the German goalkeeper.
44 minutes
Arsenal have lost their fluency as this game has become increasingly scrappy.
Ben Mee nearly offers them a chance, throwing caution to the wind in foolish fashion as he charges forward, but Kevin Long covers well to intervene on Alexandre Lacazette.
45 minutes
Two additional minutes signalled at the end of the first half.
Not the best half of football, and one that worsened as it continued, but Arsenal do have a 1-0 lead thanks to a lovely team goal from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Arsenal lead a Premier League game at half-time for the first time this season, but they've had to scrap for it.
Both teams started with a flurry of chances, and Burnley won't be too worried to be a goal behind. They'll always threaten from balls into the box, and have looked relatively stout defensively, barring a few individual errors.
46 minutes
A long ball down the Burnley right is well won by a fast-arriving Bernd Leno on the edge of his box.
Chris Wood's attempt to win the ball finds only Leno's midriff, and the striker is somewhat harshly booked as Leno receives treatment.
GOAL! Arsenal 2-0 Burnley (Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, 48 minutes)
Two for Aubameyang!
A flowing counter-attack begins when Jack Cork fails to get his shot away on the edge of the Arsenal box.
Sead Kolasinac is again the man in space thundering down the line and the Bosnian is well found by Matteo Guendouzi.
Kolasinac looks inside where Alexandre Lacazette is also left alone by the scrambling Burnley defence, and the Frenchman in turn finds Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang peeling away to the right.
Aubameyang lashes home past Joe Hart with the benefit of the slightest of touches off Ben Mee to double Arsenal's lead.
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