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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 24135363" data-attributes="member: 158020">Arsenal 2 Chelsea 0: Lacazette and  Koscielny fire Gunners to rousing derby win   <img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/01/19/18/8734944-6610569-image-a-24_1547922476096.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   Arsenal returned to winning ways and reignited their bid for a top-four place  in the Premier League with an excellent 2-0 triumph over Chelsea.Alexandre  Lacazette crafted a wonderful 14th-minute opener as Maurizio Sarri's side, not  for the first time this season, wilted under the pressure of a London derby.    Club captain Laurent Koscielny's attempt to head Sokratis Papastathopoulos's  volleyed pass six minutes before half-time spun off his shoulder and beat  Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga.   It was the former France defender's first goal since rupturing an Achilles  tendon last season and Chelsea were unable to respond.Sokratis powered wide  unmarked from an eighth-minute corner before centre-back partner Koscielny  forced a point-blank save from Kepa, who was grasping at air when Lacazette  turned sharply and clipped past him at his near post.   Sead Kolasinac played Pedro haphazardly onside to almost loft an 18th-minute  equaliser for Chelsea, although the left-back made himself more useful in attack  with a delicate cross that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang nearly converted with a  wonderful overhead kick.   Koscielny's fortuitous conversion off his shoulder was not so picturesque but  it was nevertheless rapturously received at Emirates Stadium.Slack set-piece  marking at the other end saw Marcos Alonso head against the post, pursuing a  lifeline Chelsea scarcely deserved.   Chelsea enjoyed sustained possession in the Arsenal half early in the second  period but created little, with Koscielny in particular defending  impeccably.Aaron Ramsey tried to prod the goal his endeavours deserved in the  64th minute after Kolasinac raided into the Chelsea box.   Blues substitute Ross Barkley had a rasping strike blocked before Arsenal  made an enforced change due to Hector Bellerin collapsing with a seemingly  serious knee injury - a rare blot on an outing far removed from last weekend's  loss at West Ham.</blockquote>

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