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Arsenal 0-3 Chelsea: Pre-Season Friendly (Beijing) - As it happened

FULL TIME: Arsenal 0-3 Chelsea
Updated: 22 July 2017 19:12 IST - Published: 22 July 2017 18:11 IST
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PEEP PEEP PEEP! FULL TIME: Arsenal 0-3 Chelsea

A brace from Michy Batshuayi and a goal from Willian sees the Premier League champions come out on top against the FA Cup winners. 

The two sides will meet again in the curtain raiser to the 2017/18 season when they meet at Wembley in the Community Shield in a couple of weeks. 

Until then, it's goodbye from us! 
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93' Baker clears the wall but Emi Martinez makes a comfortable save.
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93' Free kick to Chelsea! Koscielny concedes the free-kick after bringing down Baker. This could be the last bit of action we see in the game.
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92' Young Boga tries to get the better of Coquelin and almost succeeds as the French midfielder spins on the spot like a top trying to figure out Boga's next move. But Willock tracks back to help and wins the ball back.
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THREE MINUTES ADDED ON
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90' Chelsea lead 3-0 and Conte is still on the touchline shouting instructions - what a man! (or he's simply informing the youngsters that the next person to score stays at Chelsea)
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86' CLANG! OFF THE POST! Arsenal almost get on the score sheet with a Reiss Nelson effort that beats Caballero but comes off the upright. 
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84' Loic Remy initiates a Chelsea counter with Kenedy and Baker on either side. He opts to pass to Kenedy who makes two touches to get forward but his final touch is too heavy and the Arsenal defence get back in time to prevent a shot or cut-back. That was close! 
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80' Chelsea have made so many subs with young players coming on that it looks like the Vitesse Arnhem team for the 2017/18 season out there now. 
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With 15 minutes to go, play is stopped for a water break and both side make a few more substitutions so everyone gets a chance to play. I'll try my best to tell you who came on/off - this is like ice hockey subs, for crying out loud!
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75' Kolasinac brings down Tomori who looked to run through on goal. The Arsenal defender gets a yellow card for his blatant but professional foul. Taking one for the team and all that. 
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73' Arsenal almost score a comical own goal. Ospina narrowed the angle on the shot and blocked the effort but the rebound almost went in off the backtracking Alex Iwobi! 
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71' Substitution update: Remy, Baker, Tomori and Kenedy came on for Conte's side to replace Batshuayi, Willian, Moses and Alonso.
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70' It's been a scrappy few minutes. Chelsea bring on a number of young players for the final 20 minutes. I'd tell you who they are but Chelsea have refused to print their names on the shirts. 
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67' After a promising Arsenal foray into Chelsea's half, Giroud literally copies Alonso's shot on goal at the other end and it goes well wide of Courtios' far post. 
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66' Alonso attempts a shot that is so wide of goal that Ospina doesn't even bother moving from his line. It does look like the players are tiring in Beijing's humidity. 
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63' Alonso takes the free-kick but fails to clear the wall. It must be said that the referees don't really whistle for fouls unless it's pretty blatant - as Giroud found out when he was hurled to the ground in a 50-50 battle. 
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62' Willian... SAVE! Willian gets in behind the defence again and takes a shot that stings Ospina's hands. Chelsea come back quickly and Kolasinac commits a foul to concede a free-kick. 
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60' Giroud has seen a lot of the ball ever since coming on and this time he tries to turn provider for Ozil with a cross back to the centre. It worked in the FA Cup final to find Ramsey but this time it's too close to Caballero who holds on to it with ease. 
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58' Giroud takes the free-kick and he tries to go under the wall without much success. Ozil gets on to the loose ball and feeds Ramsey who misses the shot, But Giroud tees up Coquelin whose shot from distance grazes the top of the net as it sails over Caballero's goal. 
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55' Free-kick to Arsenal! David Luiz commits a foul just outside the box and Giroud stands over the ball. This looks like Ozil territory but the French striker wants it. Ramsey also comes forward to take it. Who will it be?
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55' FOUL! Batshuayi finds himself one on one with Elneny but the Arsenal man has the ball. The striker attempts to get past him but hauls him down to the shrill whistle of the referee. Elneney even asks him to produce a card. 
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54' Arsenal pass the ball around a tight Chelsea defence and even Laurent Koscielny makes inroads into the Chelsea box to help Arsenal advance. 
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53' Ozil finds himself all alone with two Chelsea players surrounding him out on the right. With no support, he tries to keep the ball before he is dispossessed, turning over possession.