Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea were prepared for what Arsenal brought to Sunday’s fight at Stamford Bridge, and raised their game when misfortune struck the affair.

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Misfortune’s name was Moises Caicedo’s violent studs-up tackle into the planted ankle of Mikel Merino, earning the Blues midfielder a straight red card when VAR recommended an on-field review of referee Anthony Taylor’s yellow card.

But it was Chelsea who’d first find the score sheet when Trevoh Chalobah nodded a Reece James corner kick over the line. Merino found an answer for the Gunners, but Chelsea stood firm with 10 men and even went toe-to-toe with the Premier League leaders.

Enzo Maresca reaction to Moises Caicedo red card, Chelsea’s scrap with Arsenal

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