{"id":12338,"date":"2025-03-16T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=12338"},"modified":"2025-03-16T14:43:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T14:43:59","slug":"arsenal-vs-chelsea-live-premier-league-latest-score-as-mikel-merino-breaks-deadlock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/16\/arsenal-vs-chelsea-live-premier-league-latest-score-as-mikel-merino-breaks-deadlock\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal vs Chelsea LIVE: Premier League latest score as Mikel Merino breaks deadlock"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mikel Merino opened the scoring for Arsenal against Chelsea (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Arsenal hold a narrow advantage over Chelsea heading into the second half of this afternoon’s London derby after Mikel Merino broke the deadlock with a 20th-minute header at the Emirates.<\/p>\n

In a first half seriously lacking in any real quality, Merino’s goal from an inswinging Martin Odegaard corner proved the difference.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard was given a large helping hand from fellow countryman Robert Sanchez, who once again failed to convince between the sticks for the visitors.<\/p>\n

Clear-cut chances were few and far between in the opening 45 minutes and both managers will be tempted to ring the chances at the halfway stage with a view to freshening up in the second period.<\/p>\n

The Blues have a serious job on their hands if they are to continue their resurgent run of results, with Enzo Maresca’s men winning their last four matches in all competitions.<\/p>\n

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Mikel Merino opened the scoring for Arsenal against Chelsea (Picture: Getty) Arsenal hold a narrow advantage over Chelsea heading into the second half of this afternoon’s London derby after Mikel Merino broke the deadlock with a 20th-minute header at the Emirates. In a first half seriously lacking in any real quality, Merino’s goal from an…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12338"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12338"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12341,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12338\/revisions\/12341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}