Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea: Odegaard winner keeps champions perfect

Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea is the Premier League Round 3 result that kept the champions perfect. Morgan Rogers volleyed Chelsea in front after 77 seconds at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday 6 September 2026. Kai Havertz, facing his former club, levelled on 25 minutes. Martin Odegaard won it on 50, finishing a move that ran through Christos Tzolis and a Havertz dummy. Arsenal sit on nine points from three; Chelsea drop their first points of the season.

How the goals arrived

Chelsea scored first because Arsenal did not clear a Reece James free-kick. The ball dropped to Jorrel Hato, then to Rogers, who swung a first-time right-foot volley past David Raya from outside the box. Sky Sports, Reuters and Chelsea's own match report all timestamp the goal at 77 seconds. The Athletic logs the assist as Hato.

Arsenal's reply was a near-post drive. Declan Rice found Havertz, who cut inside and beat Emiliano Martinez at the near post with a low left-foot shot in the 25th minute. ESPN and Sky Sports both have Rice as the supplier. Pedro Neto then struck the post before half-time, which is why the interval score of 1-1 still felt unfinished.

The winner was the cleanest passage of the afternoon. Tzolis slipped a ball into the box from the left. Havertz let it run. Odegaard lashed it high past Martinez. Chelsea's site and Opta Analyst describe the same dummy. The Athletic credits Tzolis with the assist. Raya later tipped an Estevao Willian shot over as Chelsea chased a point they did not get.

Who scored

• 2' — Morgan Rogers (Chelsea), assisted by Jorrel Hato — 0-1
• 25' — Kai Havertz (Arsenal), assisted by Declan Rice — 1-1
• 50' — Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal), assisted by Christos Tzolis — 2-1

What the result does to the table

Arsenal are 3-0-0 and nine points. Chelsea are 2-0-1 and six. The Athletic's box listed Arsenal second and Chelsea fourth at full time, with Manchester City also on a perfect start. The OneLightScore feed records 2-1 after a 1-1 first half. Check the live table below as later rounds land.

Line-ups, as Chelsea published them

Arsenal, from Chelsea's official match page: Raya; White, Konsa, Gabriel, Calafiori (Hincapié 67); Lewis-Skelly (Zubimendi 67), Rice; Saka (Madueke 90), Odegaard (Merino 78), Tzolis; Havertz (Gyokeres 78). Unused: Kepa, Dowman, Guimaraes, Eze. Booked: Tzolis, Merino.

It was an exceptional performance. Then we concede after 77 seconds from a situation we had already spoken about.— Mikel Arteta, post-match press conference, Emirates Stadium, 6 September 2026, as carried on OneLightScore's presser desk

Scoreline, periods and venue come from the OneLightScore match feed for Arsenal vs Chelsea, Premier League Round 3, Emirates Stadium, kickoff 15:30 UTC / 16:30 BST on 6 September 2026. Goal times, assists and the Neto post are corroborated by Sky Sports, Reuters, Chelsea FC and The Athletic. Cover image: Wikimedia Commons file of Emirates Stadium, reusable under the file licence.