In what was quite arguably one of the matches of the Premier League season thus far, Arsenal battled to a 2-1 win over Chelsea at the Emirates after having gone 1-0 down inside of the opening two minutes by virtue of a Morgan Rogers goal. Kai Havertz (25') and Martin Ødegaard (50') scored replies in either half to see that Mikel Arteta's side are now the only remaining side along with Manchester City to have won all three of their opening league matches.

While Chelsea did have their chances to find the back of the net more than just once, Arsenal were probably the deserved winners on the afternoon. Pedro Neto came close for Chelsea just before the halftime interval, but his effort was denied by David Raya's right post. It will be back to the drawing board for Xabi Alonso as his winning start to life in London comes to an end.

Carragher Feels Emiliano Martinez Has Lost It A Bit

Emi Martinez had made it clear that he was looking for a new club during the summer transfer window, and he eventually landed at Chelsea from Aston Vila. Alonso's intentions were made clear after the Argentine 2022 World Cup winner went straight into the starting lineup to replace Robert Sánchez just days after completing his move to Stamford Bridge.

Since he's joined The Blues, Martinez has started twice and has now conceded a total of five goals from those matches; the 4-3 win over Brighton and Hove Albion and the 2-1 loss to Arsenal. While he's not to blame for most of the goals that he and Chelsea have conceded from those two matches, former Liverpool defender and Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher made his feelings felt on the keeper during post-match punditry from the Emirates.

At least for the case of Havertz's goal, Carragher feels that Martinez could've done better and that he's lost a bit of his quickness that he had over the past couple of years for both Villa and Argentina.

What you have to remember with Chelsea bringing this goalkeeper, I think the goalkeeper saves that two or three years ago (the Havertz goal). It is better for everyone that Sanchez is not in goal. It is not good for Chelsea, it is not good for Sanchez. He is not quite at the level.<br><br>He's a good goalkeeper, not a great one, so you go and get someone who has been a great one and some people think he still is. But they are not bringing the goalkeeper that won the World Cup four or five years ago.<br><br>Signing Martinez was not a mistake, they got him for £7.5m, it was a really good deal. He is still a really good goalkeeper and he is better than Sanchez. It'll make everyone feel a little more confident. I always worry with goals like (Havertz's), it isn't a mistake, that is just a goalkeeper who isn't quite as sharp as he once was.<br><br>That is just a goalkeeper not reacting quick enough. Martinez is a very good goalkeeper and he still is a very good goalkeeper, but he's not the goalkeeper who won the World Cup four years ago.<br>

Time Will Tell

For the sake of the argument, Martinez has only had two matches in goal for Chelsea after being thrust right into the starting lineup, so he has plenty of time to get sharper and look more like the keeper he was in Qatar in 2022. Getting used to a new back line at a new club can come with its own set of adjustments, but Alonso and Chelsea will be hoping that their new number one keeper doesn't produces performances that warrant post-match discussions like the one Carragher delivered.

He's a top keeper, but one could easily argue that if Raya were on the receiving end of the Havertz chance, he likely would not have been beaten at his near post.