#5 Andy Carroll’s revenge
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Chelsea are prone to aerial balls and Slaven Bilic had a pretty good weapon in Andy Carroll. The Blues, as it turned out, had their very own plans for the towering forward. Boxed in between Chelsea defenders with not a teammate within profitable distance, Carroll remained detached and isolated for parts of the game. It was set to be a disappointing outing for the man who had scored in both fixtures last season when he intercepted a poor pass from Azpilicueta.
Carroll must have taken more pleasure in robbing the Spaniard who had had the better of him the entire night. The Englishman found Andre Ayew down the middle and the former Swansea midfielder noted the run of Manuel Lanzini on the right to tee him up for at least a consolatory goal in injury time.
The Argentine made no mistake as he netted with a sublime shot that left Thibaut Courtois infuriated. Though the goal made no tangible difference to either side (so far), it did show that the league leaders are prone to the occasional mistake in spite of being in full control.
