Top 5 highest scoring London Derbies in the Premier League

2. Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal (October 2011)

A despondent arsenal side travelled to Stamford Bridge having already lost to Liverpool at home and thrashed 8-2 at Old Trafford. And AVB’s Chelsea gave a sign of things to come when an unmarked Frank Lampard headed home from a Juan Mata cross in the 14th minute. Aaron Ramsey then threaded the defence with a delightful through ball for Gervinho who squared it to van Persie to shoot into an open net. But John Terry ensured that Chelsea took the lead into halftime from a corner.

But Arsenal had the stats in their favour as they’d come from behind to get more points against Chelsea than any other side in the Premier League. And they did just that when Andre Santos equalised three minutes into the second half with a stunning effort to beat Cech. 2-2 and the game was on. And in the 55th minute, Theo Walcott fell and picked himself up in front of three Chelsea defenders to keep going, entered the box and took a shot at the far post.

Arsenal now led 2-3 but Juan Mata wasn’t done yet as he let fly a shot from about 25 yards which was deflected and levelled the score at 3-3 in the 80th minute. But a John Terry slip allowed van Persie to go through one-on-one with Cech, round him with ease and score Arsenal’s fourth. He then completed his hat-trick on an Arsenal counter with a fierce left footed shot that Cech unsuccessfully tried to stop. Arsenal came out unlikely winners with the final score reading 3-5.