Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta praised his side's "exceptional" fightback after they came from behind to beat Chelsea 2-1 at the Emirates, a result that lifted the Premier League champions level on points with Manchester City at the top of the table. Morgan Rogers had given Chelsea an early lead, ending Arsenal's clean start to the season, before Kai Havertz equalised and set up Martin Ødegaard for the winner, prompting Arteta to declare the performance evidence that his team can reach even greater heights than last season.

Arsenal and City are the only two clubs to have won their opening three league games, with Arteta warning that the title race will be tightly contested throughout. He singled out Ødegaard, who has scored three goals in four games while recovering his fitness after two injury-hit years, and Havertz, who impressed against his former club. For Chelsea, it was a first defeat under Xabi Alonso, whose side have now conceded seven goals in three matches and remain without a clean sheet in 19 league games, though Alonso insisted his team's attacking approach would not change.