Laurent Koscielny’s Record Following Arsenal Victory in London Derby

DBasia.news – The London Derby between Arsenal against Chelsea at Emirates Stadium, Sunday (20/1) won by Arsenal 2-0. The victory is really special for Laurent Koscielny.

The 23rd-week of Premier League is the prestigious match. No wonder, both teams come from London.

Arsenal won since 14′ by the goal from Alexandre Lacazette. Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga failed to anticipate it well.

Meanwhile, Laurent Koscielny added teh goal before the break. The Arsenal defender successfully converted the crosspassing from Sokratis Papastathopoulos.

There’s no additional goal both from Arsenal and Chelsea throughout the second half. The 2-0 score persisted until the final whistle.

The victory makes Arsenal cut the gap with Chelsea in the temporary table. Now, The Gunners are just three points behind the rival.

The result also improves Arsenal’s record against Chelsea. In 14 previous matches, The Gunners only achieved one victory against The Blues in the Premier League.

Besides that, Arsenal’s achievement against the top-six of Premier League becomes better against Chelsea. Last season, The Gunners only have six points, and currently, they have eight.

Laurent Koscielny scored a record by his goal. During nine seasons supporting Arsenal, the French defender always scores the goal each season.

The achievement wrote his name on the history book. Koscielny is the first Arsenal defender who scored 20 goals in the Premier League.