It was also interesting to see that Mourinho had chosen Crespo ahead of Drogba. I could see his point; after all, many people would pick Crespo ahead of Drogba, but following the Community Shield match, where Drogba scored twice and was constantly troubling the Arsenal defence, he deserved to play. Crespo's late stunning strike against Wigan could have persuaded Mourinho to play him ahead of Drogba, who was not impressive against the newly promoted side…but nor were any other Chelsea players. On the bench were summer signings English international Shaun Wright-Phillips and former Lyon midfielder, Michael Essien. Also on the bench were Carlo Cudicini and Robert Huth. Interesting to see that Joe Cole, who had started in the England's midweek international friendly against Denmark wasn't even in the squad..

Arsenal's team wasn't much of a surprise. Their summer signing Alexander Hleb, who came on as a substitute in the Community Shield, had started. Others included, were highly rated youngster Fabregas, Senderos, and it appeared Ljungberg had recovered from the slight calf problem that stopped him playing him Sweden's International friendly during midweek. On the bench were Dutchmen Bergkamp and Van Persie, as well as Flamini, Cygan and Almunia.

On paper, Chelsea were the better team. But Arsenal wanted to prove that they can match their quality…

Within minutes of the game starting, Arsenal had advantaged from having two men on the goal line, as Del Horno's header was cleared off the line by Ljungberg. And even within those early minutes, it was entertaining - a streaker had walked on the pitch. Unfortunately, Sky Sports chose not to show this, but judging by Mourinho's and Ferreira's laughs, and Wenger's smile also, it must have been rather amusing. Attention was then quickly turned to footballing matters once again, but the game had settled down a little.

Swedish internatonal, Ljungberg, did not last even half an hour, as he was stretchered off. Former Feyenoord striker Robin Van Persie replaced him at the 26th minute and the Dutchman came on receiving a chorus boos from Chelsea fans.

Second half had arrived and it appeared that the two sides would draw again, like they had done last season. Crespo hardly impressed, and was caught off-side several times. It was hardly surprising to see him substituted, and on came Dider Drogba…perhaps it would have been wiser if Mourinho has started with the former Marseille striker. One Chelsea player who had impressed though was summer signing, Del Horno. But the best player on the pitch during that time was Arsenal's £10 million signing from Stuttgart, Alexander Hleb. Youngster, Fabregas had also impressed.

Despite the animosity between the two clubs, it wasn't really clear on the pitch at that stage of the match. Although there were several fouls committed by both teams. Although, as the second half started, and the game progressed, Arsenal's frustration became to show…

It was a rather cagey second half. Several minutes into the second half, Chelsea's signings this summer had been brought on. Shaun Wright-Phillips was brought on to replace unimpressive Robben, and Ghanaian midfielder, Michael Essien, was brought on for Gudjohnsen. It was not long into the second half before Van Persie got booked for a tackle on Duff. Also getting booked was centre-back, William Gallas, for dissent.

Over 20 minutes later, after several fouls, throw-ins, shots, free-kicks and the usual, but with nothing too significant, came a fluky goal from Drogba! Ashley Cole's foul on Wright-Phillips had resulted in a free-kick taken by Lampard, which then resulted in open play. After a cross from Lampard, the ball had hit Drogba's knee, as he attempted to control it, and it had ended up in the net. A fluky goal, followed by a spazzy celebration. Arsenal tried to respond straight away, and as the final whistle blew, it became clear nothing came of it. A player who could have done better in that time was Arsenal's French international and skipper, Thierry Henry.

During the game, Makelel was booked for a foul on Van Persie, Senderos for a foul on Drogba, and Arsenal's Ashley Cole was booked for a foul on Essien.

It was interesting to hear that Abramovich had spent £10 million a month since taking over at Chelsea. Interestingly, the three substitutes that came on; Drogba, Wright-Phillips and Essien, almost £70 million, had cost more than the entire Arsenal squad.

Wright-Phillips had been kept quiet by an impressive Ashley Cole, apart from a few neat passes from Michael Essien, he did nothing significant, and Del Horno was very impressive. During the match, Chelsea however weren't too impressive, and had just won by a fluky goal - but it's a sign of Champions: not play too well, and still win.

As they proved that when they played Wigan last week, and also several times last season. Drogba's goal had lead to Chelsea's first league victory over Arsenal in 10 years. And Arsene Wenger had lost his 500th game in charge of Arsenal, which he was confident he'd win…