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New Arsenal Greek star Sokratis gets to meet our Michael Yiakoumi

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New Arsenal Greek star Sokratis gets to meet our Michael Yiakoumi

Our Michael Yiakoumi had the opportunity to welcome the New Arsenal Greek defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos to London after the thrilling Chelsea v Arsenal match at Stamford Bridge which Chelsea won 3-2.

Arsenal signed Greek international Sokratis close season from Borussia Dortmund where he spent five seasons he has represented the Greek national team 76 times.

Chelsea beat Arsenal 3-2 in a pulsating London Premier League derby on Saturday with defender Marcos Alonso scoring an 81st-minute winner after the Gunners had fought back from an early 2-0 deficit.

But any result would have been possible in a see-saw game marked by astonishing misses, with Arsenal particularly guilty in the first half.

Chelsea went ahead in the ninth minute when Pedro scored a cross by Alonso. Alvaro Morata scored only his second league goal of 2018, fed by a through ball from Cesar Azpilicueta 11 minutes later.

Arsenal clawed their way back into the game in the 37th minute when Henrikh Mkhitaryan drilled in a low shot and Alex Iwobi made it 2-2 four minutes later.