Arsenal vs. Chelsea results: Highlights from Chelsea's dominant 2019 Europa final win

Tadd Haislop

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Just because Chelsea entered Wednesday's Europa League final against Arsenal without much on the line did not mean the Blues would not be motivated to beat their London rivals. The Gunners needed a victory in Baku, Azerbaijan, in order to qualify for next year's Champions League. Chelsea, already qualified for next season's UCL play, could love nothing more than to keep Arsenal away from such glory.

That's exactly what Chelsea did with its 4-1 victory.

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It was a bit of a surprising result considering the injuries that struck the third-place Premier league finishers in the weeks leading up to Wednesday's match. Star midfielder N'Golo Kante was considered questionable for the Europa League final with a bad knee, but he was cleared for the lineup just before the match. However, another Chelsea midfielder in Ruben Loftus-Cheek was out with a torn Achilles. The good news for Chelsea: Eden Hazard was the best player on the pitch in what might be his last game in blue.

The location of Wednesday's Europa League final, almost 3,000 miles from London, was inconvenient for both clubs, which are located roughly 10 miles apart. But it was worse for Arsenal, because Henrikh Mkhitaryan did not make the trip with his club due to safety concerns. The Armenian's home country is still at war with the neighboring Azerbaijan.

Chelsea registered its fifth major UEFA European competition final victory, with only Liverpool winning more among English clubs (eight). Arsenal conceded four goals in a European match for the first time since its 1-5 loss to Bayern Munich in March of 2017, and it became the first team to do so in a UEFA Cup/Europa League final since Middlesbrough lost 4-0 to Sevilla in the 2006 UEFA Cup final.

SN provided live scoring updates and highlights during Wednesday's Europa League final between Arsenal and Chelsea. Here is how Chelsea pulled off the win.

Arsenal vs. Chelsea: Score, results, highlights

Arsenal: 1
Chelsea: 4

90' (+4) - Final whistle, Chelsea is your 2019 UEFA Europa League champion. 

89' - Substitution for Chelsea. Davide Zappacosta replaces Eden Hazard.

82' - Corner for Arsenal conceded by Emerson.

77' - Substitution for Arsenal. Joe Willock replaces Mesut Özil.

76' - Substitution for Chelsea. Ross Barkley replaces Mateo Kovacic.

72' - GOAL! Eden Hazard AGAIN, this time off the pass from Giroud. Chelsea answer back quickly.

70' - Corner for Chelsea conceded by Laurent Koscielny.

69' - GOAL! The substitute Alex Iwobi gets one back for Arsenal on a volley.

67' - Substitution for Arsenal. Alex Iwobi replaces Lucas Torreira.

66' - Substitution for Arsenal. Matteo Guendouzi replaces Nacho Monreal.

65' - PENALTY GOAL! Olivier Giroud draws the foul for Chelsea and Hazard converts.

60' - GOAL! Pedro puts Chelsea up 2-nil off the assist from Eden Hazard.

56' - CARD Chelsea's Pedro is shown the yellow card.

49' - GOAL! Chelsea take the lead as Olivier Giroud heads home Emerson Palmieri's cross.

48' - Chelsea corner conceded by Arsenal's Laurent Koscielny.

45' (+1) - Halftime.

41' - Chelsea corner conceded by Arsenal's Nacho Monreal.

40' - Chelsea corner conceded by Arsenal's Granit Xhaka.

32' - Arsenal corner conceded by Chelsea's César Azpilicueta.

29' - Chelsea corner conceded by Arsenal's Sokratis.

20' - Arsenal corner conceded by Chelsea's Jorginho.

16' - Arsenal corner conceded by Chelsea's César Azpilicueta.

1' - The match begins.

Tadd Haislop

Tadd Haislop is the Associate NFL Editor at SportingNews.com.