Derbies between London's top teams always tend to be tasty affairs and the combination of heavy rain and both Gianfranco Zola and Dennis Bergkamp being absent through injury meant it was a practical game, generally absent of free flowing football. It looked as though the game would follow as many expected with two headers giving Chelsea a 2-0 lead. Aside from the last 15 minutes it was a demonstration in how to tackle, challenges flying in on the slippery Stamford Bridge surface. No doubt Dennis Wise was absolutely loving it up until a lanky Nigerian decided to rise above the mire. Nwankwo Kanu's first restored some semblance of hope for the Gunners, his second looked like he had rescued a point but it was his last that put his name down in Arsenal folklore. Skinning an inexplicably out of position Ed De Goey, he curled the ball over the heads of both Marcel Desailly and Frank Labeouf from the most minute of angles to complete an unlikely victory. This was more like Chelsea vs Kanu, the cult figure showing incredibly deft touches, defying the conditions and denying Chelsea an important win.
