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		</div><p>Frank Lampard admitted Jorginho could easily have been sent off before tapping in the goal that sparked Chelsea’s 2-1 Premier League win at Arsenal.</p>
<p>Italy midfielder Jorginho pounced on Bernd Leno’s goalkeeping calamity to tap into the empty net and send Chelsea en route to a turnaround victory at the Emirates Stadium.</p>
<p>Tammy Abraham’s 12th league goal of the term sealed the Blues’ win, to help boss Lampard’s men avoid a sixth loss in eight matches.</p>
<p>Former Blues midfielder Lampard was forced to admit Chelsea rode their luck, however, with Jorginho swerving a second booking despite pulling back Matteo Guendouzi.</p>
<p><em>“It certainly could have been a second yellow,”</em> said Lampard.</p>
<p><em>“In a London derby a lot of challenges like that. So we might have struck a bit of luck with that, but I don’t think it was that clear cut.</em></p>
<p><em>“Jorginho was the big catalyst for the change, winning second balls, showing that character.”</em></p>
<p>Arsenal tore into a disorganised Chelsea from the off, with an unmarked Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang nodding home from a corner to hand the hosts a deserved lead.</p>
<p>Blues boss Lampard ditched the 3-4-3 formation just past the half-hour though, withdrawing the struggling Emerson Palmieri and switching to 4-3-3.</p>
<p>The decision eventually turned the game, with Jorginho proving pivotal to that reversal of fortunes.</p>
<p>Lampard insisted it was a change in mentality rather than tactics that helped Chelsea turn the tables on the Gunners however, praising his players for eventually finding their bite.</p>
<p><em>“No I don’t think we got it wrong tactically at the start,”</em> said Lampard.</p>
<p><em>“It wasn’t so much the tactics, it was the spirit and the fight of the team.</em></p>
<p><em>“They were quicker, and we were lethargic initially.</em></p>
<p><em>“Sometimes it has to be a gesture with a change. And then after the changes we got better.</em></p>
<p><em>“It wasn’t so much the three at the back, but then again, Mikel Arteta isn’t silly: they found a way to pin our five back, and so I had to change.”</em></p>
<p>Explaining his players exchanged “aggressive” words at half-time, Lampard continued: <em>“I like that and they should be loud, because you don’t want it to be quiet and for the players to just get on with it.</em></p>
<p><em>“I was pretty firm and said my piece. You can’t come to Arsenal and have nothing about you.</em></p>
<p><em>“After I’d spoken the lads started talking and it was a bit aggressive, which was a good thing.</em></p>
<p><em>“And the reaction was everything I wanted. We’ve been rightly questioned recently.</em></p>
<p><em>“We were quiet in the dressing room after the Everton defeat and I didn’t like it. And in the home games we’ve been lacking something.</em></p>
<p><em>“It’s not a turning point, but we showed we can have a right go and win a game in a different way.”</em></p>
<p>New Arsenal boss Arteta believes Jorginho should have been dismissed for a second yellow card but insisted the Gunners only have themselves to blame for defeat.</p>
<p>Arsenal have now lost four consecutive home matches in all competitions for the first time in 60 years.</p>
<p>Asked whether Jorginho should have been sent off, Arteta said: <em>“I think that’s up to the referee but for me it’s very clear. That’s it.</em></p>
<p><em>“I blame my team (for defeat). We are responsible for everything we did wrong on that football pitch.</em></p>
<p><em>“The decisions we didn’t get right, obviously. The other things we cannot control or change them now.”</em></p>
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