Chelsea vs Arsenal - Premier League LIVE: Latest score, team news and updates as Moises Caicedo is SENT OFF for dangerous lunging tackle after VAR intervention to spoil hosts fast start to London derby against league leaders

The half ends how it started, with a foul.

Enzo Fernandez pushes Cristhian Mosquera in the face, but rather than give a free-kick, Anthony Taylor decides to cut his losses and blow his whistle for the break.

It's been a game more reminiscent of a brawl than a football match; it's been non-stop scrapping.

Moises Caicedo has been sent off, and I think there will be more reds to come.

Hopefull,y some goals start coming after the interval, too.

OH, I thought that was in for a second.

Gabriel Martinelli has been pretty much anonymous all game but he nearly makes himself known with a big moment here.

The ball falls to him in the box, and he drills one toward the bottom corner, but Robert Sanchez does brilliantly to get down and deny him.

Huge, huge save.

Is that it?

There have been so many stoppages, I thought we were going to get like 10 minutes of added time.

I've got an idea.

These lads should just stop playing football for a few minutes and have a big old scrap. I mean, that's clearly all they want to do.

Anthony Taylor should be sent to the changing room for five minutes and just allow it to happen.

How fun would that be to watch?

Ooooft.

Trevoh Chalobah is now up and he has a monster egg-shaped bump on his face that has come because of the hit from Piero Hincapie.

Tye Defender goes over to Anthony Taylor to make it known how he now has a swollen face, but sadly for him, that won't change Taylor's mind.

Looks rough, though.

Trevoh Chalobah doesn't look good.

I was going to have a dig at him for acting like he had been sniped, but I actually think the stray arm did some damage.

He is still down getting treatment... this could be another massive blow for Chelsea.

My word, this is just relentless.

Now, Trevoh Chalobah is down after getting a stray arm in the face from Piero Hincapie.

The Ecuadorian is booked, and at this point, this game could end with three red cards each.

More cards than shots... I'm not kidding.

Yep, Moises Caicedo is off for an early bath.

The midfielder looked stunned, but I am not sure why; that was a horror tackle.

And that is lesson 101 in why you don't get too fired up on derby day...

A sixth red card of the season for Chelsea, and now they could be in for a long night.

VAR is taking a real long look at this.

Meanwhile, Caicedo seems to have somehow come off worse from this than Mikel Merino.

Or is he just acting to make it seem like his chalklenbge was not so bad. There are cameras, buddy.

In the meantime, Caicedo is booked, but he has not gotten away with this one yet.

Ohhhh, that's a shocking challenge.

Moises Caicedo should be gone here; he has forcibly stamped on the ankle of Mikel Merino.

VAR is checking... and the midfielder should be a goner in my book.

I have to say, I feel for Anthony Taylor.

Marc Cucurella is giving the referee a nightmare with all the fouls he commits on Bukayo Saka.

Yet again, he hauls down the winger, and Taylor is then faced with 20 angry faces screaming at him.

Cucurella avoids a second yellow, but he really needs to be careful.