EPL: Gunners Feel The Blues After Mertesacker Red
Costa did make it seem worse than it was,and for the German who had gone 44 games without a card of any sort, this was disappointing. The former Atletico Madrid striker remains a nightmare for the Gunners defence and his villains status will not bother him one bit.
Wenger took off Olivier Giroud and that decision wold come back to haunt him. No focal point in the Arsenal attack reduced the cannons to mere slingshots. Add that to Wenger giving the captaincy to Theo Walcott and they were done before they knew it.
Arsenal were complicit for their poor shooting though. Walcott and Matthieu Flamini were woeful with their finishing on separate occasions. Arsenal were so bad Branislav Ivanovic notched an assist against them.
On a weekend that saw so many home teams fall, Arsenal did not seem like the home side till Alexis Sanchez was introduced. Even then they tended to over-elaborate things.
Old boy Cesc Fabregas seemed like a different player at the Emirates. He seemed to feel right at home. Tackling, making mazy runs, completing intricate passes and taken advantage of the misfit Aaron Ramsey/Flamini midfield partnership.
Chelsea have not dropped points after going ahead this season in away games and you could see why today. A mental edge over Wenger’s men was on display as the home side only mustered just 1 shot on target. Surely title winning teams ought to do more.
The referee, Mark Clattenburg waved away 2 penalty calls against the Gunners and Fabregas simply said”It’s not the first time, second time or third time it happens” after Koscielny checked him in the box. Another occasion saw an Arsenal player handle the ball within the box but play continued.
it seemed such a bad day at the office for Arsenal as they made it 9 hours and 32 minutes without a goal against their London rivals. That bizarre, no look tackle from the Captain of a team Chelsea always seems to beat.
It is not lost for the Gunners just yet. They sit just 3 points off Leicester and they can dust themselves and start all over again.
Stamford Bridge loyalists have a good night’s sleep to look ahead to. A point away from 12th position, perhaps relegation panic was just a false alarm for the deposed Champions.
Fun Fact Of The Day: Billionaire, Flamini has finally lost an Emirates game after a long, long run. 53 games long actually, 34 wins, and 16 draws. That 1st Half chance could have preserved his record if he had converted it.
Chelsea also finally won 2 games in a month!
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