Even Chelsea can't screw this up...... can they? Could be a tetchy afternoon of Arsenal players cheating, winding up the opposition and harassing the referee to try and get a Chelsea player sent off.
Chelsea need a second goal to kill this off. They still don't look like the confident side that we're used to seeing. Flashes of nerves and some unforced mistakes.
You tempt the Cosmic Joker when you make someone as weak/fragile as Walnutt your captain and your opponent is one you rarely beat of late ...
Still. the Goons are full of world class players. <FACT> I expect them to do something akin to what Bale did to Inter in the San Siro.
Why do the commentators keep talking about Mertesacker missing three games? It's only one. It wasn't violent conduct.
Having him on the bench when he's not fit just sums up Wenger's thinking on these things. He rushes players back and then they miss even more football. Ridiculous. A player that's as important to them as he is shouldn't be anywhere near the squad right now. They've got massive games coming up and a break after this one.
Arsenal have no Mertesacker and no Giroud, yet Chelsea keep taking short corners. What's that about? Stops them from giving away possession and inviting breaks, I guess. Seems a bit unambitious to me, though.
What's Clattenburg's thinking on that penalty decision? Looking straight at it and there's not even an attempt to get the ball.
"Having him on the bench when he's not fit just sums up Wenger's thinking on these things. He rushes players back and then they miss even more football. Ridiculous." That is another thing about the Pochettino regime that I like. He seems to put players returning from injury thru the wringer before they even get close to an important game start. Let's see how long it takes Vertonghen to return if his injury is as bad as it looked.
When's the last time you saw Arsenal relinquish 65% possession to the opposing team at home? Apart from a few flashes, Chelsea are controlling this.
"When's the last time you saw Arsenal relinquish 65% possession to the opposing team at home?" What would you do ?? In the final reckoning, is trying to get points worth less to Wenger right now than the damage to GD that being picked off could do ??
