yaow.. allyuh dont get tired..
its the same script running in Chelsea v Arsenal games for about the last 3 years running..
Arsenal will have more of the ball, show more attacking initiative, look pretty with some intricate touches and play. Will probably test Cech a few times and get a few chances which they will not take.
Then Drogba will score.
Then they will regroup, start pressing again, have the upper hand, put Chelsea on the backfoot...
Then Chelsea will score again.
Then they will get frustrated as Chelsea can sit back more, they will take chances, the game will open up and Chelsea will have opportunities to score even more on the counter attack.
Then at the end of the game, Wenger and the diehards will talk about how unlucky they are because they were the better side for long periods, they had chances they lapse defensively.
Its nothing to do with luck, its all tactical. Chelsea don't mind inviting Arsenal in their half, sitting and soaking up pressure because they know how vulnerable Arsenal are on the counter attack. Even if one of the chances, like Arshavin's, did go in then that doesn't mean things would turn out different. Chelsea would just adapt their tactics to press and push forward more.
Arsenal need to learn to adapt their tactics for the big 4 teams, they cannot approach the game as they would approach a game against Bolton. They are tactically naive, physically inferior and mentally weaker. Because of the way Arsenal play, i will go as far as to say this game was an easier proposition for Chelsea than last week's game versus Hull.
PS: I hope allyuh was watching, because this game showed just how much better of a defensive midfielder Obi Mikel is compared to Song.
This is a post i made last year after an Arsenal v Chelsea game in the Arsenal thread. Re-reading the bold part it almost seems prophetic, like i said this game only ever has one script. Chelsea is possibly the worst match-up in the EPL for Arsenal because of the physical gulf between both sides. I was actually surprised that Drogba didn't take advantage of that centre back pairing more because Koscielney is nashy.
I thought Ramires was very good yesterday. At the start, he kept up with poor touches and conceding possession very easily on the ball and he was continuosly playing back to the defenders when hurried in possession. But as the game went on you could see he was growing in confidence, getting involved and physical and looking to be more positive with his play.
I giving him time. He look real off the pace in his first few games, but that could be confidence and teething in problems. Technically he doesn't look up to par, but his biggest asset is that burst from midfield to force the opposition on the back foot. Lets see how it works out.
