Yesterday's game was a classic, just a shame we were on the wrong end of it. When Mata equalised with that bullet, I thought this game was gonna go down as a memorable one for us, but then Terry effed it up. Congrats Arsenal fans, yuh side played to the best of their ability yesterday and yuh got the luck near the end that I guess has been eluding you so far this season. Well done. Van Persie is a special player and he was excellent yesterday - and I am not even including his final 2 gifted goals in that rating -he had us running scared all game long.
I am under no illusions, this might be the first time we dropped points at home this season, but I have seen enough of us even before yesterday to know that our best hope is third. It was a great game, but neither of these teams are anywhere near as good as the Manchester clubs.
Torres was shocking yet again, I have given up on him long ago. Sturridge was awful yesterday as well. He started ok but his finishing was dreadful and I think that hurt his confidence, he was eventually hauled off to everyone's relief.
Chelsea defended badly all game but most of the goals weren't the result of bad defending.
Arsenal goal #1 was a great combo by the Arsenal attack.
#2 was poor defending.
#3 happened because everyone in the stadium thought the ref would blow for a foul (or a dive) and Theo got up and caught everyone by surprise.
#4 was a simple mistake.
#5 was irrelevant.
I see Cech getting a lot of pressure in this thread. I haven't seen the highlights but other than the last goal none of them seemed preventable from where I was sitting.
And I am still baffled as to why Anelka wasn't at least on the bench yesterday. I definitely think he would have bullied that Arsenal defence better than Torres or Lukaku.
Great performance by both the Arsenal and Chelsea midfields yesterday (well, in attack anyway). And special shoutout to Mata for another magnificent performance. Will definitely be our player of the season