Arsenal vs Chelsea recap
Arsenal finally broke their Chelsea curse and took all three points in an exhilarating derby on Monday. The Gunners defeated their London rivals 3-1, leapfrogging Manchester City to occupy the second spot in the Barclays Premier League. For http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786
though, the result was yet another disappointment in a month full of disappointments. The Blues are in dire straits at the moment, having won just 6 points from their last eight games. Their terrible form has seen them slump to 4th place
despite a perfect start to their campaign.
Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas has stated that the difference between the two sides on the night was belief. Truer words were never spoken. Arsenal played their natural game against Chelsea, showing no signs of fear, despite having lost their previous
5 encounters against the English champions. Arsenal were the better team throughout the match, creating chance after chance and putting the Chelsea defence to shame. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Didier-Drogba-c11044, who normally doesn’t need an excuse to score against the Gunners, felt like
a spectator for most of the match. The Ivorian had one chance to shoot at the Arsenal goal after he managed to lose his marker, but he dragged his effort wide.
Arsenal piled on the pressure near the end of the first half. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-Song-c4804 carried the ball into the Chelsea box and was immediately surrounded by 4 Chelsea players and just as many Arsenal players. In the chaos that ensued, Song somehow managed to regain
the ball and fired his shot into the bottom left corner of Cech’s goal, giving his side the lead with 43 minutes of the match played. Arsenal took an invaluable one goal lead into half time.
Carlo Ancelloti tried to shake things up, bringing in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Essien-c25294 tackled Van Persie and the ball bounced
fortunately to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Theo-Walcott-c34873, clean through on goal. Walcott carried the ball to the edge of the box, giving Cech no option but to run out and try the block. But Walcott had the presence of mind to square the ball to Fabregas waiting in the middle. The Spaniard
had the simple task of sliding the ball into an empty goal.
Arsene Wenger’s side killed the game off just 2 minutes later. Walcott stole the ball off Malouda near the half way line and passed the ball to Fabregas. The Arsenal captain repaid the favour and Theo Walcott found himself with a chance to shoot at
goal. The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 international took his chance superbly, placing the ball into the bottom right corner. Arsenal had a 3 goal lead with just under 55 minutes of the match gone.
There was no way back for Chelsea. Carlo Ancelloti threw all his cards on the table, bringing in Kakuta and Bosingwa to try and salvage a point. Ivanovic reduced the deficit with a header from 6 yards out, but it wasn’t enough to spur a Chelsea revival.
The Gunners held on to their 2 goal lead, finally getting the better of their London rivals after more than two years without a win. Arsenal now move up to 2nd place in the League table, just 2 points behind Manchester United.
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