QUITE the surprise at the Emirates tonight, as Arsenal romped to a 3-1 victory over their London rivals. The victory certainly rekindles Arsenal's title ambitions, but also highlights and magnifies Chelsea's problems.
Arsenal won the game in midfield, their battling display saw them win nearly all the 50/50 balls (and some less than 50/50 balls). Chelsea's dawdling on the ball was summed up with the way that they conceded the third goal just two minutes after losing the second. Essien was poor, playing only lateral passes when in possession and rarely doing a good job defensively. Frank Lampard, meanwhile, was nearly invisible, only appearing intermittently to deliver poor corners.
Up front, Chelsea were also quite toothless. Kalou made Drogba look like a workhorse, which is quite some achievement, while Kakuta (who came on for a poor Malouda) looked entirely out of his depth.
For themselves, Arsenal were valiant in their victory and thoroughly deserved their 3 points in a game they dominated. Whether they are legitimate title contenders perhaps remains to be seen, given Chelsea's increasingly spiralling season, but on this night they looked as good as they could.
With the loss, now 6/8 (75%) on the blog this week. A full weekly recap will follow in the morning.
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