Arsenal were bruised. Badly bruised. From the loss to Aston Villa, right after they beat Man Utd ,and then after that losing to Man City, by a very bad margin:3-0. Having lost 5 times already this season, they needed something phenomenal to beat the Blues. They had them: Fabregas and Van Persie.
The game started at a crazy tempo, with Arsenal struggling to gain possession in the first 15 minutes. Arsenal's defenders did well to deal with the onslaught, and it was new-captain Fabregas who forced Cech into a save just after 10 minutes. Cech blocked it and almost gave away the ball to Gallas, of all people, who couldn't capitalize and fell agonizingly short of the ball. A good move by the Blues saw Michael Ballack pass the ball to Bosingwa on the right, whose cross met Frank Lampard's head, only for it to be comfortably dealt by Almunia. The home side finally took the lead in the 30th minute, when a poor throw by Almunia gave Chelsea the possession, and Bosingwa's wicked cross was met by Johann Djourou, the Arsenal defender, who diverted the ball right past Almunia, who had done nothing wrong. There was nothing much after this, and the first half ended with Chelsea on the front, with a goal to their name(well Djourou's name actually:P).
The second half started exactly how the first half did, with Lampard almost doubling the lead and Anelka and Kalou making some crazy combinations. In the 59th minute,Adebayor headed the ball to Nasri, who poked it to Denilson. Denilson then slipped the ball to an offside Van Persie, who blasted the ball past Cech to give Arsenal a handy equaliser.
It couldn't get any worse for Chelsea. Just 2 minutes later, a Fabregas freekick was headed by Adebayor to Van Persie, who slotted the ball low in to the net to give Arsenal the lead for the first time. The match stayed on like this, with the Arsenal defence keeping their cool to steer them to a much needed win at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea have had a very weird season, losing 12 points at home and absolutely nothing away. Compared to the Avram and Mourinho era, this was vague news. Fabregas inspired his team to a second straight win, continuing his unbeaten start as Captain of the Gunners. Wenger said yesterday, that Arsenal are a team of guns, which don't really know when to fire. Why do you need guns when you got Van Persie?:D
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