Arsenal were totally at their best, as they kept pressing for a goal. Adebayor didn't look too good, Van Persie threw a lot of shots wide of the post. While the midfield was solid. In short- there were hardly any proper and genuine shots on goal for Arsenal. Chelsea looked uneasy in the first 20 minutes of the game, as whenever they took the ball to Almunia, Arsenal would counter attack. Fabregas showed glimpses of his genius touch when he made a few crazy flicks to Hleb and Flamini in the match.
Tons of chances went down the drain for both teams, a lot of chances absolutely wasted, and some tough tackles and yellow cards marked the first half of the game. The most notable person in the first half was Eboue, who was really hyper and in high spirits as he took every opportunity to bad-mouth the Chelsea players and the referee!
The second half started with Arsenal firmly in control, snapping passes here and there. The first breakthrough for either team came for Arsenal when the unlikely scorer Barca Sagna latched onto a corner from Fabregas in the 58th minute. Wenger had said that he didn't want to concede the first goal, and that didn't happen. But matters became worse later for Arsenal. Avram Grant pulled off Ballack, who was really playing well, and brought out Nicklas Anelka, while Makelele was replaced by Belletti. Wenger pulled off Van Persie and tried to inject some pace into the game by bringing in Walcott, and Sagna was replace by Bendtner.
Chelsea pulled one back in the 73rd minute via Drogba, who untidily flicked the ball past Almunia.
Chelsea got another one 8 minutes later, with Anelka setting up the ball for Drogba by heading it to him. Drogba finished it off to get Chelsea into the lead and this was the final result: 2-1. I felt that this goal was a clean offside, which shows that the referee's have gone against Arsenal once again!!
Chelsea have pushed Arsenal down to number 3, and are real contenders for Man Utd's title.
Disappointing game for the Gunners and the Gooners, as Arsenal's title chances have faced the biggest possible dent.
Here are the highlights of the second half, in which all the goals were scored.........
Go Gunners!:S
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