Closed Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal

[ulvhedin 473]

Ivanovic was holding himself back, not bombarding carelessly forward (only when he had really much time and space). However he lost ball at least dangerously once in the middle.

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

Great to see Cesc getting better match by match.

[edetarod 2,155]

that could not have gone any better

[Vytis33 1,049]

Ivan, Cesc and Hazard all looked better today. Very encouraging. Squad looked dangerous offensively even before the sending offs.

[Hybrid Angel 2,130]

I disagree with those who say the football produced was bad. I saw a different Chelsea in this game especially before Gabriel's red card. Our passing was very good, movement and link-up play also very neat.

Fabregas is my MOTM.

On the Costa v Gabrial and Koscielny deal:

Let's put it simple, if Mike Dean saw Costa's swing at Kos, he should be off which makes the yellow ridiculous. If he didn't see, he should do nothing, Costa will probably get suspended after the match. Gabriel's yellow was deserved, and the red card as well. Cazorla red was also 100% deserved. All in all, the ref handled the incident horribly wrong.

[iceboy 992]

Yes, I agree, but he lost a lot of balls today in the final third. Like he couldn't decide whether to shoot or to pass on and while thinking he loses the ball.

I don't understand why we are not shooting more often. Too many chances wasted today.

[edetarod 2,155]

[Special Juan 27,104]

The fight was back, the desire was back and what a fucking win.

Time to get pissed.....Up the fucking Chels.

[kellzfresh 7,226]

Side note though, how often was Walcott offside? Zouma and Cahill marshalled the defence well, I must say. Arsenal didn't really threaten once.

Fast defenders, I've been saying it since last season, we have been suffering for so long compared to other big teams.

[KevinAshburner 1,270]

reading the tweets and replies to piers morgan on twitter. man doesn't piers ever learn to stop tweeting. the amount of shit he receives is hilarious.

[didierforever 7,349]

shit performance, great result.

bego - barely tested and when did, he was upto the mark.

iva - good performance. stuck close to sanchez and fouled him on every occasion that he looked to be turning. decent performance but we cant have 2 defensive full backs playing against the likes of whu, wba, stoke, etc etc. and when the winger is running at him, he looks poor.

zouma - brilliant display and that tackle... wow... good goal too.

GC - another brilliant performance except for when he lost the ball and the confusion between him and zouma.

azpi - azpi-esque performance. enough said.

matic - quite good. broke a lot of arsenal's attacks. but too slow in possesion.

cesc - someone told me he was a "world class" passer. he is so shit, i actually cant believe he is one of the first names on the team sheet considering the fact he is never dropped. how could he have not been able to play costa thru on that counter. unfucking believable. plus if its upto him. we should walk the ball into the net or something. absolutely atrocious.

oscar - MOTM for me. defensively brilliant. good in attack though lost the ball a couple of times in dangerous positions. nonetheless, quite a brilliant performance.

hazard - started the match so poorly. but got into the game. that shot was awesome which was saved by cech. all in all, hopefully, he gets to his best.

pedro - decent. though needs to work on his shooting.

costa - awful. absolutely awful. could and should have been red carded. his "link up play" was awesome again. cant count the number of times he lost the ball in brilliant positions. his "fakes" are so slow and ponderous that its almost laughable to look at.

we were lucky today. nothing else. this game does not solve anything. all our problems are still there. and teams will exploit them time and again.

[J.F. 1,484]

99 problems but arsenal ain't one

[DYC. 7,542]

We don't like shooting, even at the edge of the box we pass about. Mind boggling really

Did you miss the long shots today? Even Zouma took a shot. But the team is still not flowing and they took shooting from outside the box too far. It was forced. It will probably take a couple of games still before automatic pilot kicks back in and things will go about naturally.

Yes. Because its not a Cup Final or something like that. I'm no the typical guy who will only see the bad things after a bad result. Result was good, football was crap. Nothing will change my view about the game today. The good side is Arsenal is do bad, it might not be that difficult to end the season in top 4, after all.

Team don't need a confidence boost, it needs a quality boost.

It's not and it never has been. Arsenal and Utd aren't that good, Liverpool and Tottenham are decent at best. That's why I was never worried about finishing outside the top 4. The only failure is allowing to let the title go so easily.

But I agree with you, a positive result doesn't mean all is well. But I'll take any good result in this poor form. Chelsea were never going to blow away Arsenal or even win with more comfort after losing against the likes of Everton and Palace and a proper beating from City.

What happened has happened. The poor start can not be erased. Get some more wins, preferably and ideally consecutively, and then start looking at performances in general.

[Starman60 1,343]

I wont get too carried away with this result. Although we played well and it has been a vast improvement on the last couple of weeks, we were only playing against 10 men and then nine for the second half. Arsenal do seem to have an inferior complex when they come to the Bridge of late and the sendings off didn't help. I will say that Costa should also have seen red, but the same thing has happened us in the past, so it's karma.
I think next week away to the barcodes will test our mettle and then we will see how much the improvement in form has progressed. Still. I will take today's win and enjoy it.
Happy to see Hazard and Fabregas getting back to form. The futures bright, the futures blue..

[Starman60 1,343]

shit performance, great result.

bego - barely tested and when did, he was upto the mark.

iva - good performance. stuck close to sanchez and fouled him on every occasion that he looked to be turning. decent performance but we cant have 2 defensive full backs playing against the likes of whu, wba, stoke, etc etc. and when the winger is running at him, he looks poor.

zouma - brilliant display and that tackle... wow... good goal too.

GC - another brilliant performance except for when he lost the ball and the confusion between him and zouma.

azpi - azpi-esque performance. enough said.

matic - quite good. broke a lot of arsenal's attacks. but too slow in possesion.

cesc - someone told me he was a "world class" passer. he is so shit, i actually cant believe he is one of the first names on the team sheet considering the fact he is never dropped. how could he have not been able to play costa thru on that counter. unfucking believable. plus if its upto him. we should walk the ball into the net or something. absolutely atrocious.

oscar - MOTM for me. defensively brilliant. good in attack though lost the ball a couple of times in dangerous positions. nonetheless, quite a brilliant performance.

hazard - started the match so poorly. but got into the game. that shot was awesome which was saved by cech. all in all, hopefully, he gets to his best.

pedro - decent. though needs to work on his shooting.

costa - awful. absolutely awful. could and should have been red carded. his "link up play" was awesome again. cant count the number of times he lost the ball in brilliant positions. his "fakes" are so slow and ponderous that its almost laughable to look at.

we were lucky today. nothing else. this game does not solve anything. all our problems are still there. and teams will exploit them time and again.

Nice piece and generally agree mate....Just feel you're a tad harsh on Fabregas. A vastly improved performance from the drivel he was producing I felt.

[iceboy 992]

Arsenal FanTV should be fun!!

[Jase 43,479]

Arsenal have a massive inferiority complex against us, even with our defence this season they still didn't look like scoring.

Last 9 matches in all competitions (excluding friendlies).

Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea

Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea

Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal

(since Mourinho returned)

Arsenal 0-2 Chelsea

Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea

Chelsea 6-0 Arsenal

Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal

Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea

Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal

[ZOS 580]

I don't like Costa at all. Not because he is a twat (which he clearly is, yet sometimes he is a useful twat), but because he is absolutely CLUELESS when he has the ball. He is a poacher, he should be denied to leave the opponent's box when we are attacking. Every 1 v 1 duel, he loses the ball. His control is a disaster. I hope he gets a 3-4 matches ban, since Mourinho doesn't seem to be ready to drop him.

Nevertheless, good display today. Pedro, Oscar and Hazard had a good day, as well as Cahill. But personally, I love Zouma. Such a beast! MoTM for me.

P.S.: doesn anyone have a gif of that penalty that was not given to us in the first half?

come on dude ... every team has its own thug to do the dirty work. it's been longtime coming but now we have our own ... enjoy bro