Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal: Wow

Final scenes at Stamford Bridge. Brilliant away support as ever. http://bit.ly/vrk2db

Hey guys, I wrote up an analysis for the game. It's a bit (read: very) long, but if you read it it'd be much appreciated.

GoonerJay29 wrote:Hey guys, I wrote up an analysis for the game. It's a bit (read: very) long, but if you read it it'd be much appreciated.

Sure go ahead, post it.

It's the first post of this thread.

I've not proof-read it yet, though, so there's bound to be some errors in there.

Varun_Mainstream wrote:

GoonerJay29 wrote:Hey guys, I wrote up an analysis for the game. It's a bit (read: very) long, but if you read it it'd be much appreciated.

Sure go ahead, post it.

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Congratulations gooners, I just wanted to come here and say that. A great performance, an inspiration to all.

Congrats gunners!

I didn't see the game can someone provide me Full Highlights?

hahaha I was playing football whilst this match was going on and at half time someone shouted the score and half our team celebrated like we won the league

on Chelsea's third goal…
I was very unhappy but overall I must say I can only praise my team. We didn't look disappointed on the pitch and we kept going. We knew that we needed a win here and we kept going to win the game. Overall I feel that they had a good team performance and they have shown great spirit. When you go 2-1 down just before half time it's difficult but we came out in the second half with a complete desire to go forward.

In the second half I felt we were much better defensively than in the first half. We gave too many chances away in the first half - it's certainly down to the fact that Chelsea have a lot going forward. But we always looked dangerous through the whole game and I hope the team strengthens its belief with a performance like that to focus on getting stronger and stronger.

on Robin van Persie…
He is of course on fire and he takes advantage through his class. We attack a lot and we create chances overall of course. The intelligence of his movement around the box and the accuracy of his finishing is exceptional.

on Laurent Koscielny's performance…
I think he was outstanding. He was the one at the back in the first half who looked strong. But I felt in the first half we gave them too much room at the back and in midfield and in the second half we got much tighter. We kept being dangerous going forward but we were less in trouble defensively.

on encouraging the team to slow down at the end…
You know how it is on the bench when you are 4-3 up with two minutes to do - you do not necessarily encourage your team to be crazy. But this is the brand of our team and our Club. Sometimes you get rewarded for it and sometimes you pay for it.

on previous Chelsea teams being so open…
I have to think about that. I think one year we won here 3-2 when Kanu scored two goals and we were 2-1 down. It depends on the games because up until now Chelsea didn't look completely open at all. They looked very secure defensively in the games they have played up until now. It is our quality today that opened them up and we kept throwing absolutely everything forward.

on what has changed for his team…
What has changed is that we got half of the team in on August 31 and we had to qualify for the Champions League. We had to rebuild a complete unity in the way we want to play football. Every win makes you stronger as well.

So now the players get used to the way we play so we get stronger but we have to remain humble, keep focus and work very hard together. There is still some ground to make up to come into a stronger position in the league and teams in front of us do not drop many points. But that quality we have shown today should make us more confident.

on Aaron Ramsey…
What people forget about players like Wojciech, Ramsey and Wilshere are all 19-20 years old. They are top quality and it is normal that they improve from game to game and from year to year.

on a strong run of form…
It's the best habit in my job. We are more consistent now and we have to keep that going now. Tuesday night will be another test where we will have to focus and produce that quality again, that's what is at stake.

on a big statement…
We played some games like Liverpool and Manchester United when we played with ten men. But we did not have the team at that time - I feel as though we are much stronger now.

on goals conceded in big games this season...
It's a good question because is it down to the fact that there are so many good offensive players on the pitch or is it down to a team scoring more goals and opening themselves up? Or is it down to the fact that the top teams are a bit more fragile defensively? It is difficult to answer that, we need more games to do that.

Brilliant analysis jay

Agree with everything, however i would give arteta a 6.5 instead of 6

great belief by the lads. I feel we've turned a corner this season; And we're looking more like a unit. It's important that we push on and continue to pick up more points.

urbaNRoots wrote:I didn't see the game can someone provide me Full Highlights?

I go to Footytube.com they usually have 20 min highlights.

Great job Jay.

So happy for Walcott, I saw it before game that this game for him and I wanted him to score a goal and have a assis, well he should have assisted 2 goals.

Walcott was just insane I was shocked that he scored that goal, what a goal. That foot work I have not seen in a while, if he can do more footwork like that he will be a force.

The way he got up and weaved through the defense was world class. He's proven his worth.

Song distribution in the first half was embarrassing.....Arteta did well, good tackling, good passing and kept possession well. Good solid performance.

It's not what he was bought for by he is doing well in this role

Nice analysis Jay but disagree with the ratings personally.

No way Santos can get a 7 despite 2nd half improvement whilst Gervinho _ Theo surely get a 7.5?

Arteta too, I agree with RG, deserves a 6.5. Put in such a shift and his passing was good, assisted rvp hat-trick too. Song way better than 6 too for same reason AND assist for Santos goal.

Extended highlights of the game for those who didn't see it, or just want to relive it:

http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/chelsea-arsenal-extended-highlights-15622423/

plus, whatever happened to our pressing game? the first half was painful to watch. one of the reason why Chelski were ripping our defence apart in the 1st half is that we did not press at all. if you are going to play a high line, then atleast press the ball ffs. anyway, im just happy to see that Wenger realised this early unlike at OT

Thanks to Arsenal's 'Persie'verance,they won vs. Chelsea.Now Chlsea are pe3-5d of facing Arsenal (Assume you have a lisp while reading this)

I don't understand the pe3-5d

julias wrote:hahaha I was playing football whilst this match was going on and at half time someone shouted the score and half our team celebrated like we won the league

lol nice, did you win your game ?

Best centre back in the league at the moment?

‎1. CNN/BBC and NTA reports that a 5.3 earthquake hit Stamford Bridge today after Hurricane Persie hit stamford bridge...
2. Cops are looking for Laurent Koscielny… Koscielny is accused ofkeeping “50m” in his pockets from the Stamford bridge account...
3. Van Persie showing Torres how to score open goals since 29/10/11
4. CH3l5EA, whats the mata? Did you Cech the scoreline because you look terryfived !
5. Did you lot see Arsene Wenger high 5-3 of his players after the game?
6. Whats the time? I think it's five past cech
7. Peter Cech's last SMS to his wife: Will be back before 6.
8. Chelsea oh Chelsea
What happened to your StamfordBridge's supremacy ?
Whats wrong with the person u gave the captaincy?
He always slips when their fans raise expectancy !
And today they got fuc**d by a brilliant Van Persie!
9. Unlucky Juan, looks like after allthat your goal didnt even mata
10. Going through stamford bridge is the shortest route to a 5 star hotel.