Arsenal Have No One Else To Blame But Themselves For Chelsea Defeat

We all know what Chelsea and Diego Costa are all about – in fact we all know what Jose Mourinho is about as well.

Before the game, I predicted that Chelsea would beat Arsenal. We’ve been lame so far this season, especially upfront, and so it proved.

We have no leaders in the team (no change there) and even though this was a Chelsea side in apparent crisis, I had no confidence going into the game at all.

Jose Mourinho is many things, including a top class arsehole, but he has Arsene Wenger’s number and knows exactly how to get to him. From making inappropriate comments in the media which Arsene Wenger was very prickly about in his pre-match press conference, to purposely waiting outside the tunnel to shake Arsene’s hand before the match – Arsenal had lost well before a ball was kicked.

Arsene finds it hard to hide is hatred for Jose Mourinho and in a sport where the top managers excel in mind games, Arsene Wenger falls short. Before going into the match, Arsenal’s mental strength (as it were) was shot.

Arsene Wenger could have been defiant and given Jose Mourinho some snide comments back, but instead by “refusing to rise to the bait” we looked weak and timid. Would Sir Alex Ferguson have responded in such a manner? Of course not, he would have shown some fight.

And so to the game itself. The stupid thing is none of what we saw was unpredictable was it? Chelsea are like a wounded animal, struggling in the Premier League, so it was blatantly obvious they would resort to dirty tactics to get a result.

Jose Mourinho is a winner who does what it takes. Arsene Wenger always wants to win beautifully and sometimes we need to fight and get those 3 points. And by fight, I mean dig in and not respond like Gabriel did.

Yes, Diego Costa is a horrible excuse for a human being and yes, he is a cheating arsehole, but we know what he’s like. We also know Mike Dean is the worst referee when it comes to Arsenal games (remember his record of awarding 11 penalties in 11 games at Old Trafford leading into the 50th game of our Invincibles run?) and he looks for absolutely any excuse to send off an Arsenal player or give unjust penalties.

We should have concentrated on football and let the authorities sort out the histrionics afterwards. The Arsenal player should know that the most important thing is the team and the result so to get sent off is ridiculous.

We have no leaders in the side to take control and tell the players what to do – no Tony Adams figure who knows what’s best for the team on the pitch and understands how the game works. Yes, Costa treads an extremely thin line and he will get his just desserts soon enough – but Gabriel is now missing for 3 games when we badly need central defenders.

Another problem is that we don’t believe. We had a decent opening 15 minutes but never looked dangerous at all.

Seriously, we might as well not turn up to a match against Chelsea because we’ll never get a result against them as long as Arsene Wenger is in charge.

 

3 thoughts on “Arsenal Have No One Else To Blame But Themselves For Chelsea Defeat

  1. I quite agree with what you say,ive always said we need a Tony Adams,the players don’t talk to each other, Cazorla is not a leader he was stood behind Costa watching. Wenger has no game plan when we were 1- 0 down and 10 men we still had four across the back only Walcott up front,then 9 men and 2 down still four across the back and Giroud wandering about like a headless chicken. Mike Keen is not worth mentioning

     
  2. Wenger keeps blabbing on about no strikers out there, Man U have found one and he was a snip 3 goals in 2 games, can’t remember our super stars scoring three goal in two games for a long long time. What Wenger has now is a squad with 9 or 10 very ordinary players and the best have no confidence,he has lost touch with reality. I don’t think Wenger worries to much if we win or lose any more, as long a he gets his 8 million each year and the club gets richer. Time for some big changes but not sure they will come

     
  3. Seriously, I think Wenger has over stayed his welcome.He is bereft of ideas. Is unfortunate that we have to deal with self opinionated man who is a braggart to the core.

     

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