In a game to commemorate Arsene Wenger 1000th game at Arsenal, the
men in red were reduced to rags by their biggest foes-Chelsea whose
coach has a bitter score to settle with Wenger.
The French manager touted the clash with Chelsea as the "game of the
season" but it may well be the humiliation of the season as Chelsea
danced past the Gunners with six unanswered goals.
It was more a Saturday afternoon stroll at the Bridge for the Blues
whose coach Jose Mourinho has had running verbal battles with Wenger the
entire season.
But when push came to shove, it was the Portuguese who once again underlined his superiority over Wenger.
The men in red went a man down in the first half and six goals
down after Gibbs was wrongly shown the red card for an offence committed
by Chamberlain but Arsenal would have little complaints-they
were shoddy in attack and lousy in defence.
32 year old Samuel Eto'o opened the scoring in the 5th minute with a
goal of breathtaking genius after rounding up a number of defenders and
planting the ball beyond the reach of the Arsenal goal keeper.
Andre Schurrle increased the tally two minutes later with a strike
just at the edge of the box which meandered its way through the forest
of legs of Arsenal defenders before entering the net.
Arsenal did not know what hit them-and like the demeanour of their
coach who sat with his hands folded and shook his head for most part of
game, the Gunners gave up any hope of a comeback.
It was the Blues who were bouyed and came with the third goal, albeit
under dramatic circumstances. Eden Hazard won a penalty when his goal
bound shot beat Szczesny in post for Arsenal but was parried away by the
outstreched hand of a diving Chamberlain.
While Arsenal will not question the legitimacy of penalty, they may
perhaps be questioning the red card handed Gibbs who was wrongly sent
off for 'Suarezing' the ball. [Suarez parried a goal-bound header with
his hand and denied Ghana a historic semi-final appearance at the 2010
World Cup.]
It was Chamberlain's crime and ought to have been punished
accordingly but Hazard caredless who the culprit was. He perfectly
converted the penalty for Chelsea's third goal.
Chelsea continued with the onslaught and it was the time for Oscar to
take an easy bite of the Gunner cherry- and he did it with a simple tap
from close range.
If there was any talking to the Gunners players at half, it did not
reflect as they returned to the pitch in the second half just as absent
minded as they were in the first.
The Blues continued from where they left off with Oscar getting his
second of the day with a goal Szczesny could surely have done better
with even if the ball took an awkward bounce. It just summed Arsenal's
day of humiliation.
Egyptian Mohammed Sallah put the icing on the cake when he breached
the offside trap and slotted a low ball under the armpit of an advancing
Szczesny.
A humiliating outing it was for the Gunners who may just have thrown in the towel for a fight for the premiership title.
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Arsenal reduced to rags on Arsene's 1000th outing
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