The match of the weekend. After the humiliation of last week, Arsenal had the chance to make amends and to strike it's claim to be in the hunt for the Premier League Cup. Or so it was said. Chelsea had a lot to say on that. Arsenal's pretty passing game was on display today but it ran into a huge buzzsaw, a Chelsea team that not only was bigger and stronger but more nimble and quick with their own passing. Within the first twenty minutes, the Arsenal killer Drogba had two goals and the game was effectively over. Arsenal could pass into the box but any further movement was stifled but a suffocating Chelsea defense. Set pieces were useless as the Chelsea players towered over their London rivals. Arshavin did have his chances but the few shots he got off were wide of the mark or straight to Petr Czech.
It was really the second goal that killed Arsenal's will. A stolen pass by Lampard was brought down the field on a counter as they did with Manchester United last week, Arsenal could do nothing to stop it. A few quick passes gave the ball to Drogba and he knocked it home. The will to win left Arsenal at that point.
You could see it in their manager as well, Wenger, in an impeccable suit, was animated and disgusted by the first Drogba goal but after the second he had a sad look on his face as he sat in his chair with his Arsenal parka on. He spent the rest of the game complaining to the refs about time wasting. He had given up on his team as well.
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