Arsenal vs Chelsea: Gunners Drop 3 Points

By Our Correspondent
for Arsenal New Today

Published: November 30, 2009

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Arsenal were thoroughly beaten by Chelsea in their Premier League encounter yesterday and are now 11 points behind the league leaders, with a game i hand. Arsenal failed to produce any clear-cut chance despite enjoying the majority of the possession and Chelsea punished them for that, beating the Gunners 3-0. The visitors scored two goals in four minutes just before half time – Didier Drogba scoring the first and Thomas Vermaelen scoring an own goal. Drogba scored from a free kick late in the second half to round off a miserable night for the Gunners. Arsenal had a goal disallowed, when referee Andre Marriner disallowed Andrei Arshavin’s goal minutes into the second period due to a high foot from Eduardo on Petr Cech. Arsene Wenger later said, “I believe that the first part of the game was all us and then their first shot on goal was in and then the second was a misunderstanding at the back between the keeper and Vermaelen and I think he didn’t really go for the ball, we find ourselves 2-0 down at half-time.”

“It’s difficult because Chelsea defend well and attack on the break but I think we were very unfortunate to be 2-0 down at half-time. Then after the referee cancelled the goal nobody understands still why. What is he doing? I have watched it five times nobody touches Cech, he lets the ball down and we score, he cancels the goal. Then of course coming back I think that was a big turning point in the game today. I felt in the first 20 minutes with a better first touch and a bit more belief we could score,” he added.

The Frenchman added that his side were not out of the title chase yet. “I believe we are, we have nothing to be ashamed of with our performance today. I believe that it all went Chelsea’s way today and I was not especially impressed with what went on, on the pitch and they took their chances very well and they have, in Drogba an exceptional player. But it is down to us to come back into it. From what I have seen today of Chelsea they can drop points,” he said.

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