5 Reasons Why Arsenal Dominated Chelsea
5 – Their defensive approach. Look at Ødegaard here — usually, he’s running nonstop but he let Enzo carry the ball. Arsenal were happy to set their defence to try to counter Chelsea’s attacking speed.
4 – Winning on the wings. Both teams have physically tough midfields so they tried to pass around them. Saka and White were too much for Cucurella and Tomiyasu did just enough against Madueke.
3 – Chelsea’s indecisiveness. Chelsea were so good at progressing the ball quickly up the pitch, but their finishing let them down in the first half.
2 – Havertz was a man on a mission. Judging by his celebrations, he’s unhappy with how things ended at Chelsea. So much so that he got his first multi-goal match for Arsenal. Which leads me to the man who set him up:
1 – Martin Ødegaard was at his best. That ball to Havertz was unbelievable. In the second half, Chelsea gave him way too much space and paid that price.
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