Wenger bemoans disallowed goal

• Rooney9

  30 Nov 09, 01:32

  cashley cole is sub, but he is doing alright, why sub him out?

• pierre^^

  30 Nov 09, 01:35

  ashavin also trying to walk the ball into the net today

   

  and he sibei suay, most of his shots hit chelsea players, or somehow, chelsea players all block his shots

   

   

   

   

• Rooney9

  30 Nov 09, 01:36

  chelsea is too strong for arsenal. they can pass all they want, but they lack a killer touch to finish the moves. they need someone like drogba to helm their attack. they used to have, but they have sold him to man city. adebayour is not only big sized, but stkilful and nimble as well.

• pierre^^

  30 Nov 09, 01:39

  well. adebayor needs probably like 10 chances to score one goal so i dont really fancy him

  and i am sure wenger wont buy in Jan

  He has ecuardo, walcott, vela, bendtner

   

  he will say, i will kill of vela/walcott chances if i get a player in that position

   

• pierre^^

  30 Nov 09, 01:41

  ref, pls blow the whistle early and end the misery

  arsenal doesnt look like scoring at all

  losing at home to chelsea, goodbye title aspiration

   

• Rooney9

  30 Nov 09, 01:42

  not sure if arsenal will win any trophies this season. looks like another season empty handed. have arsenal played liverpool yet? played united and chelsea, both loss.

• youyayu

  30 Nov 09, 01:43

  Originally posted by Rooney9:

  not sure if arsenal will win any trophies this season. looks like another season empty handed. have arsenal played liverpool yet? played united and chelsea, both loss.

  carling cup win against liverpool

• Rooney9

  30 Nov 09, 01:45

  I mean league meetings lar.

• pierre^^

  30 Nov 09, 01:46

  3-0

   

  I am Spot On

   

  Now i regret never buying this match.

   

  I could have a good meal tomorrow !!!

   

• Rooney9

  30 Nov 09, 01:47

  drogba scored fk, his second goal before being sub out for a well deserved rest. looks like the title is heading to stamford bridge this season.

• Rooney9

  30 Nov 09, 01:50

  11 points behind chelsea although with a game in hand. a very sizeable gap. their title challenge is over by end of November this season.

• arxoz

  30 Nov 09, 01:50

  ya. Arsenal rlly lacks experience players

   

• pierre^^

  30 Nov 09, 01:51

  Vela is also a waste of space on the pitch

  he is supposed to be wonderkid???

• Y_Shun

  30 Nov 09, 01:53

  Originally posted by pierre^^:

  Vela is also a waste of space on the pitch

  he is supposed to be wonderkid???

  He seems like hee forget that EPL is physical demanding league....

• dukedracula

  30 Nov 09, 10:33

  one was a game of substance over style and the other vice versa....droba and essien will be sorely missed come january......deco can't stop passing to arsenal players it seemed...lol....arsenal will be good for third placing....the fourth place fight is getting interesting....

• iceFatboy

  30 Nov 09, 10:39

  the commentators said it best, one team tried to play perfect football, the other team just focus on getting the results.

• youyayu

  30 Nov 09, 11:05

  Originally posted by Rooney9:

  cashley cole is sub, but he is doing alright, why sub him out?

  he injured

• Poignant

  30 Nov 09, 11:27

  arsenal playing liverpool on the 13th dec

• charlize

  30 Nov 09, 11:30

  Chelsea are the favourites to win the title this year.

   

  They've already beaten Man U, Liverpool and Arsenal.

   

  Don't see them slipping up too much later in the season.

• Poignant

  30 Nov 09, 11:38

  if chelsea can walk thru jan smoothly, they are almost sure to win it

• Poignant

  30 Nov 09, 11:42

  Carlo Ancelotti: Arsenal can't complain, Chelsea target title

  Chelsea boss sets sights on silverware this season...

  

  
  
  Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti dismissed Arsenal's complaints over Andrey Arshavin's disallowed goal after Chelsea eased to a 3-0 victory over their London rivals on Sunday.
  
  As so often is the case, Arsenal failed to capitalise on their early dominance and Chelsea struck twice in a matter of minutes before half-time.
  
  Arsene Wenger pinpointed Arsenal's disallowed goal soon after the interval as the turning point of the game, claiming Eduardo had not touched Petr Cech in the build-up and that the goal should have stood.
  
  However, Wenger's Chelsea counterpart took the opposite view, and understandably preferred to reflect on his own side's winning performance and prospects for the season.
  
  "They [Arsenal] are upset because they lost and I think it was a foul on Petr Cech," said Ancelotti, as quoted by the Press Association.

  "We started the season believing we could win it [the league]. Our objective is to stay in all the competitions until the end of the season. Then after that, if we can win things, we will try to do it.

  "When I signed a contract with Chelsea, I believed we could win something."

  The former Milan coach also chose to celebrate Didier Drogba's potency and dedication to the cause.

  "Drogba scored two goals and for me he did a good job," added Ancelotti.

  "In the second half he returned sometimes in defence in our half together with his other team-mates. His work maintained balance in our team."

• Poignant

  30 Nov 09, 11:44

  Arsenal boss Wenger: Massive ref mistake cost us game

  

  
  

  Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger was furious with ref Andre Marriner after their 3-0 home demolition by Chelsea.

  Wenger hit out at the referee for ruling out Andrey Arshavin's goal shortly after half-time for an apparent foul by Eduardo on Chelsea stopper Petr Cech.

  The Blues were 2-0 up at the time following Didier Drogba's opener and a Thomas Vermaelen own goal. Wenger said Marriner had told him he gave the foul because Eduardo kicked the ball out of Cech's hands as both players went for a cross.

  When the ball came loose from the clash it fell to Arshavin, who put the ball in the net only for Marriner to blow up for the foul.

  Wenger believes his side could have gained a vital foothold back into the match if the Russian's goal had been allowed to stand.

  "The turning point was the referee's decision (to disallow the goal)," Wenger said. "Personally I believe it was not a serious decision, that was very unfair. How can he see Eduardo kicking Cech when it was a Chelsea player who stops him from controlling the ball?

  "It would have been a very important goal in this kind of game and that was a big mistake by the referee. When you start the second half of the game 2-0 down instead of 2-1 down, it's psychologically completely different for the security of Chelsea."

  The Frenchman believes the goal would have been allowed had video technology been in use.

  "You can see on the replay that Eduardo doesn't even intervene. He said to me it was dangerous play, that Eduardo had kicked the ball out of Cech's hands. He is not even in there, Eduardo.

  "It's important that in big games referees do not make big mistakes and influence the result and today it was a mistake from the referee. Apart from that he was fair and tried to be fair but he made a massive mistake at a very important point in the game.

  "I personally think the referees do not want video. It's difficult to understand why. Why doesn't he ask for video today when. Why? Nobody knows because they are scared to be intimidated and they are worried about being under pressure when they are looking at video."

• Poignant

  30 Nov 09, 11:45

  Chelsea boss Ancelotti: Wenger just upset because Arsenal lost

  Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti insists they deserved the three points after their 3-0 win at Arsenal.

  A Didier Drogba double and an own goal from Thomas Vermaelen handed the Blues their fifth successive league win and ended the Gunners' 100% home record as they restored their five-point advantage at the top of the Barclays Premier League.

  Arsenal had an Andrey Arshavin goal disallowed, with Gunners boss Arsene Wenger blasting the decision to penalise Eduardo's challenge on Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech in the build up.

  But Ancelotti said: "They (Arsenal) are upset because they lost and I think it was a foul on Petr Cech.

  "We started the season believing we could win it (the league). Our objective is to stay in all the competitions until the end of the season. Then after that, if we can win things, we will try to do it.

  "When I signed a contract with Chelsea, I believed we could win something."

  The former AC Milan boss also chose to heap praise on Drogba's workrate.

  "Drogba scored two goals and for me he did a good job," Ancelotti said. "In the second half he returned sometimes in defence in our half together with his other team-mates. His work maintained balance in our team."

• Poignant

  30 Nov 09, 11:46

  Arsenal boss Wenger praises Chelsea two-goal hero Drogba - sort of!

  Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger praised Chelsea's two-goal hero Didier Drogba - sort of - after their 3-0 defeat yesterday.

  While Arsenal dominated parts of their game, Chelsea were much more clinical in front of goal.

  Drogba's brace puts him on 14 goals for the season and Wenger believes the striker's performance was one of a man in form.

  "He's a good player but it's funny because he doesn't do a lot but he's a very efficient in what he does," Wenger said. "He's in a period where when he kicks the ball it goes in.

  "You can't tell me that when he kicked the ball for the first goal he wanted it to go in like that.

  "The first goal was a great one but it was a goal from a striker who is full of confidence."

• zocoss

  30 Nov 09, 11:56

  Arsenal overall performance was pathetic... They started the match well and I feel had Van Persie was playing, they would have got a goal or two in the first half. But Eduardo was really poor... He was like an invisible man... lost lots of the ball that was passed to him...

  This match clearly shown Arsenal's nice football got blown out of the water by a physically big and stronger team. Arshavin was sent flying in the middle of the pitch and the most memorable and yet funny moment for me was their left-back. I think it was Traore or someone... Tried to bang into Drogba and instead went flying himself... I have never seen a defender going in to challenge a striker by trying to use his shoulder to bang into the striker and went flying himself... Practically flying, hands, feets all in the air and head going down under... I couldn't help laughing when I saw that part... lol.