Arsenal reinforced its leadership in the English Championship this Tuesday (23) by thrash at home to Chelsea 5-0, in a postponed game from the 29th round of the Premier League.
With 77 points, the ‘Gunners’ distance themselves from Liverpool, 2nd with 74, and Manchester City, 3rd with 73. The ‘Reds’ visit Goodison Park on Wednesday in the derby against Everton, while the ‘Citizens’ have two pending games, the first of which is away to Brighton on Thursday.
“I’m very happy with the game, with the number of chances and goals we scored without conceding any, which showed the consistency we have”, said Spanish coach Mikel Arteta to English broadcaster TNT.
This Tuesday at the Emirates Stadium, in the north of the British capital, Leandro Trossard (4′), Ben White (52′ and 70′) and Kai Havertz (57′ and 65′) knocked out Chelsea, with a rout that could have been even crueler if it weren’t for several good saves from Serbian goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic.
“I think the early goal helped us a lot, then we played very well, we had a lot of chances,” Trossard said on TNT.
The ‘Blues’, eliminated on Saturday from the FA Cup in the semi-final against City (1-0), occupy 9th place (47 points) in the championship, and are having a lot of difficulties in the fight for a place in next season’s European competitions. , which is the minimum objective of the players led by coach Mauricio Pochettino.
Four goals in the 2nd half
The Argentine was without his best player of the season, young Cole Palmer, who was absent from the team due to being ill. Without the Englishman’s dynamism, Chelsea appeared completely harmless on the few occasions in which they came close to the goal defended by Spaniard David Raya.
His Chelsea counterpart, Petrovic, missed Trossard’s first goal, but made amends with great saves from consecutive attempts by Havertz and Trossard (27′), to keep his team alive at half-time.
But after passing through the dressing room, Arsenal increased their visits to the opponent’s area and chances began to emerge one after another.
Especially painful was the double from German Kai Havertz, a former Chelsea player who in 2021 scored the winning goal in the Champions League final against Manchester City.
While waiting for what their rivals will do in their matches, Mikel Arteta’s players will have another big test in the title race on Sunday at 10am (Brasília time), in the north London derby, at their rival Tottenham’s stadium (5th ).
“I continue to challenge them, to demand from them and to make them believe that they can achieve it… We have a lot of games, Sunday’s match will be difficult against a ‘top’ opponent. Let’s enjoy tonight and get back to work”, Arteta declared.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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