An elbow to the lower back is quite sore.
FA Cup Final 2020 - Arsenal v Chelsea
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Chelsea arrogant though. Thought they'd walk this
Dave has pulled his embarassed muscle. Vey serious
Auba has literally ruined Azpilicueta
Thought the pen was a clear as any penalty could be. Probably should be a red too. I thought any foul in the box which was not an attempt to get the ball is now a red by default.
Looks like Christensen is coming on. He should play is the middle with Zouma on the right. Lacazette isn't as fast as Auba, and there's the keeper to cover through the middle.
Gave away a pen and off injured, Azpi channeling his inner Phil Jones.
But we can get more. Imagine how Mourinho and Liverpool fans would react if we get 20 pens next year.To be fair I think we're pretty good at getting penalties
Interesting game this. Both teams look nice going forward but neither can defend and both midfields can be played straight through.
So open.
So open.
I was thinking that also
Don't know why we didn't play long ball against Chelsea.
I think if it is pen then only yellow. Pen + red is abolished IIRC.
Arteta is as much a camera whore as Pep. I'm a fan though
Pen and a red is gone for attempts for the ball. If a defender doesn’t make an attempt to win the ball they can be sent off.
Arsenal are having quite a bit of success with this tactic. Looking back, we definitely could have done with switching it up a little. I know that playing it long is looked down on, but there are times where it can be useful.
Feel for Azpi,
Pepe looking useful now
Yeah but Auba didn't really have control of it - a yellow is probably the right decision as it was technically a 50/50.
Liverpool longballing it and now arsenal doing the same. What universe am I in?
Kovacic's ball retention is something else. You watch him and wonder how he isn't rated as the best centre midfielder in the world.
A great coach once said, there's only really the right ball to play. Arsenal abandoning the tiki style will play dividends
Oh yeah I wouldn’t say that’s a red but I could see why, if it was given. If Azpilicueta was half a yard further back it may have been red.
Chelsea huffed and puffed at Arsenal for the first 15 minutes but now they seem all out of gas now.
Yeah agreed with that.
Rudiger looks a bag of nerves, looks like he's been shot into the team from the under 16s or something.
Pepe is a weird as feck player. Looks awful half the time and ranging from great to sublime the other half.
Guess you missed his yellow card huh?
under no pressure and managed to cause chaos for himself then shot in a mental challengeLiverpool did and they hammered them. :/
Chelsea are so so bad defensively. They cant even press without opening themselves up.
Banger of a pen
I'd be worried if I were a Chelsea fan. Arsenal have completely figured them out.
Arsenal all over Chelsea at the moment
Chelsea can't get hold of the ball so I'm not sure how you've come up with this conclusion.
We did and hammered them in the first game of the season, and twice more during the season. No idea why we played so differently in the semi.
I wonder if the BBC commentators will mention pulisic's nationality in this game...
Chelsea look like zombies in defense. Arsenal are just walking into the box.
Giroud dead
He had one nice run there just before they posted.
Don't think that's true. Think it was changed to have something to do with whether there was a genuine attempt to play the ball.