Arsenal’s manager Mikel Arteta praised Chelsea after Sunday’s London derby among the sides, which perhaps expected his team’s victory to be better.
The Gunners entered the game after taking only two points out of the previous nine in offer to fall up to 15 points behind the leaders of the Premier League Liverpool.
With Nottingham Forest who moved to a point in Arsenal on Saturday and Chelsea came in with the possibility of closing the gap in three if they had won at the Emirates Stadium, he was critical for the side of Arteta to gain a victory that increased his trust.
They did exactly that Thanks to a lone head of the striker’s striker Mikel Merino. In general, the game had no quality on both sides and it was more than a bit strange to hear what Arteta said about Chelsea later.
“I think we deserved to win the game,” said Arsenal’s head BBC Sport.
“I think we were the best team. We did not grant any (possibilities) apart from the strange savings of David (Raya) in the first half against a team that, in my opinion, is the best attacking team in the league, in the way they were established, the patterns they have and the quality they have.”
It is the characterization of Chelsea as the best offered by the Premier League that can raise some eyebrows. The Blues have scored 53 league goals so far this season, now Arsenal’s same production. It is definitely a good return, but Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City (both 55) have marked more often, while Liverpool has accumulated a maximum of division 69.
The Chelsea was also making a second string attack in this game, forced to play without a doubt its three best and most reliable: Cole Palmer, Nicolas Jackson and Noni Madueke.
Asked why the arsenal could not do more of his general rule, Arteta put the “lack of fortune, the lack of the final past and the right decision when the situation was so open.
“We have had so many, but unfortunately we did not finish them. Break International … We take a breath and bring some players again, ideally,” he said, referring to the absence of ongoing injuries to the talisman Bukayo Saka in particular.
