Having taken a lead, then thrown a lead, and then seized back some pride with a last gasp equaliser, Arsenal’s defence evaporated completely as Chelsea almost won it all over again. Arsène Wenger recently said, albeit tongue in cheek, that he would prefer to play with one defender. Arsenal’s shaky defensive habits are perhaps explainable given they are not a team designed with serious containment in mind. A quarter of an hour in the gasps cascaded around the Emirates crowd as Victor Moses floated a long pass forwards and Arsenal’s defence seemed afflicted by some kind of confused dizziness. Eden Hazard’s nimble dribbles frightened the shorts off Arsenal’s defence, and runners were able to amble through in support.

Source: The Guardian January 04, 2018 10:30 UTC