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– The first part was not good enough, the second part was good enough, but it didn’t help when it was a mountain to climb, sighed Lampard in the post-match interview.
He saw his team fall below 3-0 at the Emirates, two of the goals coming in the first half. At halftime he made two changes.
This summer’s prestigious signing Timo Werner had to stay in the dressing room with Mateo Kovacic.
– Timo didn’t give us enough, neither with nor without the ball. I had to make changes, explained Lampard, who had additional shots aimed at the group of players:
– The players knew what we were getting into, a team that is struggling. Then you can keep making things difficult for them or give them more space and time. We did the last thing from minute one to minute 45. Then we get what we deserve. We are lazy and we give away a penalty, we are lazy and we give away a free kick that becomes a goal. It’s not about tactics, it’s about running and giving everything for the team, but we made the decision not to, Lampard said clearly frustrated.
– Inflection point
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has been under great pressure this season, with Arsenal in the bottom half.
– A very important victory for us. We have been disappointed and frustrated. Winning this way is hopefully a turning point, and it was truly a relief, Mikel Arteta smiled in an interview with Sky Sports after the match.
Now he’s also making sure his fellow Chelsea chair Frank Lampard has a rough time heading into the New Year.
Dream goal
Arsenal hadn’t led or won a football game since November 1, but in the first round against Chelsea that drought was going to end.
First, they received a belated Christmas present from Chelsea Reece James. He first turned his ass to Tieran Kierney’s shot, then dropped the Arsenal player just after on the field. The referee pointed to the penalty spot, which put Alexandre Lacazette in goal.
Just before the break, it was the insulted Granit Xhaka who took revenge, when he launched a free kick from 25 meters off the crossbar.
Adhere
After the break, Arsenal remained the best team, as well as having the margins with them.
Bukayo Saka appeared just in time near the post and led him past the goalkeeper. 3-0 at Arsenal.
Just before the end, Lacazette had a free chance to make it 4-0 when Mendy served him the ball, but the keeper cleared to save the shot.
At the next corner, Mohamed Elneny shot off the crossbar. But Chelsea escaped further humiliation.
Reduction and penalty bar
Instead, it narrowed at the opposite end.
Callum Hudson-Odoi carefully controlled the ball after a short corner kick and threw it to Tammy Abraham, who had the entire net open before him, but only managed to hit the post. The marker was annulled for offside, but the VAR intervened, and saw that the tip was minimal on the right side.
Then suddenly Chelsea made a final sprint and Mason Mount provided a penalty. Jorginho advanced, but for the third time in a row he failed, this time thanks to the rescue of Bernd Leno.
