3 positives & negatives from Arsenal’s dominant win over Chelsea

Sorry Auba, Arsenal took it personally.

The Gunners produced one of their best performances of the season at Stamford Bridge in a huge 1-0 win against Chelsea to stay top of the Premier League.

There was little to complain about from the match but in the interest of being fair and balanced, that is what I have the tall order of doing today.

3 positives & negatives from Arsenal’s dominant win over Chelsea

Here are three positives and negatives from the dominant victory in west London.

Positive #1: Domination

The scoreline might not reflect it, but this was a dismemberment.

Chelsea failed to show any signs of threat, especially in the second half as Arsenal were relentless. There is this almost gross sense of ego exuding from Arsenal at the moment and when they are playing like that, there aren’t many teams that are harder to beat.

The Gunners’ closest chance in the first half exemplified this with a sweeping team move that was almost capped off with a Gabriel Jesus header but it was not meant to be. Chelsea wanted to try and press but Arsenal were resistant, hitting the Blues with a suffocating press of their own, winning every duel and dominating the game.

Negative #1: Should have been more

Arsenal should have scored more amid their domination. Jesus had that chance in the first half that was tough but not unreasonable and Martin Ødegaard could have put the game fully to rest with 15 minutes to go.

Chances like that have to be taken because there is no room for error.

Arsenal won the match on xG (comfortably) and are showing that they can create well. The finishing will follow, as it often does.

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