3 positives & negatives from Arsenal's evenly contested draw at Chelsea

Positive #2: Gabriel Martinelli bright on the wing

While it was not his greatest performance, Gabriel Martinelli was arguably Arsenal's best attacker against Chelsea. He looked far brighter than fellow attackers Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka.

The Brazil international looked sharp when on the ball and did well to finish from a tight angle to open the scoring for his side. Despite not always coming out on top in one-on-one situations, Martinelli showed he can still cause issues for defenders even when he's not at his best.

He also demonstrated great vision to break away from the Chelsea defence to be found in an acre of space by Odegaard for the opener. Martinelli's all-round performance is easily one of the positives Arsenal can take from the draw with the Blues.

Negative #2: Poor from set pieces

For a team that is supposedly the 'kings of set pieces', Arsenal looked far from that against Chelsea as they lacked any real threat from dead ball situations.

It was a mixture of poor deliveries and good defending that thwarted the Gunners' set piece brilliance. Corners and free kicks mostly failed to beat the first man and were easily dealt with by Chelsea. The hosts did well to neutralise Arsenal's threat from set pieces but questions have to be asked of the takers.

The likes of Declan Rice and Martin Odegaard simply had to do better when presented with such good chances to get the ball in the box for their side. It really was not a good game for Arsenal in terms of set pieces.

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