Chelsea are living proof that Arsenal being 'more entertaining' would be a disaster

There is always something to criticise Arsenal for. Always.

The Gunners went an entire season unbeaten (yes, unbeaten, without losing a single game), yet rival fans pointed out they drew too many games. More recently, they won the Premier League, beating a team benefiting from breaking over 100 financial charges, yet rival fans pointed out they scored one too many set pieces for their liking.

This season, Arsenal head into the international break top of the league, five points ahead of Brighton in second. Yet, that's still not good enough for rival fans. Apparently, Arsenal are far too boring - boohoo!

Arsenal are boring... but boring wins games

Yes, Arsenal are excellent in defence. Framing it that way makes a criticism a compliment.

Arsenal fans know better than anyone that they are stronger in defence than in attack. However, that's not a bad thing. They have an example just a stone's throw down the road, in Chelsea, of why being attack-focused is a bad thing.

Chelsea have one of the most exciting attacks in the Premier League, perhaps even the world. The trio of Joao Pedro, Cole Palmer and Morgan Rogers is quite literally better than Arsenal's attack, in every world.

However, the one problem is that Chelsea are awful. They are getting worse by the week, and they're proving to everyone that it's far more important to have a good defence than a good attack.

To trade Arsenal's defence with Chelsea's attack only benefits Chelsea

If you were to ask any Chelsea fan to swap their attack for Arsenal's defence, they would say yes. If they said no, they wouldn't care about winning games. Arsenal fans would give the fastest no to date, though.

It sounds incredibly reductionist to say 'attack wins you games, but defence wins you titles,' and in many ways, even that quotation is becoming outdated. We are in an era where attack doesn't even win you games anymore.

Take a look at Man City; they have lost their last three games, despite having the better chances to score in all of them. They literally have Erling Haaland, but can't win games because Gianluigi Donnarumma is on a downward trajectory, and Marc Guehi simply isn't good enough. Defence is far more important than attack.

We could present all the statistics in the world, but let's be real, they do not matter. Nobody looks back throughout history at which teams 'created the most chances' or 'had the highest xG' - nobody ever has, nobody ever will. The only statistic that matters is that boring Arsenal are top of the Premier League, whereas exciting Chelsea are fifth.

It is not Arsenal's job to entertain rival fans. In fact, the biggest compliment to him is that rival fans keep trying to criticise him - it shows they are frustrated by the way he leads Arsenal, and that's exactly the point of football.

Chelsea might be more exciting to watch, but I personally love the feeling of watching my team win games. I hope Arsenal continue to get more boring and Chelsea continues to get more exciting.

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