ZANI
08 Aug 2005, 04:55 PM
Arsenal worried me with the way they played yesterday. Now I have answers to all my worries:
http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/3870848
"Don't get me wrong though, they will still be a match for most teams. I still think they are wonderful to watch but at the end of the day in professional football, it is not about the performance, it's about the results."
"The Special One", Jose Mourinho, understands this concept fully.
Chelsea was not the most attractive team in Cardiff. For many periods they didn't even bother playing football, more like long ball. But when you have the likes of Drogba, Arjen Robben (the only Blues player under 22), Damien Duff and Shaun Wright-Phillips flying up front, you play to your strengths.
I'm sure the Gunners, along with the rest of the Premier League, don't want to hear this but I don't think Chelsea even moved out of second gear at the Millennium Stadium. They looked in complete control throughout, even when Arsenal starting playing their brand of free-flowing football. When the Blues step it up and go through the gears, it is going to take a very special performance to stop them.
http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/3870848
"Don't get me wrong though, they will still be a match for most teams. I still think they are wonderful to watch but at the end of the day in professional football, it is not about the performance, it's about the results."
"The Special One", Jose Mourinho, understands this concept fully.
Chelsea was not the most attractive team in Cardiff. For many periods they didn't even bother playing football, more like long ball. But when you have the likes of Drogba, Arjen Robben (the only Blues player under 22), Damien Duff and Shaun Wright-Phillips flying up front, you play to your strengths.
I'm sure the Gunners, along with the rest of the Premier League, don't want to hear this but I don't think Chelsea even moved out of second gear at the Millennium Stadium. They looked in complete control throughout, even when Arsenal starting playing their brand of free-flowing football. When the Blues step it up and go through the gears, it is going to take a very special performance to stop them.