(well, maybe just a little bit, especially for their fans in this area!). Who would've thunk it? Chelsea rallied from a goal behind, against a good side, with player substitutions from Avram Grant that actually worked for once. Didier Drogba scored twice in the last twenty minutes to lift the home side to a well-earned victory over their London rivals, leapfrogging them in the standings to second place, five points behind Manchester United.
It was a little bit odd to hear the crowd chanting, after Arsenal's Bacary Sagna had scored in the 59th minute, that You don't know what you're doing! and Jose Mourinho, in the interim before Chelsea got their goals, but it certainly had to be a heavy load to bear for the team, considering what had happened in their last match versus Tottenham and in a disappointing defeat to Barnsley in the FA cup.
This match was on FSC, and I'm glad they got this one instead of Man United/Liverpool, a 3-0 result; it was a highly competitive game that was fun to watch, and while some of the missed opportunities at goal are ones that players would like to have back, it's just the way the ball bounces sometimes.
Sagna's goal, his first for Arsenal, was a great shot on a corner kick (how many goals from set pieces have Chelsea allowed lately at any rate?) He headed the ball in on the near side of the post at a very difficult angle, in front of the Arsenal crowd, to put the aforementioned heavy load on the home side, the doubts about whether they could mount a comeback were most certainly palpable to Blues fans. Drogba most certainly showed in the latter stages of the match that they indeed had the stuff for a win that will be savoured for awhile.
GUARDIAN REPORT
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