Arsenal 1 – 4 Chelsea

The so-called ‘Losers Final’: Arsenal looked threatening early doors with young Theo Walcott forcing Cech into a decent seventh minute save, before shooting narrowly wide after being teed up by Diaby ten minutes later. Cesc accused Didier Drogba of diving although avoided spitting at him, before Alexander Song was the next young Gun to shoot wide with the goal at his mercy, and Arsenal came to rue their missed chances as Alex headed home a Drogba free-kick off the underside of the bar. Matters worsened for Arsenal when Nicolas Anelka cracked a super swerving shot past Fabianski in the 39th minute.

With Arsenal still looking in a state of shock after the break, Chelsea quickly chalked up their third, Malouda freeing Ashley Cole, whose cross was turned into his own net by Kolo Toure. Walcott was then guilty of missing the target yet again as Arsenal looked to save face, Nicklas Bendtner eventually coming off the bench to pull a goal back with a header. The Gunners then played their best football of the match only for a Florent Malouda to kill the match off with a late fourth.


Related Articles:

Sphere: Related Content

  • Share/Bookmark

About the Author

Increasingly middle-aged and increasingly disillusioned by modern football, I want to share with you how good football used to be before it was ruined by money.