Arsenal down to 3rd in Premier League after Chelsea loss

Wenger had not seen the incident again nor spoken to Mertesacker, but described referee Mark Clattenburg’s decision in the 18th minute as “quick and harsh”.

Chelsea captain John Terry said that his side’s controlled performance would give the champions belief in their quest to close the 14-point gap that separates them from the Champions League places.

Diego Costa was obviously involved, because when is he not?

Baffled Arsenal fans booed as Olivier Giroud was hauled off just 20 minutes into the Gunners’ Premier League clash with Chelsea.

The Arsenal manager has been at the helm of the famous London club for nearly two decades, with his contract set to run until the end of the 2016-2017 season.

The introduction of Alexis Sanchez – who is finally back from injury – and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain made us more of a threat, but we still weren’t creating clear-cut chances.

It wasn’t long before Chelsea made the one man advantage count, and frustratingly it was Diego Costa that got the goal.

Costa was put clean through on goal and the experienced German global chose to take one for the team and hacked down the striker to deny him a goalscoring opportunity. No guarantees, obviously, and Arsenal will have to be firing on all cylinders, but this is a great chance to bask in the favor that Stoke hopefully does us today and also keep Chelsea down where they belong.

The Spanish global limped off to be replaced by Loic Remy in the second half of their 1-0 win over 10-man Arsenal at the Emirates.

Despite their poor form this campaign, Chelsea have kept six clean-sheets against Arsenal in their last seven games across all competitions.

Arsenal shot themselves in the foot once again against Chelsea.

“And he always wanted to provoke them”.

Arsenal lost ground to Leicester at the top of the league table and though he admits that the loss was disappointing, Cech feels the home side were the better team for most parts of the game.

But Hiddink said that once the Frenchman is finished, no other manager will match Wenger’s tenure for longevity. “All we can do is keep our focus and fight”.