Quote from: LUCKMCFLY on November 15, 2024, 06:17:56 PM

Quote from: tiCeR on November 10, 2024, 08:21:47 PM

Isn't it that Arsenal is not doing very well in the last few weeks? You could call this an improvement on part of Chelsea, but you could as well point out that Arsenal has been having problems for a while now. Note that Arsenal wasn't able to win any of their last four games in the Premier League, that is why I am not that impressed by this draw. Both teams have had a few bad weeks now and this draw was probably more imminent than many were expecting.

Well, I saw the match and, honestly, Chelsea didn't do badly at all. Chelsea were playing disorganized at the beginning but they were able to take the match ahead. A draw is better than losing the game. For me, Chelsea did excellently Arsenal came out with everything, but it must be recognized that Chelsea knew how to read Slot's strategy, so the match was very close and this draw could have been achieved. Many bet against Chelsea, but to tell the truth, it seems that Chelsea has improved a lot and that must be recognized.

If we just draw on the statistics, it is pretty simple: last season Chelsea had 15 points and +5 goals after 11 games and now they have 19 points and +8 after 11 games. Now what made a big difference last season is something else because the first five clubs after 11 games had 27/26/24/24/22 points and this season the first five have 28/23/19/19/19.

You can tell from those numbers that the top teams, which were expected to take the lead in the early season, performed much better collectively than they do this season except for Liverpool. Tottenham was at 26 points last season after 11 games! Now they have got 16 points. That's massive.