The Gunners could not breach bottomward Roberto Di Matteo's ancillary in a bout which bootless to absolutely atom at the Emirates Stadium, with both abandon defective affection aback attacking
A much-changed Chelsea aggregation captivated out to defended a 0-0 draw in a abundantly blah activity adjoin Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.
Chelsea's 1-0 achievement over Barcelona in the Champions League had clearly taken its assessment on the starting XI complex in that bout as Roberto Di Matteo fabricated eight changes to his team.
The Blues were still able to authority their own, however, and balked the Gunners for the best allotment admitting defective a blow of chic in advance that may accept enabled them to booty added than one point from the game.
Arsene Wenger looked to add some atom to his ancillary afterward its black 2-1 accident to Wigan Athletic by introducing Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain into the ancillary in abode of Yossi Benayoun, who was clumsy to affection adjoin his ancestor club. Aaron Ramsey replaced the afflicted Mikel Arteta while Laurent Koscielny and Kieran Gibbs alternate to the aback four.
The Chelsea changes included the addition of adolescent left-back Ryan Bertrand advanced of Ashley Cole. Fernando Torres replaced Didier Drogba in attack, with the Ivorian larboard out of the band entirely.
The Blues looked blessed to sit aback and blot burden in the aboriginal stages aback Arsenal acquired ascendancy but looked aciculate and aggressive aback they sprung out of their bunched arresting appearance to attack.
Torres aching the brawl abroad afterwards some active arresting assignment in the Arsenal bisected on a brace of occasions but admitting affective the brawl able-bodied in midfield Chelsea could not booty advantage in attack. Salomon Kalou half-heartedly appealed for a amends afterwards he had absent ascendancy of the brawl aback through on ambition on the left-hand side.
The home ancillary boring grew into the game, though, and ashen a aureate adventitious to booty the advance afterwards 14 minutes. Theo Walcott guided a superb free-kick appear the aback column that alone into the lap of Robin van Persie but the Dutchman could alone ache his accomplishment advanced from point bare range.
From there, the aboriginal bisected petered out. Arsenal struggled to acquisition delivery in midfield, with Ramsey accusable of coughing up ascendancy on added than one occasion, while the Chelsea advanced three of Kalou, Torres and Daniel Sturridge could not adjure up annihilation in the final third that formed Wojciech Szczesny.
Petr Cech remained analogously composed until the Gunners carved out a flurry of opportunities as the bisected drew to a close. Koscielny was absolutely bare aback he headed a Van Persie free-kick adjoin the batten afore the Dutchman controlled Alex Song's accomplished canyon to force Cech into a acceptable block central the amends area.
That abrupt acquittal in an contrarily apathetic activity was not, unfortunately, a assurance of things to appear in the additional half. The aboriginal 15 account comprised of a accumulating of abridged crosses, awkward through assurance and, in aegis of the two sides, analytic solid defending.
Walcott was hauled off aloof afterwards the hour mark afterwards affairs up with a hamstring abrasion that was handled in a way that will not accept admiring Stuart Pearce, England's acting manager, who was in attendance. Walcott attempted to comedy on afterwards actualization to ache a abuse to the beef and alone seemed to accident aggravating the botheration afore he afresh went bottomward in affliction and was commissioned account later.
Gary Cahill appeared to angular on Van Persie aback arduous for a aerial brawl in the amends breadth but adjudicator Dean remained blah admitting the striker's protests, while acting Juan Mata could not abet abundant of an advance in Chelsea's apparatus levels in the Arsenal half.
Van Persie began to acquisition added amplitude as comedy became added continued in midfield but could not booty advantage, wriggling abroad from a brace of Blues defenders and a abandoned Cech in the box alone to see his attempt blocked on the line.
Koscielny had to be active to accelerate in and anticipate Sturridge from cutting from abutting ambit at the added end as the moment of absolute affection bare to accord either ancillary the bend did not come.
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