Defeated in the shock against Manchester City, Arsenal is no longer master of the game in the Premier League and must relaunch against Chelsea in order not to win permanently. Follow the match live from the kick-off on the L’Internaute website.
The match after is often the trickiest to negotiate. How to revive after suffering such a slap at his direct rival and having lost the lead of the Premier League, probably giving up a title that has been leaking from the club since 2004? This is the thorny question to which Mikel Arteta and his players will have to seek an answer and this from this evening, since the Championship continues at its infernal pace.
In a press conference, Mikel Arteta refused to surrender and was combative, on the eve of facing Chelsea. “We can still win the Premier League because there are five games to play and a lot of things can happen,” he said. In other words, there is no question of giving up as long as there is still a hope, however small it may be. For this, Arsenal must resume their rhythm of March when they were winning a string of victories. Indeed, the former leader has been at a standstill or almost for a month. In four games, he conceded three draws before being overwhelmed by the superiority of the Citizens (1-4). This bad patch coincides with William Saliba’s injury and the loss of his defensive solidity with 11 goals conceded, as many as in 11 games between February and early April. “Now the title race is no longer in our hands. But what remains in our hands is to try to play and win the matches that we have left,” continued the Spanish technician who is counting on its executives and Buyako Saka in the lead to raise their heads and finish the season as it should. In full success, the England international has been involved in 16 goals (9 goals and 7 assists) in the last 16 matches played by the Gunners at home and would like to continue his momentum, while his club has already secured his return to Champions League next season after 7 years of absence.
The arrival of Chelsea comes at the right time for Arsenal because their London rival has all the profile of the ideal victim to get back on their feet. Long feared, the 2021 European champion is experiencing a calamitous exercise. Despite 600 million euros spent on the transfer market, he has never found the right formula, piling up players without a guideline and is already on his third coach, if we count the three-day interim of Bruno Saltor , making the connection between Graham Potter and Frank Lampard. The former Blues midfielder has agreed to return to the daily life of his club, he who was dismissed in January 2021, after an inconclusive year and a half on the bench. A return which is inconclusive for the time, despite the chaotic situation he inherited. In five games under his command, his team lost five times, only managing to score one goal, for nine conceded. Above all, Chelsea gives off the feeling of not knowing where he is going, torn by internal dissension, which the last eleven attests with Sterling aligned alone at the forefront with Kanté and Gallagher in support. A winger and two midfielders not really attacking in front while the attackers jostled on the bench. belly to ridicule itself even more and to sink even more. Especially as Lampard is convinced, nothing is yet lost for Arsenal in the title race. “We can expect a big reaction from them,” said the English technician, defeated in 16 defeats in his last 19 games on a bench.
The kick-off of the match of the 34th day of the Premier League between Arsenal and Chelsea will be given at the stroke of 9 p.m., at the Emirates Stadium, in London.
The meeting between Arsenal and Chelsea will be broadcast exclusively by the Canal group and accessible simultaneously on Canal and Canal Foot, the channel dedicated, as its name suggests, to football.
The meeting between Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal and Frank Lampard-led Chelsea will be available for streaming on the MyCanal platform.
BetClic : Arsenal : 1.56 / Nul : 4.25 / Chelsea : 5.75
Sports bets: Arsenal: 1.58 / Draw: 4.20 / Chelsea: 5.80
Winamax: Arsenal: 1.56 / Draw: 4.20 / Chelsea: 5.70
Arsenal: Ramsdale – White, Holding, Gabriel, Zinchenko – Partey, Odegaard, Xhaka – Saka, Jesus, Martinelli.
Chelsea: Arrizabalaga – Azpilicueta, Fofana – Thiago Silva, Chalobah, Chilwell – Fernandez, Kovacic, Kante, Gallagher – Sterling.
