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Message: [QUOTE="DarthGrumpy, post: 3379343, member: 2141"] Argh, if Chelsea was going to beat Arsenal, I was hoping that Pulisic would be the cause if it; but, he wasn't even dressed for the game due to hammy injury he picked-up in practice. The match itself was not pretty; but, it had a lot of passion (8 yellow cards) and Arsenal played much better on the pitch in the first 30 minute of each half than they have recently. Give credit to Lampard as he made exchange around the 35' mark putting in Jorginho for Palmieri to switch from a 3-4-3 to a 4-3-3 as the original formation was not working. Arteta could not do the same for Arsenal on defense to stem the tide in the last 15 minutes, though admittedly, he has very little to work with on defense, which has been THE issue for Arsenal the last 3 or 4 seasons. With Arsenal's defensive woes well document, blowing the game with 10 minutes left was no shock. The referee (Craig Pawson) did not have a good game and clearly impacted the final result, which should never be the case. He missed a clear foul by Guendouzi pulling down Abraham just outside the box in the 1st half. Then, he somehow missed Jorginho pulling down an Arsenal player right in front of him and instead gave Lacazette a Yellow for a relatively benign dissent. If he called the game correctly, that would have been Jorginho's second Yellow and he would have been on the sidelines for a 10-man Chelsea team instead of scoring the tying goal. Argh! [/QUOTE]