You can sense trouble brewing for Arsenal the moment they go on the attack. This sounds paradoxical but, once you’ve watched a club like this for long enough, reading the early signs of calamity becomes a sort of sixth sense, an almost shamanic instinct, like being able to see tomorrow’s weather in the pattern of a leaf. Perhaps it’s the way Nicolas Pépé retreats indeterminately towards the touchline, killing the momentum stone dead. Or the way Bukayo Saka advances just a few more yards than is probably wise. Perhaps it’s simply the breath of the wind on your cheek. Either way, you just know.
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Written by Jonathan Liew at the Emirates Stadium
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2019/dec/29/arsenal-frailties-chelsea-defeat-mikel-arteta under the title “Arsenal’s innate fatalism means Chelsea loss may not surprise Arteta | Jonathan Liew”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
