by Stephen Lars
Chelsea FC completed a nice comeback from last week's 1-0 defeat against Manchester City, with a 2-0 win against Arsenal to regain the great rhythm the team had enjoyed in the beginning of the 2010-2011 English Premiere League Season.
The two favorite teams to win the championship had an exciting duel in the Stamford Bridge Stadium.
Arsenal took possession of the ball early in the game and was able to get keeper Petr Cech in some trouble, but the team was far from really getting anywhere close to a goal against Chelsea.
Chelsea didn't wait too long to react to their opponents attacks. With a solid defense as a foundation, the team was able to bring up their lines and attack on Arsenal's defense.
The match was quite exciting. Both teams attacked and defended in a very balanced manner during the first 30 minutes of play. Amid all this action, Chelsea had many chances to score. Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka were responsible for creating scoring threats, however, the lack of precision of these two strikers kept them from actually scoring.
Arsenal aimed its plays through midfielder Andrei Arshavin, to try to score from the open spaces in the opposing defense.
Towards the end of the first half, Chelsea were able to take control of the match. After 39 minutes, Drogba made an excellent score after overtaking goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski. Arsenal then tried to even the score, but the home defense was much more efficient. With the score 1-0 in favor of Chelsea, the first half came to an end.
The start of the second half was crucial to Chelsea's domination. With a strong defense the English champions prevented Arsenal from reacting to their attacks.
Arsene Wenger, Arsenal coach, tried to turn around the situation by replacing a tired Abou Diaby and Tomas Rosicky. Wenger's plan seemed not to result, as the pace of play of his team declined and was only effective in sporadic occasions.
Arsenal continued to look unsuccessfully. Chelsea took advantage of the confusion of to overcome Arsenal easily and enter its area. After a nice play on the flank the Blues increased the score 2-0 after 85 minutes of play via Brazilian defender Alex.
With this win, Chelsea FC has gained three points more and has become the leader of the English Premier League with 18 points. Second is the Manchester City (14pts) after the 2-1 win against Newcastle. Manchester United is in third place (13pts).
With a record of 6 wins and 1 defeat, Chelsea has become a strong rival for Arsenal, the current champion. Arsenal currently ranks fourth in the Premier League with 11 points. The team has stayed focused and as of press time, they are having a good season both in the English Premiere League as well as in the Champions League.
It would now be a matter of time to see what is going to happen in one of the finest, and most diverse leagues in the world.
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Stephen Lars has been a prominent writer on regular International Football games, sports news and the sportsbetting industry for many exceptional sports web sites. You may reprint this article in its full content, please note no modifications to it are accepted.
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