Arsene Wenger and Mourinho’s rivalry, verbal attacks at each other are known to everybody. But these two managers shared a similar fate in their Champions League matches on the same day, with Arsenal losing 2-3 to Olympiacos and Chelsea losing 1-2 to Porto. The longer the English clubs treat getting into UCL into actual achievement, the longer it will take them to excel in the competition. The case with Arsenal is probably “we got top 4! Real catch? we have no idea what to do with the competition we got into!”
Mourinho dropped the likes of Oscar, Falcao, Remy. Wenger dropped Petr Cech, with a terrible performance from Ospina costing Arsenal the game, the decision meant Arsenal lose the game. It shows a lack of respect for the competition. As most of the clubs prepare for European competitions, English clubs ready themselves for their Sunday 4 pm showdown with Watford. No leadership in the defence showed in Chelsea’s game. Chelsea fans had to live to the day Ivanovic captaining the team with Terry on the bench and Hazard (the “third best player in the world”) dropped. It was some balls from Mourinho.
Now, to talk about Arsenal, they are 4th in the CL and PL league table. In other news, Earth is round. When a relationship with your girl is like Arsenal in the Champions League, it can’t be more than “just a friend” or top 16. Ain”t it? Even Kim Kardashian has more points than Arsenal in europe, it seems.Arsenal lost because their midfield left their defence exposed, with no one on the edge of the box.
Let’s talk about Chelsea. Since Jose Mourinho claimed hazard is better than Ronaldo; the latter has scored 8 goals from 7 matches and Hazard scored 0 in 9 matches. The problem with Chelsea is, they are barely scoring any from open play. They are not scoring enough, Diego Costa has almost become non-existent.
Let’s conclude the article with 2 stats: Olympiacos in England last 57years: 3 goals and 33 minutes vs Arsenal: 3 goals.
I can see some far out “Wenger Out” cries. Chelsea fields Coc team in Europe, they just lost 5 matches before October for the first time in 37 years.
“Crisis? what crisis?” eh, Jose?
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