Well here we go Arsenal fans. This away game at Chelsea is massive for the Gunners. Win it and we have banished the Chelsea blues once and for all and will be right up there fighting for the Premier League title. Lose it and the old Mourinho hoodoo will be back and our start to the season will be looking seriously downbeat again.
As expected, Arsene Wenger has brought back the players rested for the Champions League game in midweek and so Arsenal will start at Stamford Bridge with the same 11 players that won our last Premier League game against Stoke City.
There is no Per Mertesacker, even on the bench, so Gabrieal and Koscielny continue their new central defensive pairing and they could have their hands full, as Pedro has recovered to make the starting XI and Hazard will surely start to redicover his form sooner or later, while Costa is always difficult to play against.
Chelsea have their own problems in defence though and John Terry has been benched again, while the match up between the struggling Ivanovic and the brilliant Alexis Sanchez should be an interesting one. Hopefully the pace and movement of Walcott and the creative play of Arsenal will prove to be too much for the home team and hopefully their former keeper Petr Cech can keep another clean sheet for Arsenal.
Cech
Bellerin, Gabriel, Koscielny, Monreal
Coquelin, Cazorla
Ramsey, Ozil, Alexis
Walcott
Subs: Ospina, Debuchy, Gibbs, Chambers, Arteta, Oxlade-Chamberlin, Giroud.
Arsenal have a great chance to inflict more pain on Chelsea and Mourinho, but will we perform well and do it?
COYG!!!
I could be preTty dumb with my team prediction, but I’m glad Arsene and I agree just this once.
let’s see your comments at the end.
Lol! Budd, u think we will lose? U have no faith in the boss and the lads??? Lol!
Urm, I just want us to put up a fight, a real fight. We can come out with something.
The football side of arsenal is do badly mismanaged that it is not shocking anymore.
No recognized centre back on the bench to react to the red card .
Nobody in the market to improve us ,init?
Pedro better than anything we have on the wing .
Ramsey ……. I am tired of talking about him and wilshere .
The only thing I will say is that Wenger’s great British experiment has failed. It is time for him to pack it up .
Why have ozil if you refuse to buy muscle behind him , ballers around him and a poacher in front of him .
And that ref……. What an incompetent idiot .
I really hope we don’t lose this match, COYG
Idiotic Costa. Why not punch him in the face and leave???
Wtf…I hate costa d more…..I dnt care wot d fans tink bt GABRIEL I OFFICIALLY AN ARSENAL LEGEND
Wtf…I hate costa d more…..I dnt care wot d fans tink bt GABRIEL IS OFFICIALLY AN ARSENAL LEGEND
HAIL GABRIEL!……….Costa u Mug!
I hope Ramsey justifies his inclusion in the starting lineup. COYG
He does not need to. There’s no one else to play there today.
As long as the ref isn’t Chelsea 12th man, I am confident we will beat them today!
Coyg ?
Dean. Maybe he will show some remorse after what he did for us in the past.
I doubt it ?
You can guarantee that there will be some controversial decisions and 10 minutes of added time if Chelsea are losing!
Please somebody pop Costa in the face on his way out of the stadium.
Dean is anti Arsenal. Arsenal need to go public and embarrass this f….ing idiot and joke of a ref. Insult this fool on every social media network.
Ivanovic starting, we must exploit his weak start, hope Sanchez tears him a new one.
COME ON BOYS!!! COYG!!!
Alexis to get his first goal of the season, COYG!
That’s the lineup I predicted and delighted to have Cech, Ramsey and Bellerin back. Hopefully’, we will be clinical infront of goal. C’mon Arsenal…Give it your all and just avoid defeat. I’ll be ok with a draw but go over the moon with a victory. Let’s do this!
And Nacho. Gibbs should spend time with U21.
This is the best team
we’ve had for a long time.
Wenger has got it spot on.
It’s up to the players now.
This game is huge.
fully agree
17,12,14 is what our front line should be. Theo can bring his pace and OG s a threat on set pieces. Ramsey should not be on the right.
Can’t complain about the lineup, hope we avoid defeat
thank the good Lord all those who endlessly made noise about Ramsey benching and chambo starting are now quiet
A_win_is_all_i_need
Chelsea have 5 big guys matic/ivanovic/zouma/cahill & costa just hope our defenders will do well esp in free /corner kicks
It’s predictable and arguably best we have … Whether it’s enough we will see … Could be an entertaining 2 all draw a woeful one nil to either or a shock 3 niller to us
I would have preferred to see either Walcott or Ox up against Ivanovic instead of Ramsey.
its sanchez against ivanovic. not ramsey
Yeah, I just realised – blonde moment!
Let em come onto us. Walcott needs some space to run at, or beyond them. We must play on the counter. Solid, careful, defensive game with Sanchez and Walcott making the most of Ozils ability to put them in behind the Chelsea defence. COYG’s!!
oh arsenal ole ole 😀 😀 😀
Proud when we win, Loyal when we lose,
We are the Gooners. #COYG
DEFEND WELL, AND WE WILL WIN. LET`S JUST DEFEND FROM THE FRONT `COS CHELSEA WILL GO ALL OUT FOR A WIN, AND WILL LEAVE SPACES BEHIND.
Get uo Coq…PLEEEASE
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We appear to be missing the OX. He drives fear into the opposition…
Let’s try to stop giving the ball away shall we!?
Pfffffff.
Only coq and ramsey have won a tackle. The others havent even tried
Is Ozil on the pitch? come on get in the game!
The old Chelsea are back 🙂
COYG!!
why you single him out? Sanchez playing well to you? Ozil provided the ball that has led to our only shot on goal.
Well played Gabi…shut the f*** up Michael Owen
Put on 5 live – then you don’t have to put up with Owen’s cr*p
We must win this one – otherwise not putting on our first team midweek was a complete waste of time.
Maureen said Pedro wasn’t playing….
LOL RAMSEY WHYYYYYYY
What a joke no way a red card
costa such a POS… unbelievable. blows my mind how scum he is
send costa back to prison
WENGER was sweating like a dog on a Chinese restaurant when Le Coq was on the floor, thinking I should’ve bought a bloody DM
Mike dean arsehole
Bunch of cheating C***s
The referees in the PL are a f*cking joke.
Costa get off the pitch NOWWWWW!
WHAT THE F**K
Here we f###ing go again!
Unbelievable! ???
And then they say there is a campaign against Chelsea! Now it really should be And I will lead that!
Oh dear. Naive from Gabriel. Fell for it hook line and sinker..
Naive from Mike Dean. Fell for it hook line and sinker
For the first time since that scumbag Costa arrived PL, somebody stood up against him. And course f’n Gollum sends Gabriel off for that
Great work by gabriel.
Sub standard refereeing allowed that doggie costa to say on.
Injure all those chelsea players and also the referee. I dont care.
Start with that c*nt Costa by breaking his both f’n legs
Let me call the creators for saw for some ideas.
*of
Agree – F*** the game, cut Costa in half
Lose with dignity. Break Costas leg and Fabregas and Hazard and Mourinho,
Dirty MOTHER…………..piece of s…….t team following instructions from their dirty Manager……if there is justice we will win this game don’t know how……..
Oh bollocks!
Costa is scum, you can see he was trying to goad Gab.
How the hell did they not both go!?
F**k Costa cheating fu**ING SH*T.
Hope he f*c*ing breaks both legs a d his jaw.
How does such an experienced ref make suvh an appalling decision.
Now I hope we hold onto a draw and Mou loses his job
Mike Dean what a tosser. Her we go again.
Sees a tiny flick of the heel, misses Costa trying to rearrange Kos’s face….hmmm
@cn I hope that they can go back and see that DC tried that. He should get a 3 game ban for that.
Costa have been sorted out months ago – foul creature who is feted by the stupid media…’the type of player I would like in my tea’ etc etc…F***ing cheat, built like a tank, goes down like a fairy, cries like a pussy
He is a cretin, even asking for the yellow after 5 minutes. Just a pr*ck.
If anybody criticises gabriel I shall injure you.
Costa is rabid dog. This kind of football belongs to scums.
@Adieni: So are you for speaking violence! Types like you should be sent off from the face of the earth! Emigrate to Syria and let ISIS show you what it is you are talking about. I think both of you belong in the same league!!!
Costa is crybaby!! He had his hand all over kos face and pushed him.. Referee say that n gave just yellow. Gabriel should have kicked his butt instead..! Worst player in EPL, always makes some silly attacks on defenders.
Mike Dean is a joke, either send them both off, or neither.
Brazilian against a Brazilian who wanted to be Spanish.
You just know something was said to Gabriel to light him up like that.
We could do with a little of that edge in our strikers though.
Giroud second half?
FCUKING BULLSHIT
ITS ALWAYS CHELSEA, MOURINHO AND COSTA GETTING AWAY WITH THAT RUBBISH
effen unbelievable, how can the league not watch that replay and suspend dean? the ref just ruined a match due to his hatred biased and ego, league needs to change rules to review critical calls ie: manufactured red cards or
Absolutely outrageous. Once again shows why we need video evidence. Costa is a slimy fcuking cheat. Dein is pathetic and clearly made his sending off decision because of Costas complaints. If that doesn’t provoke some kind of decision by the FA on Monday they are also a bunch of useless jerks. Costa needs a 3 match ban and Gab reduced to one (if the idiot in black decided his sending off was a straight red). Ruined the game. FCUKING HELL!!!!!!
I’m still trying to figure how Gabiel got the initial yellow, he wasn’t part of the clash between Costa and Koscielny????
This is pure injustice. If we lose this, I will lose my faith in EPL.
Nobody forced Gabriel to kick Costa. Deserved red card. Players should know that Costa always tries to get opponents booked. Stupid from Gabriel. He let the team down!
BigWIlli shutup please.
@Adieni: And you shut up ya ugly face for asking BigWill to shut up. Have some decorum, that is if you know what that means!
@Bigwill#Wenger Out: Well said? You are one of the few that has read it well. Stupid and always-smiling Captain Cazorla should also have stepped in and dragged Gabriel off. They all speak Spanish and I’m sure he heard what was brewing and all the anger from Gabriel. Who’s to blame? Of course the buck stops with the President! Wenger go!!!
I ALREADY HAVE
COSTA HAS DONE THIS SH!T MANY TIMES BEFORE
ITS A TYPICAL MORUINHO/CHELSEA/COSTA TRAIT
just costa nodding kos..its clear even only that act deserves a red card
Saw one given to Giroud last season for something very similar.
Costa off now!
Big 2nd half needed from the gooners. After that disgrace of a footballer Costa shouldve been off Gab gets sent off for less?? League refs are bad again dis season. Losing faith in there officiating
Mike Dean, You’re a stupid ref. Costa is a fooooooool! This is useless! Arrrrrgh! Costaaaaaaaaaaa’ so controversial. I hate him so much…..
Uzi Ozil: but what on earth was Gabriel thinking! I kept saying to my son just before he got sent off that he would. He never stopped. May be the betting syndicate in Brazil put money on him with his consent to be the first to be sent off. How stupid and animalistic can one get?
I want a replay of the match now. If it doesn’t happen then the EPL is a joke.
Costa could of received 3 red cards for what he did to Kos.
Thanks to our useless Manager Chelsea has up to half time exposed to no end the weaknesses in our squad. From weaklings in midfield to the Captaincy. Yes to the Captaincy as Cazorla should have prevented that cave man Gabriel from being sent off against another Chelsea caveman.. Cazorla walked past Gabriel and should have sent him so far away from that animal Costas but it had to take Coquelin to try and intervene. I am livid as all blame for me lies solely at Arsene’s door. Comical or should I say lack of judgement and wisdom. I hope we can now keep the scores down to a bare minimum. O how stupid of Gabriel. I would never play him again until he learns to behave on the pitch. Sell him in January and Wenger go also with him! I’m not watching anymore. I’ve had enough.. Stupid, the whole lot of them barring Cech, Bellerin, Kos so far. And kudos to The Coq for trying to stop that crazy Gabriel from being sent off but he couldn’t prevent that in the end! O God!!!!
With the greatest of respect…stfu!!
@gooner100: are you also one of those who can’t keep their temper in check? I’ve given an opinion on how the game has gone so far and that doesn’t deserve a “Stuff you” comment or does it now? Your type is what is wrong with common decency. Caveman-like!!! Yes, your attitude! So is Gabriel’s and Costas!
Really. Well anyone who has zero passion and can sit there and tell me, in the face of such injustice, that Wengers at fault, that it was all arsenals fault and that Gab who did FA (for the first yellow) and next to nothing for the red is also totally to blame, is living in an emotional void So sorry darling (Im assuming you are a girl?) footballs about passion and you need a little.
You are an idiot, sir. I will praise gabriel to no ends for standing up like that.
Don’t make gabriel a scapegoat for that joke of a referee.
Your other points have substance though.
You sound like a door matt. ‘Caveman’ for standing up for himself, what a joke.
Lol. Mike dean welldone. Red card? What a big joke.
Flamini on the bench?
Fook it lets bring him on to do a job on Costa late on.
His missing the next game is no problem.
We need to cleverly tweak Costa all second half to get him sent off, Mou will probably sub him soon.
The assistant referee saw Gab’s stud on knees but failed to see Costa’s chestbutt and kos falling in the start ? Isn’t it blatant cheating ? A club made on corrupt money, being managed by a classless manager and being played by cheaters on the pitch. Congrats chelsea. You certainly can win the PL but not the heart of the fans around the world.
costa went into that match to target gabriel, no doubt, he knows him from brazil, he knows he is a hot head, terrible call by dean the dick, but shame on gabriel for taking the bait, thats costas MO, say what you want about mert, he is calm under pressure, i hope gabriel learned his lesson, he should have left it between Kos & Costa in the first place, terrible situation, can see where this is going…
English referees are absolutely disgusting, how does that flick result in a red card. This injustice is becoming annoying. Anybody who thinks gabriel deserved a red card is just plain stupid. Costa is a c**t.
If there is God in Football Dean must throw the Goon half bred Monkey Costa………
that was a straight red! you are effin kidding me
I am behind you Gab and Arsenal.
Fook this Shyyyyyaaaaat Man!
I’m going to watch Andy Murray play doubles
He’s losing but has a better chance than Arsenal does of beating Chelsea at Stamford Bridge with only 10 men
It’s also a strategy. I’m hoping that if I stop watching, then I will miss a great Arsenal victory
I hate Costa as much as I hate Mourinho
Don’t have any hate towards Gabriel
He is still cool in my books
Chelsea fans, their manager and players are all scum.
FA wont charge Costa as stupid ref will say he saw nothing.
How doed Costa always cheat and get away witb it.
What he did to Kos is 3 red cards, 9 match ban 3 for each offense
Gabriel red card and commentators just said Coquelin is off injured. Well well well
coquelin for chambers-has he lost his mind??
he is only one who breaks there play.#
wenger im questioning this severely
emmm..maybe Coq is injured…
…..and who you gonna blame? Reply: Go Wenger! I’m bursting out in the ghostbusters song as I have decided not to watch anymore. It’s pointless
oh my bad coquelin injured.
sorry arsene lol
we are in big trouble
loooool, lady luck u absolute hoe
Come on Petr Cech – you must know what a tosser Costa is…
Have an amazing second half, keep the cheats out
@Darlingbudsofarse.
Bullsh*t!
Costa said something to him, probably about fooking gabs mum or something!
I challenge anyone to remain calm in that situation.
Shame is that Gab had Costa under control.
And why did not Kos got the referee involved and get Costa punishment ?? Why was he being such a gentleman in the first place ??
costa slaps kos twice…..yellow card
ladies an gentlemen…MIKE BALD HEAD DEAN
dean just confirmed he screwed up by isdueing that quick yellow, coyg!
coyg?
no mate til costa gets red nothing will be fair here
we lose gab for man u aswell
you’re right, i am exploding inside like the rest of you, unjust is unjust
Bellarin owning Costa.
Kos is not a cheat, he is a man. Most Arsenal players arent like that
game over
here comes the goals
good news is Ox is warming up bad news is no matter how useless ozil plays he will never come off
But is Ox any better?
alexis…. wtf…. energy-10, drive-10, touch on ball-2
Ozils a passenger, we need workrate now.
Giroud on tro hold the ball up field?
Or Ox on RW with Ramsey to the middle?
As I gtype they score Fook it!!
GAME WAS OVER BEFORE HALF TIME GUYS
Thats it. game over. Another defeat for Wenger by Mou
Mourinho….have you had your embarrassment gene removed.?…disgrace of a human being
This is going to be a long 2nd half 🙁
what a week… two red cards, two losses? call me over american, but if this is still 1-0 at 88″, I take costa out for a few matches…
Couldn’t agree amore
Trouble is the arsenal team are full of pu$$ies and not one real man
well you see what happens when someone mans up.
If koscienly had fallen down and held his face… All the fracas wouldn’t have happened.
Arrghhh
Well, a loss to Spuds at White Fart Lane will end a wonderful 7 days of football away matches
September 2015 = Sh!T (so far)
2 loses (probably) and 2 red cards
How do we manage to make these training ground level mistakes ?? Disgusted!!!
F@ck!!
Dean is a disgrace, ruined the game
Just watch the bald tw@t trotting about…wasted a good game…AGAIN. His anti-Arsenal bias should be looked at
I wish that pit bull costa finishes his career sometimes this season
what a disgrace for the game
If Ramsey finish that clear chance created by ozil before the incident, the result will be different.
Ramsey is a waste of space . His position needs addressing
Ramsey just made a run into the box from midfield…if we’re going to score it will be because of someone doing something like that. We’re being blatantly cheated and you’re getting on Aaron’s back? Strange.
you what??? no offence but that’s the stupidest thing I’ve heard for a long time.
This ref has to be exposed for his blatant cheating. Its a shame.
Well it lasted long enough…
Sigh…
awwwwww…….sanchez!
Where are goals coming from ? Nominees guys ? My nominee is potato.
the goal was from offside since Pedro was along same direction
Time to bring the Donkey and the OX we are going to loose anyway playing with this team…..we need to power play these fockers
another yellow ignored by mike dean
I suppose we should be flattered that Hazard starts to play against us.
Payback for the charity shield.