But, after beating Southampton 5-0 in the FA Cup just a few days ago, and Watford having just one rest day from their 1-0 defeat to League One side Millwall, there was only one victor.
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Etienne Capoue drove from just inside the Arsenal half towards goal and left two players in his wake and rifled a shot across goal, which Cech could only parry to the on coming Troy Deeney who smashed the ball in from close range to double Watford’s lead. But they don’t generally lose apparently simple home matches against bottom-half sides, and certainly not in the manner of their latest defeat. “It’s hard to know”. With that in mind, we’ll back the half-time draw.
“We had chances but the keeper made some very good saves, we hit the bar and we could say we were unlucky”. I have no basic regret in the way we prepared.
“In the first half they couldn’t live with us”, he said. When you consider the whole of the year I would like to reiterate to him we didn’t push him out.
“It was obvious we lost duels and were not sharp enough”, he said in quotes reported by BBC Sport.
“You don’t make 47 points in the Premier League after 23 games if you have no physical power, but you have to switch it on at 100% in the Premier League, that’s what it’s all about”.
Commenting on Ramsey, Wenger said: “He has a calf strain”. Of course we have to win first.
Arsenal winger Theo Walcott has been dropped to the bench for the meeting with Watford, with Danny Welbeck not selected in the matchday squad. He was stiff still yesterday.
Following that defeat, Conte changed Chelsea’s formation to a 3-5-2 system and his side have lost just one of their subsequent 17 league games, picking up 15 victories.
“I think everybody has their own ways but (Conte) has obviously got a lot of things right so you look at that and you see how you can use that in your own style”.
The funeral of Taylor will be held tomorrow and Mazzarri dedicated this evening’s stunning win to the club’s greatest manager. The former Hornets manager died two weeks ago and the Italian gave a special tribute during his post-match press conference.
“We had a very bad start”, the Czech Republic goalkeeper added.
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Still, while Spurs drifted for the title and the top four on account of a disappointing result, Chelsea were trimmed to 1/4 having come through one of their toughest remaining fixtures unscathed.
