Diego Costa was a nuisance throughout and could yet face English Football Association scrutiny over his role in Gabriel’s sending off. The FA will await referee Mike Dean’s report before deciding whether or not the Chelsea striker has a case to answer. “What is important is the quality of what we will see tomorrow morning at 12.45 and you want people to focus on that”.
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After successive defeats to Crystal Palace and Everton either side of the global break, leaving Chelsea with four points from their opening five games, Mourinho could not contemplate another loss for the Premier League champions.
“We didn’t concede one goal and we scored six”. Despite our strong win against Stoke last week and Arsene Wenger resting a few key players for the Zagreb game, the likes of Giroud, Cazorla, Arteta and Oxlade-Chamberlain were really poor in Croatia.
Wenger refused to go into his fractious relationship with Chelsea counterpart Jose Mourinho or the struggling start his 17th-placed rivals have had.
Mourinho added: “Arsenal goalkeeper until the game ends”.
Chelsea captain John Terry was left out of the starting XI, with Kurt Zouma and Gary Cahill in central defence. “I leave that to the specialists and take care of my own team and my own problems”. “I don’t know if it’s tomorrow or next week but one of these days he’s man of the match“.
In the second half we have control of the game. If it’s a pre-season friendly against Arsenal, we want to win.
“He’ll soon be a man of the match again“.
Another London derby awaits Arsenal, who visit Tottenham in the League Cup.
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Arsenal, in the meantime, are at 9/5 to take the road win, with odds for the game ending in a tie at 5/2. “We know that we are making mistakes but with every mistake we are punished immediately”. After the game, it’s not the same to meet Petr Cech in the tunnel, or Ospina or some of the guys I don’t have a special connection with. This is the type of match where the viewers should prepare to see lots of goals, this means that in case you are planning to place a bet, the over 3.5 will definitely prove to be successful.
