Alex Free-Kick! Chelsea vs Arsenal 2-0 Highlight 03/10/2010 Commentary

Alex Free-Kick ! Blues beat Gunners 2-0 Arsenal Chelsea defeats Arsenal Didier Drogba, who has relished his appearances against Arsenal down the years, broke the deadlock as a tight first half was drawing to a close, neatly flicking the ball beyond Lukasz Fabianski. Both sides had chances, with Nicolas Anelka in particular guilty of a glaring miss, but defender Alex put the result beyond doubt in the 85th minute when he rocketed a free-kick into the top corner. Jay Emmanuel-Thomas debuted. Clichy and Diaby were just off with their shots while Chamakh had several chances.
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Prior to 2008, I used to think of Frank Lampard as a one-dimensional goalscorer, but after watching him a lot during Chelsea’s 08/09 season I began to appreciate his intelligence, creative mind and passing. Lampard was never a particularly talented youngster but through sheer hard work he has managed to mould himself into one of England’s most cultured midfielders of the last 20 years, helping drive Chelsea to several domestic triumphs in the Abramovic era. In 2008/2009, he recorded 20 goals and 19 assists in all competitions, while creating more goalscoring chances than any other player in the Premier League (131). He was unlucky that some of his brilliant passes weren’t converted by the rather wasteful pair of Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka, otherwise he’d have assisted a few more goals. For me he was the 2nd best midfielder in Europe that season behind Xavi, and deserved more recognition. He wasn’t even nominated for the PFA Player of the Year awards, which is a shame because he was probably the best player in England. *Freekick vs Ipswich is missing Song: Skylight by Overseer
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