Mikel Arteta has described Chelsea as “one of the best attacking crew within the league” after they managed simply two photographs on course in a 1-0 defeat at Arsenal on Sunday.
Mikel Merino‘s Twentieth-minute header settled a contest brief on high quality at Emirates Stadium which moved Arsenal to inside 12 factors of Premier League leaders Liverpool.
Chelsea, in contrast, keep in fourth place after their eighth league defeat of the marketing campaign, throughout which some Blues followers chanted “assault, assault, assault” as their crew made laborious work of making alternatives of notice.
Key ahead Cole Palmer was absent by means of harm — becoming a member of Nicolas Jackson, Noni Madueke and Mykhailo Mudryk on the sidelines — they usually went closest to scoring when Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya allowed Marc Cucurella‘s Thirty seventh-minute volley spill by means of his arms and drift simply previous his left-hand publish.
“We now have conceded nearly nothing other than that unusual save from David, I’d say and that is a giant credit score to the crew as a result of for my part they’re one of the best attacking crew within the league,” Arteta mentioned.
“In open play, [they are] by a mile. I imply, the stats say it and every little thing that I’ve seen, say it. They will open you up, they will run in transition, they’ve particular person high quality, any participant within the defensive position can throw you in behind, they will mix on either side, on weak sides and they’re lacking some massive gamers as properly in the meanwhile.”
Pushed on whether or not he felt Chelsea can be a serious risk subsequent season, Arteta continued: “Sure and I feel they would not must play Thursday, Sunday. With the quantity of accidents that that they had as properly, they have been on the sting however due to the supervisor that they’ve, that’s actually good and the gamers and the squad, the standard that they’ve.”
