Mikel Arteta said Chelsea are the best attacking team in the Premier League after Arsenal’s 1-0 victory over them on Sunday. I don’t know what I’m missing.
When Nicolas Jackson and Cole Palmer are playing, they’re a good team. They bring the best out of each other. Palmer’s a better player when Jackson’s playing and Jackson’s a better player when Palmer’s playing. That is fact.
But I’m flabbergasted by that quote. I honestly don’t get that. There will be a lot of Chelsea fans reading that thinking, ‘Wow! What is he talking about?’.
Is Arteta saying that because Chelsea have spent £1.6bn yet haven’t got a forward and can’t score a goal and fans are moaning at him because Arsenal don’t have a forward? Unless Palmer plays, I don’t think Chelsea score goals.
Everybody can be an attacking and free-flowing team but you’ve got to get it right at both ends. They’ve scored 53 goals and let in 37.
They bought enough players and they’ve got others out on loan. They didn’t have to send them out. Moaning about injuries but they’ve got players out on loan who would play in the first team.
That’s come back to bite them because they’re juggling after buying every Tom, Dick and Harry. I can’t really feel sorry for Chelsea in that way.
I still think Enzo Maresca is changing his wingers too often. They need to get a better run in the team.
You don’t know who is going to play at centre-back and who is playing on the wing. He changes every week and I just don’t think that helps.
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Christopher Nkunku’s position is not on the wing. I feel sorry for him. I like him, I think he’s a good player. He’s one that plays behind the centre-forward.
He’s an intelligent footballer, connects things, but the problem is Palmer’s been outstanding. I don’t think Chelsea were foreseeing Palmer being as good as what he was hence why they bought Nkunku for a lot of money.
But Chelsea are the best attacking team? They scored one goal against Leicester to win 1-0. Leicester, in their previous 20 matches, had only failed once to let in two or more goals in a Premier League game.
I’m not buying into that one. I’m not buying in.
