Quote Originally Posted by Globalgunner View Post
The sendings off only and general twat display from the ref serves to mask what was essentially another piss poor performance from us. Before Gabriel was sent off we hadnt laid a finger on them, though Chelsea were just as crap. The most likely outcome without the refs intervention was a nil-nil draw, or a Hazard dive giving them a penalty. We are not a good team, the performance at home against Pool should have shown us that even before the CL debacle.
This. We were on the wrong side of a shit referee (although the Chavs were unhappy about the Hazard possible pen) but we were average to say the least before the first sending off - and this against a Chelsea team said before Wednesday at least to be in disarray. I am not surprised at all at dropping 3 points today - with this Arsenal team no one sane would have bet against us kick starting Chelsea's EPL season. Bemoaning refereeing decisions masks the fact that our season - and this team - looks like its going nowhere.