Shocking Indeed
Yesternight,
Arsenal and Chelsea crashed to shock Champions League defeats at the
hands of Porto 2-1, and Olympiakos 3-2, in a harrowing evening for the
Champions League.
The
Gunners, now without a win from their opening two games, face Bayern
Munich in a double header to get their campaign back on track.
Chelsea's defeat to Jose Mourinho's former club Porto was their FOURTH of the season - and we're still in September...LMAO!
Arsenal's performance has come under fire after Arsene Wenger selected David Ospina in goal instead of Petr Cech.
Ospina
was at fault for Olympiakos' second goal as he flapped at a corner and
ended up catching it and stepping back over the line.
And
while Alexis Sanchez managed to turn it on again, scoring a superb
header on the back of the hat-trick at the weekend, the rest of Wenger's
side were clueless and naive as the Greek's grabbed a surprise victory
in north London.
Wenger
defended the team selection post match, but questions have been raised
over his decision to leave out Cech his £10m summer signing in such an
important game.
"A
goalkeeper can make a mistake that doesn't explain that we lose the
game. It happened to Petr Cech already this season [against West Ham],"
he said.
"It is
still possible of course to qualify but it is difficult to swallow
losing a game like that. We lost it on a lack of defensive concentration
and bad luck. They had four shots on goal and we conceded three goals.
"The turning point at 2-2 is we give them a goal again straight away. If it stays 2-2 for five minutes we win the game."
Olympiakos had never won in England before.
In Portugal Mourinho’s prematch blast at his players seemed to have little effect.
Branislav Ivanovic was poor again and run ragged.
Willian had equalised Andre Andre’s opener but Maicon headed in a winner to stun the Blues.
"When you win matches, you perform well, it is easy to know your best team," Mourinho said.
"When
the team is not winning on a regular basis it is normal that you have to
make changes. After games like tonight it is difficult to analyse."
But, having already fallen to more defeats this season than they did last year, something is up.
Chelsea face the dynamic Southampton on Saturday and need to turn their season around quickly.
Edited from Express.co.uk
*Chelsea fans how market?LMAO!
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