Chelsea 1-1 Arsenal Player Rating and Match Reaction

[IBK]

I think they massively rely on Salah.

Nunez, Gakpo, Diaz can all blow hot and cold

Salah has scored in ten of their seventeen games this season

For me it’s telling that we have horrendously neglected recruitment to our forward line for years and they are only marginally more dangerous in attack.

The respective forwards' EPL tally this season - Salah (10); Diaz (5); Nunez (2) and Jota (2) compares pretty unfavourably with Havertz (4); Martinelli (3); Saka (3) and Trossard (2). Salah might be their go to guy, as Haaland is for City but most successful teams have a star striker, and as you say, our lack of one seems to be an Achilles heel.

[HCZ_Reborn]

The respective forwards' EPL tally this season - Salah (10); Diaz (5); Nunez (2) and Jota (2) compares pretty unfavourably with Havertz (4); Martinelli (3); Saka (3) and Trossard (2). Salah might be their go to guy, as Haaland is for City but most successful teams have a star striker, and as you say, our lack of one seems to be an Achilles heel.

Oh true, the point is that they aren’t massively outscoring us (or anyone else for that matter). And I don’t think there’s an extra level they can get to. This is as good as it gets for them

[Mac76]

The respective forwards' EPL tally this season - Salah (10); Diaz (5); Nunez (2) and Jota (2) compares pretty unfavourably with Havertz (4); Martinelli (3); Saka (3) and Trossard (2). Salah might be their go to guy, as Haaland is for City but most successful teams have a star striker, and as you say, our lack of one seems to be an Achilles heel.

I think you mean 'favourably' i.e. Liverpool's is better - given their top scorer has twice the amount of goals than ours?

[HCZ_Reborn]

8 goals (2 of which have been pels)

And overall they’ve scored three goals more than us

If the argument is that Salah is better than any of our forward players. Great, it’s not an argument I’ve tried to contradict

[Mac76]

8 goals (2 of which have been pels)

you said "Salah (10); Diaz (5); Nunez (2) and Jota (2)"

[HCZ_Reborn]

you said "Salah (10); Diaz (5); Nunez (2) and Jota (2)"

No I didn’t, another poster did

[Mac76]

No I didn’t, another poster did

ok, fair enough I took it at face value

However my point still stands that to say Liverpool's performance is 'unfavourable' - i.e. worse - compared to ours is clearly not true and I actually wondered if he'd meant to say favourable

[HCZ_Reborn]

Yes

[IBK]

I think you mean 'favourably' i.e. Liverpool's is better - given their top scorer has twice the amount of goals than ours?

Nope - I meant unfavourably - ie to our disadvantage...

unfavourably
/ʌnˈfeɪv(ə)rəbli/
adverb
1.
to the disadvantage of someone or something.
"the plan unfavourably impacted on sales"
2.
with a lack of approval or support.
"his books were viewed unfavourably and fell out of print"



...and I was referring to Liverpool's goals, not performances...

[Mac76]

Nope - I meant unfavourably - ie to our disadvantage...

unfavourably
/ʌnˈfeɪv(ə)rəbli/
adverb
1.
to the disadvantage of someone or something.
"the plan unfavourably impacted on sales"
2.
with a lack of approval or support.
"his books were viewed unfavourably and fell out of print"



...and I was referring to Liverpool's goals, not performances...

Yes I know what it means thank you

So you've put it the wrong way round - if Liverpool's record is better than Arsenal's it compares favourably, not unfavourably, with Arsenal's