Sean

[fan @HardChelseaPics]

Man of the match: Chris Kavanagh

[𝕂𝕖𝕟𝕫𝕚𝕖 ☄︎ @KenzieLFC]

🚨 Xabi Alonso on the refereeing against Arsenal:

🎙️ “I’m not going to complain about the referee. But when Gabriel kicks our goalkeeper in the face and VAR says there’s nothing to see, you start wondering what exactly we need VAR for.”

“You can accept losing to a better team, but when decisions like these keep going against you, it becomes difficult to stay quiet.”

“If this is how Arsenal won the league last season, then I understand why they were so difficult to stop.”

“We played against Arsenal, their quality and the officials today. I just hope this isn’t what we should expect throughout the season.”

[Cally 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @cfccally]

No defensive talent. Cheating vibes only ✌🏻

[Dubois @CFC_Dubois]

Your MOTM today, Chris Kavanagh👏

[Playmaker @Playmaker8u]

🎙️Wayne Rooney on Arsenal:

“How Arsenal keep getting away with these silly tackles honestly baffles me. What Gabriel did to Martinez today was completely unnecessary. No VAR check, no card nothing. There’s no way Gabriel should have still been on that pitch. For me, that’s a clear red card.

Arsenal have developed this habit of bullying players on the pitch. This isn’t the first time, they know exactly what they’re doing, and it’s becoming part of their identity. They constantly push the limits, leave something on opponents and somehow escape punishment.

If VAR is there and still refuses to intervene in situations like this, then what exactly is the point of having it?

The Premier League needs to start taking this seriously. You cannot keep allowing the same team to get away with these incidents week after week.

Arsenal might call it ‘passion’ or ‘intensity’, but sometimes it’s simply dirty football and they’ve been getting away with it for far too long.” #ARSCHE

[Lea @Lea_EFC]

“Morgan Rogers skips past Declan Rice”

Rice:

[Chino @ChinoUTD]

🚨 Jamie Carragher on Gabriel’s challenge on Martinez :

🗣️ Carragher: “This is why I sometimes laugh when people say refereeing decisions even themselves out over a season.

Look at this one. Gabriel goes for the ball, absolutely. I don’t think anybody is saying he wakes up this morning planning to kick the goalkeeper in the head.

But how many times do we see somebody get sent off and afterwards they’re saying, ‘I was going for the ball’? Of course you were. Most players who get sent off for these red card challenges are trying to win the ball. That doesn’t suddenly make the challenge safe.

Once you miss it and your boot ends up in the goalkeeper’s face, the question becomes whether you’ve endangered an opponent. That’s what VAR has to seriously look at.

Because if they look at it and decide it’s serious foul play, Gabriel is sent off. Arsenal are playing practically the entire match with ten men.

Instead there’s no card and we’re playing on.

That’s not a little decision.

People will analyse the game afterwards and talk about possession, chances, substitutions, who played well. But you’re potentially talking about two completely different football matches depending on how one referee interprets five seconds.

And that’s where the inconsistency frustrates people. Chelsea supporters will remember another challenge that was reviewed and punished. Arsenal supporters will find another one that wasn’t.

I’m less interested in which fanbase can produce the better compilation.

I just want to know what the rule is.

Because if this is considered a normal attempt to play the ball, fine. Tell everybody.

Goalkeepers might want to wear helmets, but at least we’ll have consistency.”

[🧸millz❤️‍🔥 @98Millz]

Wtf is this even??😭😂.. This led to their second goal btw

#Arsenalfiles 2

[Nuel @LfcNuel]

A player joins Arsenal and becomes a fucking cheat.

He clearly grabs Joao Pedro to stop the counter. According to the rules, that is a yellow card but the referee didn’t even give the foul.

[Whizz @CFCWhizzHQQ]

Just put on an Arsenal jersey and apparently you can do anything on the pitch. 💀😭

[E @Ellis_]

This genuinely isn’t normal btw.

[TheDibuLad @TheDibuLad]

Why was there no VAR intervention on Arsenal’s second goal?

Rogers was literally picked up and dumped to the ground by Konsa which led directly to the fast break and goal for Arsenal.

[Gemma @Gemma_Manns]

Cheating W@nkers

[🐾 @elsdawg]

the most unrealistic part of this is us having a FOS sponsor

[Chad Johnson @ochocinco]

That’s me 😀

[Lucas Paquetá @LucasPaqueta97]

It's ridiculous to have your life and career affected for two years without any psychological support from the federation. Perhaps this ridiculous behavior is just a reflection of everything I've had to endure and, it seems, have to continue enduring! I'm sorry if I'm not perfect

[Denchel @Denchel96]

Yeah looks offside.

But I suppose we were “in debt” since we apparently committed war crimes against Fulham

[🍁 @OlIyCFC]

Total radio silence on Sky/BBC. Incredible to be proven so right about the media one single game week after Fulham.

[Zak 🇪🇸 @ZG1999_]

From the same cunt who rigged a Chelsea game because he didn’t want to embarrass his mate Anthony Taylor?

Jog on

[Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall @KDH__8]

Memories to last a lifetime.
Thanks for everything @ChelseaFC. 💙