"Facing Tottenham, Bayern Munich and Chelsea inside a week - a run any side would find an extreme test - and earning two wins and a battling draw cannot be considered anything other than a positive return but Arsenal may be left feeling they could have done even better. After superb performances in beating rivals Spurs before dispatching Bayern at the Emirates, Sunday's clash with Chelsea was always going to be difficult with recovery time limited."
"Then to play Bayern Munich three days later [and] we lost players in those games. Today, for example, we had to play a partnership [in defence] that we never played before in a really difficult match. The captain is still not here (Martin Odegaard), the nine is still not here (Viktor Gyokeres), Kai (Havertz) is still not here, We lost Leo (Trossard) in midweek as well, But the team had to react to that."
Arsenal faced Tottenham, Bayern Munich and Chelsea within seven days, winning against Spurs and Bayern before drawing 1-1 with Chelsea. A Mikel Merino header secured the draw and left Arsenal five points clear at the top of the table. William Saliba was ruled out with a knock, and Gabriel Magalhaes and Saliba were both absent from the line-up for only the second time since August 2021. Arsenal also lost Leo Trossard in midweek, and Martin Odegaard, Viktor Gyokeres and Kai Havertz were unavailable before coming off the bench. Moises Caicedo received a red card, leaving Chelsea with ten men for most of the match.
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