Former Chelsea striker, Chris Sutton, has said that Arsenal’s failure to beat a ten-man Chelsea in the Premier League on Sunday is a missed opportunity that would hunt them later in the season. He feels the Gunners missed a chance to make a statement on Sunday by beating the Blues to send a signal to the other teams in the league. He said instead, the north London side produced a ‘lame’ and ‘tame’ performance in the 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea midfielder, Moises Caicedo was shown a straight red card on 38 minutes for a reckless lunge on Mikel Merino. But it was Chelsea who took the lead three minutes into the second session through Trevoh Chalobah, who headed home from Reece James corner.Merino tied the score for Arsenal after 59 minutes, although the Gunners had the numerical advantage. “I back Arsenal, I still back Arsenal. You were previously accused of going for the jugular, but you didn’t do it again. Is that a gameliketoday where the title may getaway from you? On BBC Radio Five, Uttonsaid Live It truly rests on Mikel Arteta, in my opinion, and it’s not good enough. Wasn’t positive enough. Playing for more than half an hour against ten Chelsea players? Go for the jugular Mikel! Come on! “It was a great opportunity today, you have the numerical advantage. I think it’s an argument where in the past Arteta has been criticized of being slightly negative in his attitude when he plays the big teams. Today was a fantastic chance to defeat Chelsea and get three points. They didn’t, in my opinion, sufficiently work Robert Sanchez in the Chelseagoal and force Chelsea back. You have thenumerical advantage and it’s side-to-side. I simply believe it was overlooked. “ If you don’t want to go for the jugular when you have the number, you might take that before the game. Given how the game went, Caicedo was sent off. Let’s wipe the floor with Chelsea; you have an opportunity to send a message to the rest of the Premier League. “Let’s make Caicedo pay for his error and significantly increase the gap at the top of the Premier League. However, you didn’t. You could pay a price for being timid and lame.
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