Arsenal dropped a point on Saturday, allowing Jurgen Klopp to pull within a few points of Liverpool. Thanks to one person, it will definitely surpass. Liverpool experienced a sense of the supernatural on Saturday. Not by beating Everton – that’s part of Jurgen Klopp’s course – but a bit later. Chelsea took on Arsenal on Saturday night and it got off to an interesting start.
Many Liverpool fans will also be interested in this match, with Mikel Arteta saying at the table that his side’s loss should be the desired result. For all Liverpool fans, especially those with fond memories of 2000s football, supporting Chelsea is a bad thing.
But after last season’s title challenge and the opening day of the league, Klopp must take Arsenal seriously, unlike Mauricio Pochettino’s side. In the end, a draw was probably the perfect result. Liverpool still watched their would-be rivals drop a point at the top of the league, but at the same time, Pochettino felt Chelsea’s pain as he saw his side slip from a two-goal lead. All eyes were on the goalkeepers at Stamford Bridge. In the end, the shout of the day went to Robert Sanchez, whose wayward pass was brilliantly punished by Declan Rice.
However, David Raya caught the eye after a Mykhailo Mudric strike early in the second half left Arteta’s side two points behind.Sky Sports commentators have generally taken a pretty hard line towards Raya. He is unlikely to be ready for Mudric’s actions and the striker himself had no expectations of what he would do. Pochettino could say what he said. 99 times out of 100 the cross ended up in the area where the Spaniard was ready to grab or fit it. But it’s not his fault.
Raya is under intense scrutiny this season. As it happens, Aaron Ramsdale missed the game against Chelsea due to personal reasons, but the big picture is that the new contract between the sticks seems to have pushed him out of the top spot.It was Arteta’s big summer call. Although Ramsdale didn’t do too much wrong, the manager made it clear that an upgrade might be needed to take the final step towards the title.
