Chelsea owner Todd Boehly’s dreadful reign stooped to a new low on Wednesday night as Arsenal cruised to a 3-1 victory at the Emirates Stadium. A brace from Martin Odegaard and goal from Gabriel Jesus gave the Gunners all three points on a straightforward night of action. Express Sport now looks at five players who toiled during the showdown and who the Blues would be wise to cut loose as they prepare for a big summer ahead…
Chelsea owner Todd Boehly’s dreadful reign stooped to a new low on Wednesday night as Arsenal cruised to a 3-1 victory at the Emirates Stadium. A brace from Martin Odegaard and goal from Gabriel Jesus gave the Gunners all three points on a straightforward night of action. Express Sport now looks at five players who toiled during the showdown and who the Blues would be wise to cut loose as they prepare for a big summer ahead
Kepa Arrizabalaga
Kepa Arrizabalaga managed to keep Arsenal at bay before Odegaard fired Arsenal ahead.
However, the Spain international clearly isn’t up to scratch and Chelsea desperately require an upgrade as the end of the season creeps closer.
Kepa seems to lack authority at Chelsea, with the former Athletic Bilbao side unable to sufficiently organise the players in front of him.
He also looks a mistake waiting to happen, too, and has been ever since his huge move back in the summer transfer window of 2018.
But, at the age of 33, it’s clear the right-back is a shadow of the player he used to be.
Azpilicueta was given the runaround by Arsenal’s frontline on Tuesday night, with Leandro Trossard posing all sorts of problems on the left wing.
Chelsea now need to plan for the future, instead of relying on the past.
N’Golo Kante
Like Azpilicueta, Kante has been a huge asset for Chelsea over the years since touching down from Leicester in 2016.
But, again like his team-mate, the France international is no longer the player he once was.
Kante once dominated matches like these, for both club and country, with the 32-year-old becoming a football legend in the process.
Yet he was weak and insipid against Arsenal, with Gunners trio Odegaard, Granit Xhaka and Jorginho (ironically) all a class above.
Injuries have caught up to Kante this season and his own huge dip is symbolic of Chelsea as a whole right now, with the west London giants clearly having plenty of work to do.
Chelsea have clearly wasted money on Raheem Sterling after Arsenal defeat (Image: GETTY)
Raheem Sterling
Big things were expected of Raheem Sterling when he moved from Manchester City back in the summer.
He’d previously been a superstar at the Etihad Stadium, while he’s also sparkled for the likes of Liverpool and England over the past decade as well.
However, in Sterling, Chelsea have signed themselves a £45million dud.
The 28-year-old didn’t pose any threat to Arsenal during the showdown, with Ben White able to nullify his threat with absolute ease.
Had Chelsea signed Sterling five years ago, instead of back in the summer, then potentially things would have panned out differently. Instead, it looks as though City were the big winners in the player’s move to Stamford Bridge.
