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The Arsenal Chief, Mikel Arteta, left Paul Merson 'amazed' with a Chelsea analysis on the weekend.
The Gunners beat the Blues, their rivals in London, 1-0 in the action of the Premier League, with Mikel Merino in the only goal of the game from a corner in the first half of the game.
It meant that the Arteta team also maintained its record of having the best defensive record in the division, granting only 24 goals from its 29 games so far, three less than Liverpool, which they have granted the second more part.
Meanwhile, Chelsea has impressed in front of the goal this season, but fought in recent weeks, with Nicolas Jackson injured and Talismán Cole Palmer also lost the accessory with a muscle problem.
However, that did not prevent Arteta from praising the rivals of his team, since he described them as “the best attack team in the league for a mile.”
Merson, however, was stunned by the analysis of Spanish, and did not accelerate his words by giving his own points of view to the side that supports Sky Sports.
“I don't know what I am missing,” said Merson, who made his name as a player who aligned for Arsenal. 'When Nicolas Jackson and Cole Pale are playing, they are a good team. They bring the best of the other.
'Palmer is a better player when Jackson is playing and Jackson is a better player when Palmer is playing. That is a fact.
'But I'm amazed by that appointment. Honestly, I don't understand that. There will be many Chelsea fans reading that thought: “Wow, what are you talking about?”
'Is Arteta saying that because Chelsea has spent £ 1.6 billion has not yet been advanced and cannot score a goal and fans are groaning because Arsenal does not have a striker?
'Unless Cole Palmer plays, I don't think Chelsea marks goals. Is Chelsea the best attack team? They scored a goal against Leicester to win 1-0. Leicester, in his 20 previous games, had only failed once to let two or more goals into a Premier League game.
'I'm not buying that. I'm not buying in.
Arteta had added: 'Statistics say it, everything I have seen says at your open. They can open you, they can run in transitions, they have individual quality, any player in the defensive line can threaten inside.
“They can be combined on both sides, their weakest sides, some great players are being lost at this time.”
The blues have scored four goals in their last four games, with one against Leicester and two against Copenhagen in the Conference League.
They have stayed out of the race to win the Premier League, where many thought they would be before in the season, and now face a fight to maintain their first place.
However, Enzo Maresca men have scored 53 goals in the league this season, improved only by Liverpool, Tottenham and Manchester City and leveling with the gunners.
