Arsenal: Glass Half Full After Defeat

Matthew Kicinski by Contributor Written on April 18, 2009
LONDON - APRIL 18:  Andrei Arshavin of Arsenal  takes on Frank Lampard and Michael Ballack of Chelsea during the FA Cup sponsored by E.ON Semi Final match between Arsenal and Chelsea at Wembley Stadium on April 18, 2009 in London, England.  (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

As I just finished watching our 2-1 loss to Chelsea in the FA Cup semifinals, I'm not exactly surprised.

In fact, I'll go out on a limb and say it's a good thing this happened now, ahead of our heavyweight Champions League bout with Manchester United.

The boys have been spectacular lately, but going into this one against a much healthier Chelsea side, who has also been on an incredible streak, well, I think I already said I'm not entirely surprised.

It's no shock the fatal blow came from infamous Arsenal killer, Didier Drogba.

Our deputy goalkeeper and birthday boy, Fabianski, did his best Senderos deer-in-headlights impression as Drogba sidestepped him for the winning goal after easily shaking off old man Silvestre.

Damn you, Drogba! You done gone and did it again.

It was billed as the clash of London—two teams on the rise, after picking themselves up off the mat and finding belief in the darkest hours of seasons on the brink of collapse.

Perhaps, we were just letting the hype get to our heads a bit.

Surely, our Frankenstein defense was going to let us down sooner or later.

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