Arsenal OWN Chelsea After Third Win! Set-Piece Kings Again? Jurrien Timber & David Raya Step Up
Arsenal OWN Chelsea after a third win over their London rivals — and once again the Gunners dominate from set pieces. Are Mikel Arteta’s side officially the set-piece kings of the Premier League again?
In today’s episode of The Gooner Talk, Arsenal reporter Tom Canton delivers the full Arsenal vs Chelsea reaction, breaking down how the game was won, why the tactical plan worked, and the growing dominance from dead-ball situations. We analyse whether Arsenal’s set-piece threat is now a defining weapon in the title race.
There’s also focus on standout performances from Jurrien Timber and David Raya, both of whom stepped up in key moments. From defensive solidity to big saves and composure under pressure, we examine what this means for Arsenal’s balance and consistency.
🔴 Topics covered today:
Arsenal beat Chelsea AGAIN — full reaction
Tactical breakdown & key turning points
Set-piece dominance analysed
Are Arsenal the Premier League’s set-piece kings?
Jurrien Timber performance review
David Raya’s impact explained
What this win means for momentum
📢 Let me know in the comments — is Arsenal’s set-piece strength the difference this season?
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0:00 Intro
2:34 Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea
4:21 The line-up
5:35 Saliba and Gabriel combine
7:19 Piero Hincapie
10:02 Jurrien Timber scores winner
11:20 Darren England…
15:20 The underperformers
21:35 David Raya
23:25 Stay calm
23:53 Q&A
30 Comments
I think Chelsea manger is still bitter when we beat hull in the fa cup final. He never recovered from it 😂
You are cursing the ref when he never gave the penalty n he red carded Neto..I was happy with the ref
Damn you Owen Goal!!!! I thought you were a gunner!!!! 🤯😡
Hej Tom
Touching the Norgaard situation which I agree Arteta has handled poorly,
IE as you mentioned he should have been a lot more minutes to save Zubimendi
To ask it from a different angle
What does Arteta look for to deteect player fatigue resulting in the a drop in performance
Then you can bring up Timber's MOTM performance vs Chelsea after resting the previous game
And the coressponding drop in performances from Zubimendi
I thought that Timber celebration was pretty awesome. That was a new one for me.
Hincapie is a real gem & slowly showing more each week. Sure there is still a language barrier out on that left. Only going to get better. Zubi needs a good couple games out, dare i say so does rice, who hasn't been calling for that he looks proper knackered by second half, if players like this are sloppy says it all
These games are always like that let's leave spurs out of the mix , when teams are on par with each other it's small margins Chelsea are way better defensively so we were not going to get the spaces we got last week and we have come to terms with that.
Zubi needs a week off. maybe two honestly. Give Norgaard the chance to step up and have Zubi on the bench for "break glass in case of emergency".
I said it last week, Gyokeres and Eze wouldn't have as much space against Chelsea as they did against Spurs
Buzzing with the win and the 3 points especially over that lot (i dislike Chelsea more then Spurs)
I've been saying this for a while, i think this team struggles to deal with pressure. Been consistent with the is view win, lose or draw, due to the big drop in performance levels during these high pressure moments.
I'll take the 3 points all day long but the performances need to improve if we are to stay ahead of Man City. Too many uncharacteristic errors since the turn of the year and quite often a lack of composure during tough moments. It cant be a technical issue as we all know how good these players are so it has to be a mental issue.
I was hoping Zubi would be that calming influence on the team in these moments but that doesn't seem to be the case unfortunately.
If Havertz can stay fit till the end of the season hopefully he can help get some attacking fluidity back into the team.
The outcry by our commentators and online creators is so beautiful. I love it so much.
Chelsea are the sort of team that when they are playing the bigger clubs, they will raise their game.
Tom – I think the phrase you were looking for is ' we have quality in quantity'. And that's what will see us through this marathon of comps. COYG!!!!!!
One factor people have to remember when comparing anything at ManUtd to Arsenal:
ManUtd will play 40 matches ALL season.
Arsenal have played 44 matches by 1st March.
If we make it to the UCL and FA Cup finals, we will play 65 matches this season.
ManU players are daisy fresh going into every single match right now, playing once a week. Hence, their recent form bringing them to 3rd in the league …
@ Tom. I like your idea about rule change for red cards… Treat it like a penalty in ice hockey. Play is stopped once possession is lost by the attacking team.
48:00 – The commentators mentioned that,I think it was to the fans. We are all a nervous wreak, we really all need to be calm as it's not helping the team.
Chelsea are feeling blue …. 😏
Any way we win it is issue for them..no worries
Arteta says that top players play all the games, and he's wrong. That's why he don't rotate well
0:09 😂😂😂😂😂
13:36 💯 Agreed! Play advantage until the team loses possession, which is what I thought the rule was until yesterday! I was unaware of the red card stops play unless the goal scoring opportunity is immediate rule.
I genuinely think Hincapie is my new favourite player.
I loved his performances in his last few games.
Can't believe all the noise around Arsenal, they have played 44 games this year and won 34 of them, only lost 3. Scored 98 goals and conceded 30, thats not bad stats for a team who is bottling it
33:02 back 5 against 10 men!!!!! 😮
Hincapié should be brought in during the summer as permanent signing. Dynamic player.
Good morning Tom!
Good thing we do have that 12th man (set piece scoring), as we missed several serious opportunities. Again we managed to drag a win out of it.
No problem with Hincapie as he was excellent. The OG was just a fluke and doesn’t detract from his overall performance!!!
Yes, we are so lucky to have Raya. He’s a wonder!
How is Trossard catching more shrapnel than Eze. Big Vic is getting named and shamed, but he had decent hold up play. Even Zubimendi wasn't his best but they were at least in the game. Eze was mostly missing.
I think D England brought the ball back on THREE arsenal advantages, actually. One of those turns into a goal and the post match commentary everywhere goes from lucky result to dominating performance.
Fans keep on saying Mikel should play Norgaard more because Rice and Zubi are tired, but against a midfield like Chelsea they would kill us if we played Norgaard who hasn’t got the legs to compete there midfield and against any top side midfield he’s only play against the lesser teams
Some of our fans are pathetic. Always looking over the fence, Sesko has half the goals of Gyokeres. You people are cooked. Sucking on man Utd 🍆 what a pathetic pod this was. We’re top we just beat a top 4 London rival and all you want to talk about is how good Utd are 😂😂😂😂😂