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Jonas Eidevall announced his arrival on the English soccer scene by steering Arsenal to a 3-2 win over Chelsea. That was the opening day of last season, and it promised big things. Afterward, however, things didn’t quite go according to plan, as Arsenal then failed to beat Chelsea for five consecutive games. In 484 minutes of play against their rivals, spread over 14 months, they recorded just one goal, conceded eight, and lost in the FA Cup three times, including a final.
Finally, last weekend, that streak came to an end. Arsenal got the better of Chelsea in the League Cup final, winning 3-1. The game started ominously enough, with Sam Kerr putting Chelsea ahead in the second minute. But Arsenal turned it around with a whirlwind first-half pressing performance, essentially flipping the script and imposing on their opposition what they used to have imposed on themselves.
Arsenal take control with pressing
After the match, Chelsea manager Emma Hayes put her side’s defeat down to…
