I think on reflection a draw would have been the "fair" result, Chelsea and Arsenal in terms of football, were terrible.
Terry's slip was just that, he'd have been fine had he not slipped and it was similar in style to the way United let so many in against City, Chelsea pushed up and were caught on the break.
Arsenal should have had the keeper gone too, considering that it was a very similar foul to the red card against QPR.
I really don't like Terry but he didn't slip, the goal was entirely Malouda's fault and he had no chance even if he stayed up. It was beyond him, RVP was already running in that direction and Terry was facing the wrong way, turning and running, RVP may have been behind but he would have EASILY beaten him to the ball. HE basically stumbled from a mix of, not enough acceleration, knowing he was in trouble and trying to get at the ball while turning. He was just completely wrong footed by the terrible pass. A slip would indicate Terry got unlucky with the grass giving way but that didn't happen, its still not his fault. Running start vs facing wrong way and still VERY few players would have turned and got to the ball before RVP did and Terry isn't exactly fast anyway.
Frankly had Terry not gone down the two choices were, trying and knock RVP down and risk a red, or let him pass. Malouda just kept giving the ball away when he came on, even for him, completely useless.
Our keeper should have gone, before that I'm not sure there were any controversial decisions, either way so that really was a game changing call that went hugely in Arsenal's favour. Would Arsenal have won that game with our keeper off and taking off probably Gervinho or Walcott for a keeper, actually the way Chelsea played, I'm not so sure, their defence was that bad it wasn't like our chances relied on great build up or numbers in attack.
Chelsea, despite new managers, never fix the main problem, the dodgy players. Malouda, Kalou, Mikel(ish), most of their right backs. Rather than replace the guys who have sucked for years they keep getting rid of the wrong guys and replacing them with the wrong guys. Ramires was not involved today, poor in offence and defence, he's frequently useless.
Torres was entirely the wrong choice for them aswell, in worsening form, over priced and with quality strikers already.
When they all play brilliantly Chelsea can be great, but they've got too many guys who are VERY inconsistant.
