Five things we learnt from Arsenal's dull goalless draw against Chelsea

Both teams fail to spread some festive cheer

Being the final match before Christmas, fans would have been forgiven for thinking that both teams would some festive cheer and entertain the fans with some thrilling goal-mouth action. But unfortunately, most of the game was akin to a game of chess and the heavy weather made it all the more difficult for either side to get going.

The tempo of the game was set early on, with Chelsea laying down the gauntlet for Arsenal to come out and break their resolute defense. But unfortunately, Arsenal were unable to do so and that made for a game that will not stay long in the memory of either side.