Chelsea Arsenal: Thierry Henry full of praise as ‘everything was better’ from Liverpool

ARSENAL legend Thierry Henry was full of praise for his former side today.

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Arsenal drew 0-0 with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, their first away point of the season.

It was the first time they had not lost at the home of the Blues since 2011 and a big improvement on their last away fixture in the league - a 4-0 loss at Liverpool.

Henry admits it was not too difficult for Arsenal to be better than they were that day.

But he was especially pleased with the defensive work of Arsene Wenger’s side, including by Alex Iwobi and Danny Welbeck on the flanks.

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In terms of performance, that’s standard in terms of what you need to do away from home

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“It wasn’t difficult to be better than what they were at Liverpool,” Henry said on Sky Sports.

“That was the standard for me for what you’ve got to do away from home. 

“In terms of performance, that’s standard in terms of what you need to do away from home. 

“When you are away from home, whether you play the champions or not, you need to be careful of what’s going to happen. 

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Chelsea Arsenal: Arsene Wenger's side improved from their drubbing at Liverpool

“So yes, Arsenal got a point. Yes, Aaron Ramsey was better but the team defended better, the wingers were tucking in, helping those two guys at times when Aaron Ramsey was going, again, too early, they were recovering a bit for him. 

“The three at the back were also a bit better because the job was done in front of them. 

“Everything was better today. We got back to the same thing, they’re still looking for their first goal away from home, and they still didn’t win away from home, but that was way better from what we saw against Liverpool. 

“But that wasn’t difficult to, also.”

Arsenal are next in action against Doncaster on Wednesday in the Carabao Cup (7.45pm).

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