We’ve lost the ability to give opponents ‘the fear’

I KNOW that it’s easy to say that Mourinho would have got a point against Arsenal. But his record against the top three and Arsenal in particular speaks for itself.

Some will point to the fact that Sunday we were missing Essien, Carvalho and Drogba – then seem to conveniently forget that we were also missing Drogba and Carvalho last season – as well as being down to 10 men for half the match.

Last season when you got off the tube at Arsenal, you couldn’t smell the familiar smell of horseshit and hamburgers – because it had been over-powered by the smell of fear.