It was a pretty uneventful game at Goodison Park yesterday, but one of the few good things to come from Arsenal’s performance was a rare clean sheet.
Calum Chambers was a key reason for keeping Everton out, and his form in recent months has certainly given Gunners fans something to cheer about. Supporters on Twitter were quick to praise the 24-year-old following yesterday’s game:
Baller
— IamPolish (@HonestGooner86) December 21, 2019
Best CB at the club.
Future captain.— Bossing (@snnonyeka) December 21, 2019
Our best cb ?
— ArtetaSZN ? (@hafizcoyg) December 21, 2019
And MOTM, very good performance.
P.S. Do everything do keep Xhaka
— george. (@afcgeorge_) December 21, 2019
✅ 100th @Arsenal appearance
✅ Clean sheet in #EVEARSWell played, @CalumChambers95 ?
— Vinay Uteriya (@VinayUteriya8) December 21, 2019
Immense
— ?☯?? (@VuckArsenal) December 21, 2019
I like his commitment, he can be our captain in future
— Gunner (@David30624700) December 22, 2019
And to think he was going to be sold ? easily one of our most dependable centre backs these days
— alex hurt (@alex_barry_hurt) December 21, 2019
He actually came back from Fulham looking very ready per his first match, how he got dropped, only Emery can explain that. Let's go again @CalumChambers95
— Kay Junior (@Sammybee881) December 21, 2019
Considering how abject some of Arsenal’s defending has been this season, it could be argued that Chambers is just the best of a bad bunch, but that would be doing the centre-back a disservice.
He was written off when he was loaned out to Fulham last campaign, and his determination on his return to the club in the summer to make an impact needs to be given the credit it deserves.
Whether Chambers is in Mikel Arteta‘s long term plans, we shall have to wait and see, but the Spaniard is certainly going to be relying on the defender over the coming weeks and months.
