Where to begin? I had Scolari more in the Ranieri / Avram Grant camp regarding popularity rather than the Mourinho mould. But that's all changed after his lack of grace yesterday. At least he could have directed his full ire at the lino, not the referee. Maybe it's a language barrier thing. True, Scolari was not in charge when Drogba scored his offside equaliser last season, nor, of course, when RVP had his onside goal at Highbury ruled out at 0-0 in an ultimate 0-2 reverse three seasons ago.

We all know linesmen - for that is what they are, not assistant referees - get it wrong a lot, which should not be a surprise as it's physically impossible to look at three things at once, whilst simultaneously running at up to 15 mph. If Arsenal's equaliser had been scrubbed by the use of technology, I'd have been the last to complain. Perhaps Gallas's conceding of a free-kick - that ultimately led to Chelsea's goal - would have been over-ruled, too. The other big decisions also went the billionaires' way: Terry's two-footed challenge only merited a booking, for example.

Bookings are a bit like foul throws and pornograhy: impossible to define completely but you know one when you see it. Ivanovic could and should have had three for blantant anti-football as Clichy sped through thrice in the second half. But the first went unpunished, meaning he could offend again, rather than being "on notice" for the rest of the game.

Arsene has recently commented on Arsenal's bookings-to-fouls ratio, both for and against us. Arsenal.com had an interesting pre-match statistic, pitting Cesc against Lampard. They had committed 15 and 14 Premiership fouls this season, yet the booking count was 5-0 to The Arsenal, for which Cesc had already served his mandatory one match suspension. So Scolari's carping at this one incident does not bear scrutiny.

I felt sufficiently confident after 15 minutes (after a nervy first few minutes), to think we could get something from the game. We did not create much but, in truth, neither did Chelsea, MOTD2 recording just one on-target attempt, presumably Lampard's first-half header that fortunately went straight at Almunia. But after RVP's brace, Chelsea really did not look threatening. I saw the last 20 minutes of their 1-0 home defeat to Liverpool and was surprised how little pressure they were exerted; yesterday was a carbon copy.

Granted, I thought near the end that Kiev could win the game, and shortly after sending a text to that effect, they came very close. I've no idea what price they were "in-running" at that time, but 8-1 or longer would have represented value on the balance of play. Yesterday after 15 minutes Arsenal at 4-1 (before the game) also appeared attractive to me.

A final word about Djourou. Like others, I've thought recently that he could become Gallas' "other half". He had a good game, I thought, and is now due for a run in the team if he stays fit. When Kolo returns it's likely to be as cover for a centre back or Sagna.