Arsenal have the best defense in the League right now and Chelsea have the second worst defense in the League. I'm measuring that strictly by goals allowed: Arsenal have allowed 7 goals, Chelsea 17.  But if we look a bit deeper into the numbers we see that Arsenal's superior defensive record can be attributed largely to one man, Petr Cech. If you watched the match against Manchester United on Sunday you saw Arsenal jump out to a 3-0 lead in the first 20 minutes. United has been insanely efficient this season and up to that match they had scored 70% of their Big Chances.  Because I'm going to get asked in the comments I'll just explain that Big Chances are easily illustrated by the two...
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