COMMENT: It was a shambles. Arsenal at the Bridge. An absolute shambles. And we're not just talking about the result.

Soft. Shambolic. Delusional. This was Arsene Wenger's nadir. Watching on from the stands, courtesy of his self-inflicted touchline ban, the Gunners manager saw Chelsea absolutely dismantle their season over 90 minutes. They were bullied, battered and blown away by a hungrier, more passionate set of players. Man for man, Arsenal could match Chelsea physically, but in the clinches, when it really gets down to sheer will and desire, the visitors couldn't lay a glove.

Eden Hazard's wonder goal was a case in point. He's only a little bloke. But he twice beat Laurent Koscielny and shrugged off Nacho Monreal before driving his shot past Petr Cech. There was a mountain of skill involved. But the biggest quality was Hazard's white hot determination. He refused to be stopped. The Belgian simply wanted to score more than any player in a red shirt was willing to give to stop him.

A moment late on really summed up the contest. Even at 3-0 up, there was no way Diego Costa would be coasting. With Koscielny at his back he took a high ball down superbly on the halfway line before playing a quick give-and-go. The return pass was short, but he still beat the Frenchman to the ball with a shoulder charge, which like Hazard, had Koscielny flailing. These contests were occurring all across the pitch. Chelsea looked the physically stronger team. But it was all appearances. Perception. They just wanted it more.

We say shambolic because as bad as the result and performance was, the fallout just ran and ran last night. Video emerged of Mesut Ozil, at the final whistle, calling on Monreal and Alexis Sanchez to acknowledge the away support before making their escape down the players' race. Monreal obliged. But Alexis (not for the first time this season) ignored his teammate - and the fans - and kept walking.

Then, in the dressing room, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is 'liking' a post on Twitter calling for the head of his manager. He later backtracked, insisting it was all a mistake. And of course it was. But why is a player, after such a defeat, a humiliation, messing around with his phone on Twitter?! What the hell is in the locker room culture at Arsenal that the first thing the players do after sitting down is start playing around with their little phones like school kids?

And the delusion - which came from the post-match reaction of the players. To a man, it was all "they only had three shots for their three goals" and "we matched them well in the second-half". Cech even dabbled in the art of alternative facts, claiming Chelsea only "really won 2-1 because the third goal was a mistake". Bloody hell...

And this phantasm can stretch to the manager, who only days ago was claiming the current squad was the best he's ever had with an attack he could not hope to improve upon. This all came after the market shut on Tuesday, with only 'project player' Cohen Bramall arriving from non-league Hednesford.

Less than five days since the winter transfer window closed, Arsenal have lost home and away in the league, went into the Chelsea game with one recognised central midfielder, and when Hector Bellerin was forced out with a head injury, threw on centre-half Gabriel at right-back.

We've had right old go at the likes of Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool over his treatment of Mamadou Sakho and Manchester City's Pep Guardiola and his handling of Yaya Toure. But what about Wenger and Mathieu Debuchy? He signed the lad. Blocked a move to Manchester United. Shunted him off to France. Brought him back. Refused to play him. Blanks him in training. And when he's at the bare bones, goes with an awkward centre-half ahead of a fullback whom Didier Deschamps says would be first-choice for France if he was actually playing. It's difficult to say what's the more scandalous - the treatment of Debuchy by Wenger, or the way we have avoided scrutinising the situation while pulling apart his peers.

But for Saturday, there's plenty to share the blame. Wenger was right to call out his players after the Watford surrender. And while they were insisting the effort was there at Chelsea, the idea that Arsenal fans should accept such pleas for sympathy is ridiculous.

The result was bad. The performance worse. But the reaction and the fallout was Arsenal's nadir. For a club of this size. For a manager of Arsene Wenger's record. This was rock bottom.