Highlights: Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea

Arsenal	Game Stats	Chelsea
12	Shots	12
5	Shots on Target	7
3	Corners	5
57%	Ball Possession	43%

Attendance: 60,139.

Arsenal retained top spot in the Premier League with a 1-0 win over Chelsea at Emirates Stadium on Sunday. The only goal of the game came in first-half injury-time when Petr Cech failed to collect a left-wing corner from Cesc Fabregas and William Gallas drove in a header against his old team.

Fabregas, Hleb and Flamini were initially injury doubts but all three started for the Gunners and surprisingly, Dutchman Robin van Persie was left on the bench.

In such London derbies, tension was always bound to get high, especially between this two sides. Manchester United’s win at Anfield a few hours had cranked the pressure in this match a notch or two higher. Arsene Wenger knew his side had to win in order to move back to the top.

Both teams started out brightly and carved out chances of their own. Chelsea tried to restrict the home side's free-flowing football with their strong physical play lead by their captain John Terry.

However, seven minutes before the break John Terry limped off to be replaced by Tal Ben-Haim. The England captain had been limping since a challenge from Eboue a few minutes earlier. Arsenal seized the opportunity and William Gallas capitalized on a rare Cech mistake to nod home the ball.

It was certainly a huge blow to Chelsea's first-half efforts but they continued to search for the equalizer after the break. However, the absence of Drogba was very evident as Shevchenko and Wright-Phillips were guilty of squandering chances. The Gunners also had plenty of chances of their own and Fabregas fluffed a simple shot just before referee Alan Wiley brought the game to an end.