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Arsenal can 'win with set-pieces'

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Mikel Arteta's former assistant coach at Arsenal, Steve Round, speaking on BBC 5 Live, after Arsenal's win against Chelsea last: "It is a massive win for Arsenal. Off the back of a run of poor results and to bounce back with two wins like that, it has out. them back in poll position.

"They have to find a way to win and they can do that with set-pieces."

'It's not ugly... It's a beautiful game'

Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta after the 2-1 win against Chelsea: "It's not ugly, you have to play the game that is there for you to play, and against Chelsea, you know exactly the game you're going to play.

"For me, it's a beautiful game to play because there is so much quality and you have to adapt so much to what they do, and they have to do the same against us, so the margins are very, very small, and the duels at the end decide these kind of games."

'You expect more from Arsenal'

Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea

Patrick Vieira

Former Arsenal captain on Sky Sports

From an Arsenal point of view, what really matters is the three points. When you look at the game deeper, scoring two goals from set-pieces, it wasn't open.

When you are top of the Champions League and Premier League table, you expect Arsenal to go forward. It was difficult for Arsenal to take chances. The expectation is higher, you expect more from Arsenal.

Ugliest Premier League winners in history?

Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea

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So going back to Premier League frontrunners Arsenal...

Questions remain about the manner in which the Gunners are winning games as they look to secure the Premier League title for the first time since 2003-04.

Chris Sutton, a former title winner with Blackburn Rovers, told BBC Radio 5 Live after the Gunners' win against Chelsea: "Set-piece Arsenal, again. I think they are going to win it.

"If they get over the line – will they be the ugliest Premier League-winning team in history? The performance wasn't there."

Mikel Arteta was asked his side's 'ugly' win in his post-match news conference. Arteta said "it's not ugly...for me it's a beautiful game to play because there is so much quality and you have to adapt so much to what they do."

So, do you think Mikel Arteta's side are set to become the ugliest Premier League winners in history?

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Liverpool's Wirtz likely to be out for next two games

Wolves v Liverpool (Tues, 20:15 GMT)

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And here is Arne Slot's reply to the Florian Wirtz question.

"I don't have anything different to say to what I said after the game [against West Ham]," Slot said.

"The game tomorrow will probably come too soon, and maybe the game at the weekend as well.

"But let's see how it all ends up. We hope to have him back sometime next week, maybe a bit earlier or a bit later, but that is the timescale."

We will be bringing you all the quotes from the Liverpool boss later, so stay with us.

The Wirtz question

Wolves v Liverpool (Tue, 20:15 GMT)

Aadam Patel

Football Reporter

Meanwhile, Liverpool boss Arne Slot is currently speaking at his news conference before the Reds face bottom side Wolves on Tuesday.

On Saturday, Slot admitted that he thinks tomorrow’s game against Wolves would be “too early” for Florian Wirtz to return to the Liverpool side.

The German pulled up with a back injury during the warm up when Liverpool took on Nottingham Forest last weekend and has been out since.

Given his recent form, Wirtz is a big miss for Liverpool but they have won both games in his absence but an exact timescale on his return is still uncertain.

Aside from that, Liverpool are going through a relatively decent run of form and with Aston Villa and Manchester United not in action till Wednesday. Slot’s side could potentially go third if they win by three goals at Molineux tomorrow.

Set-piece kings Arsenal equal Premier League record

Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea

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Jurrien Timber's winner against Chelsea last night was Arsenal's 16th goal from a corner this season - that is three more than any other side in the Premier League this season.

The Gunners' prowess from set-pieces has been a huge part of their title challenge this season.

They have now equalled the record for the most goals scored from corners in a single Premier League season, alongside Oldham in 1992-93, West Brom in 2016-17, and the Gunners themselves in 2023-24.

'I will try and stay calm' - Arteta

Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta after the 2-1 win against Chelsea: "I will try and stay calm, but obviously we weren't getting the dominance and the sequences of play that we wanted and expected against the 10 men.

"So you have to navigate through that, and it's a big part of the game. When you see the manner in which other teams are winning games, everybody's suffering. The manner and the margins are so small, so it's good.

"Very, very happy. The players made an incredible performance as well and put so much into the game. After the great victory against Spurs, this would be even another level of difficulty.

"Against 10 men, I expected a different game."

Stats behind Arsenal's crucial victory

Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea

The numbers from Sunday show just how close Arsenal’s win over Chelsea was.

Arsenal only generated an xG of 1.09 with five of their 12 shots on target, but scored twice.

However, Chelsea were not far behind with the Blues registering an xG of 1.07 with nine attempted efforts and three on target. They also hit the woodwork once.

Liam Rosenior's side also had 58.9% of the possession but they are now winless in their past three games.

But his counterpart, Mikel Arteta, would be happy to take the points however they come as long as they keep coming at this stage.

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What's happening today?

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We'll be bringing you all the major talking points from that game and more shortly.

And with midweek points up for grabs, there are plenty of Premier League news conferences for us to get stuck into today too.

We'll have the top lines from each of them, with Arne Slot set to speak first at 09:00 GMT.

Here's the full list of today's news conferences:

09:00 Liverpool - Arne Slot

12:00 Brentford - Keith Andrews

13:00 Wolves - Rob Edwards

13:30 Bournemouth - Andoni Iraola

13:30 Chelsea - Liam Rosenior

13:30 Everton - David Moyes

13:30 Sunderland - Regis Le Bris

13:30 West Ham - Nuno Espirito Santo

14:00 Burnley - Scott Parker

14:00 Nottingham Forest - Vitor Pereira

14:15 Leeds United - Daniel Farke

Arteta's leaders still sitting pretty

Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea

With Arsenal capitalising on 10-man Chelsea and Manchester City clinching all three points against Leeds United, things are exactly as they were at the top of the table.

So we think it's fair to say the Gunners' fate is in their own hands going into the run-in.

Here's how the Premier League table is shaping up...

Arsenal restore five-point lead at the top

Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea

And the biggest result of all from the weekend?

Arsenal scored from two trademark corners to beat 10-man Chelsea at Emirates Stadium and regain their five-point lead at the top of the Premier League.

Manchester City had heaped pressure on the Gunners by cutting their lead to two points with victory at Leeds on Saturday.

Arsenal opened the scoring from a corner in the 21st minute as Gabriel Magalhaes headed Bukayo Saka's corner back across goal to his defensive partner William Saliba, whose header struck Mamadou Sarr on the arm before going into the net.

Chelsea grew into the match after going behind and threatened with their own set-pieces - scoring from a corner themselves just before half-time as Piero Hincapie flicked Reece James' delivery into his own net.

Chelsea started the second half better than their hosts before Jurrien Timber headed in Declan Rice's corner, securing three crucial points in the title race.

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