Arsene Wenger refuses to accept that Arsenal’s title hopes have been crushed, and believes Chelsea will drop points between now and the end of the season.
In truth, the Blues look pretty invincible at the moment and Arsenal, without Robin Van Persie, are some way off the pace.
However, the Gunners’ boss says his side were unlucky in defeat to Chelsea yesterday. He was particularly miffed about Andrey Arshavin’s disallowed ‘goal’.
"The turning point was the referee's decision to disallow the goal," Wenger said. "Personally I believe it was not a serious decision, that was very unfair.
"How can he see Eduardo kicking Cech when it was a Chelsea player who stops him from controlling the ball?
"It would have been a very important goal in this kind of game and that was a big mistake by the referee. When you start the second half of the game 2-0 down instead of 2-1 down, it's psychologically completely different for the security of Chelsea."
The Frenchman added: “It's important that in big games referees do not make big mistakes and influence the result and today it was a mistake from the referee. Apart from that he was fair and tried to be fair but he made a massive mistake at a very important point in the game.
"I personally think the referees do not want video. It's difficult to understand why,” added Wenger who believes Arsenal are ’still in a very strong position’, despite being 11 points behind leaders Chelsea after yesterday’s 3-0 drubbing.
"Chelsea can drop points and I'm convinced of that. We are fighters and we have to show that in our next game."
