Our Point At Chelsea Was Response To 4-0 Thrashing At Liverpool’- Arsenal Boss Wenger Speaks

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said his side produced a “great response” to their thrashing at Liverpool as they earned a first point at Chelsea in six years.

The Gunners had previously kept only one clean sheet in their past 18 league games at Stamford Bridge and, following the 4-0 loss at Anfield in their previous Premier League away game, this was a display which left Wenger satisfied.

“It was a solid performance with team discipline,” Wenger told Match of the Day 2. “Everyone wanted to see how we responded to our last away league game and we did that in a positive way. We could have won but overall it was an intense, disciplined and battling game.

“We are not in a transfer period and on the day we played Liverpool that affected us. We are all human beings. If you play 55 games a season you can have a bad performance.

“We had a bad record recently here and they are strong at home. But we showed solidarity and that was very good. We didn’t hide when we had the ball and this is a good basis to build on for future games.”

The draw was a fully deserved reward for an excellent display that could even have brought victory against the Premier League champions, who finished with 10 men following the late dismissal of David Luiz for a high tackle on Sead Kolasinac.

“I don’t like to comment about the referee,” said Chelsea manager Antonio Conte. “We have great respect for officials, but it is strange to finish a third game in a row against Arsenal with 10 men.”

The point leaves Chelsea third in the table, three points behind Manchester City and Manchester United.

“It was a good, open game with both teams trying to win,” added Conte. “Every game against Arsenal is always very tough. We knew very well what type of game we would face. Both teams are great teams – it’s a good draw.”