Mikel Arteta insisted Arsenal deserved respect after the Premier League leaders battled to a bruising 1-1 draw with title rivals Chelsea at the end of a gruelling week.
Arteta’s side salvaged a point at Stamford Bridge thanks to Mikel Merino’s header in the 59th minute. Chelsea ignored Moises Caicedo’s 38th minute red card and took the lead through Trevoh Chalobah’s 48th minute header.
Arteta was especially impressed with Arsenal’s display because they started a Premier League match without injured centre-backs William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes for the first time this season. “It’s been a big week,” he said. “The derby [against Tottenham, where they won 4-1], how emotional and the necessity to win, then Bayern Munich. We lost players in those games. We had to play a partnership we haven’t played before in a really difficult match. It’s been a positive week because the difficulty was immense. But I have this flavour that today we should have won the game, and we haven’t,” Arteta added.
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