Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea: Points more important than performance

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9 games to go. 9 stomach-churning, heart-wrenching, arse-clenching games to go.

Arsenal restored the 5 point lead at the top of the table with a 2-1 win over Chelsea yesterday, but did it in a way to exert maximum impact on our heart rates and blood pressure. I’m not complaining, just sharing my experience of a game that was in one way as tight as you’d expect, but in another less comfortable than it probably should have been.