London ¨C Mikel Arteta insisted Arsenal deserved respect after the Premier League leader battled to a bruising 1-1 draw with title rival Chelsea at the end of a grueling week.
Arteta¡¯s injury-hit side salvaged a point at Stamford Bridge thanks to Mikel Merino¡¯s header in the 59th minute.
It took everything Arsenal had to emerge unscathed after Chelsea ignored Moises Caicedo¡¯s 38th minute red card and took the lead through Trevoh Chalobah¡¯s 48th-minute header.
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