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Arsenal need to improve but title race isn’t over just yet…

It’s tough to really assess the result at Chelsea from an Arsenal point of view.

Usually, a point at Stamford Bridge would not be a bad thing and there were certainly some positives for Arsenal to take from the game.

I thought they probably just about shaded it. They played some good stuff at times, created more chances than they have for a while and scored a good goal through Gabriel Martinelli.

The return of Martin Odegaard was obviously huge and the fact that he played 90 minutes in such a high intensity game after so long out was incredible. It was no surprise that he didn’t look his sharpest, but he still played very well all things considered and showed what Arsenal had been missing in his absence.