After a damaging 2-1 defeat at bitter north London against Tottenham, Arsenal has lost hope of winning the English Premier League title.
Arsenal could not find their way past an obstinate Tottenham defense and the home side took the lead with a surprise goal from debutant Danny Rose.
Teenage midfielder Rose reacted first to goalkeeper Manuel Almunia's punch out, hitting an unstoppable 10th minute volley into the net.
And Tottenham increased their lead in the first minute of the second half when Gareth Bale found himself in space to crack the ball past Almunia.
Arsenal introduced striker Robin van Persie as a substitute with 25 minutes remaining but this move was of no good.
They finally pulled a goal back when Nicklas Bendtner puts Theo Walcott's right-wing cross in net.
Now the new positions are as follow:
Team P W D L F A GD PTS
1 Chelsea 34 24 5 5 85 30 55 77
2 Man Utd 34 23 4 7 77 27 50 73
3 Arsenal 34 22 5 7 76 36 40 71
4 Manchester 33 17 11 5 69 41 28 62
City
5 Tottenham 33 18 7 8 60 33 27 61
6 Liverpool 34 16 8 10 54 33 21 56
7 Aston Villa 33 14 13 6 46 34 12 55
8 Everton 34 13 12 9 54 46 8 51
9 Birmingham 34 12 10 12 35 43 -8 46
10 Stoke City 33 10 13 10 32 35 -3 43
11 Blackburn 34 11 10 13 35 50 -15 43
12 Fulham 33 11 9 13 35 37 -2 42
13 Sunderland 34 9 11 14 44 52 -8 38
14 Wolves 34 8 9 17 28 51 -23 33
15 Bolton 34 8 8 18 36 62 -26 32
16 Wigan Athletic 34 8 8 18 30 64 -34 32
17 West Ham Utd 34 7 10 17 41 57 -16 31
18 Burnley 34 7 6 21 36 72 -36 27
19 Hull City 33 6 9 18 32 70 -38 27
20 Portsmouth 34 6 6 22 28 60 -32 15
