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Arsenal legend Ian Wright (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ian Wright revealed his \u2018worry\u2019 for Arsenal and their Premier League title charge after the narrow win over Chelsea.<\/p>\n

Jurrien Timber\u2019s second-half header earned Arsenal a 2-1 victory over London rivals Chelsea and restored the Gunners\u2019 five-point lead in the title race.<\/p>\n

Mikel Arteta\u2019s side took the lead through William Saliba but were pegged back on the stroke of half-time through Piero Hincapie\u2019s own goal.<\/p>\n

Shortly after Arsenal retook the lead Chelsea lost a player to a red card for the seventh time in the Premier League this season, this time Pedro Neto the guilty party and sent off for a second yellow card.<\/p>\n

Despite boasting a one-goal lead and a numerical advantage, Arsenal had to withstand some nervy moments late on, with David Raya denying Enzo Fernandez, Joao Pedro and Alejandro Garnacho.<\/p>\n

Raya was beaten in injury-time by Liam Delap but Arsenal were relieved to see the offside flag raised.<\/p>\n

Arsenal legend Wright feared a Chelsea equaliser and said it would \u2018be nice to find out what is happening\u2019 to his former club in the second-half of games.<\/p>\n

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Jurrien Timber scored Arsenal\u2019s winner (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Gunners were pegged back in the second half in the recent draws with Brentford and Wolves and threatened to do the same against Chelsea.<\/p>\n

\u2018Chelsea, once they went down to 10 men, they started to play. It was worrying,\u2019 Wright said on Premier League Productions.<\/p>\n

\u2018Arsenal showing those nerves, those jittery nerves at the latter stags of games, they need to take the opportunities earlier on so they can relax at this stage.<\/p>\n

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Pedro Neto was sent off at the Emirates Stadium (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018They have to just win now, especially the home games. It\u2019s not going to be something that\u00a0instils\u00a0you with loads of confidence but it\u2019s a win.<\/p>\n

\u2018We\u2019re seeing in the second half of games, you can get at Arsenal. Chelsea had 10 men\u00a0there,\u00a0it would be nice to find out\u00a0what\u2019s\u00a0happening to Arsenal in the second half.<\/p>\n

\u2018It comes down to \u201cyou get the job done\u201d,\u00a0I\u2019m happy the job is done, but I\u2019m going to be nervous for the next game because I\u2019m seeing that again in the second half.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Mikel Arteta after Arsenal beat Chelsea (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ex-Tottenham manager Glenn Hoddle also saw Chelsea look almost more threatening after Neto\u2019s red card.<\/p>\n

\u2018Overall\u00a0when Chelsea went down to 10 they almost relaxed,\u2019 he said. \u2018They started to really play.<\/p>\n

\u2018When they\u00a0scored\u00a0they started to control the game. Chelsea started to have a bit of swagger about them and deserved a point out of the game. David Raya has made some great saves.\u2019<\/p>\n

Arteta also wanted Arsenal to show more control after Chelsea went down to ten men but highlighted the Blues\u2019 \u2018immense quality\u2019 as a reason that failed to happen.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m very, very happy,\u2019 he said. \u2018The players made an incredible performance as well and put so much into the game.<\/p>\n

\u2018After the great victory against Spurs, this would be even another level of difficulty. Against 10 men, I expected a different game but look at the quality on the pitch \u2013 immense.<\/p>\n

\u2018Set-pieces are still the ones that made the difference. They are so good at that, and we are so good at that as well.\u2019<\/p>\n

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