The Gunners returned to the summit of the table after a hard fought 2-0 victory over Tony Pulis’ Crystal Palace. The north London side were able to grind out a result without key players like Aarom Ramsey, Jack Wilshere, Mathieu Flamini and Theo Walcott.

However, Manchester City could have regained top spot if they had overcome Chelsea in Monday’s eagerly anticipated clash at the Etihad Stadium. The Citizens had already scored more than 100 goals this season and despite their 1-0 loss to Chelsea are still the bookies favourites to lift the title in May.

As Yahoo! Eurosport report, Wenger has accepted that many pundits are choosing City as their favourites to win the title but he believes that Arsenal can beat them to it.

Speaking before Manchester City’s loss to Mourinho’s Chelsea and responding to the numerous ‘experts’ tipping City for the title, Wenger said, “I can understand that completely because we haven’t done it for a while, and as well I must say that we face quality competitors. We do not play against average teams and Man City have scored over 100 goals, so everybody thinks ‘can you beat these teams?’ I say yes, and that is what we have to show. It is all to do. The only thing I can say is that after 24 games we are there, and it’s now about how we finish the season.”

So Mr Wenger clearly knows what he is talking about as Chelsea did beat City proving that the Citizens can be beaten and Arsenal are certainly capable of beating any team including both the Manchester teams.