EPL: Arteta Warns Arsenal Warns Of Chelsea Danger

Mikel Arteta says Chelsea deserve to be higher in the Premier League table as he prepares his title-chasing Arsenal team for a testing London derby on Tuesday.

The Gunners returned to the top of the league at the weekend, beating Wolves 2-0 to leapfrog defending champions Manchester City.

They are level on 74 points with second-placed Liverpool but have a superior goal difference. City are one point behind with a game in hand.

Mauricio Pochettino's Chelsea were beaten by City in their FA Cup semifinal on Saturday but are unbeaten in eight league games, with four wins coming in that spell.

Arteta said Saturday's win against Wolves was crucial after last week's league defeat to Aston Villa and a Champions League exit at the hands of Bayern Munich.

"We are in a great position in the Premier League," the Spaniard told reporters on Monday. "We've been like this for nine months, nine-and-a-half months, and we want really to give it a real go and be really determined to do what is in our hands to try to lift that trophy and tomorrow we are going to have a very tough opponent in front of us."