The rest of Sunday’s Results

Arsenal produced a thrilling comeback to beat Chelsea 2-1 at Stamford Bridge in the second live game of the day – controversy here as Robin Van Persie, in bringing Arsenal level, was a clear yard offside – Scolari was fuming afterward, particularly as Kalou was denied an opportunity early on when he was, in fact, onside.

This site does a lot of defending of referees – this was inexcusable, and Scolari’s wrath was justified.

Chelsea were in the ascendancy in the first half and good value for their one-nil lead, the goal courtesy of Johan Djourou, as he turned Bosingwa’s cross into his own net.

But Arsenal were a team rejuvenated after the break, and Van Persie added to his contentious first with an excellent second, bringing down a cross and volleying past Cech with minimal backlift.

Belatedly Chelsea tried to force their way back into the game, but were noticeably short on firepower. The detestable Drogba was serving his ban, and with the midfield misfiring Anelka is not one to grab the game by the scruff of the neck. Great finisher yes, game turner, no.

Where Chelsea have looked so strong at times this season, yesterday really exposed their frailties. A goal down with 20 minutes to go they had few ideas to get themselves back into the game – when you are challenging for the Premiership yet relying on Salomon Kalou and the unknown Stoch to win a game for you, you know not everything is right.

I would wager Chelsea will buy a striker in January, and buy big. On this evidence they need it.

There were also two three o’clock kick offs – Everton secured a great away win at Tottenham with a deflected Steven Pienaar effort, inflicting Harry Redknapp’s first home defeat as Spurs boss – it seems his magic dust is starting to wear off after consecutive league defeats, leaving them entrenched in the relegation mire.

David Moyes was happy with the day’s work – but dismayed at the injury to Yakubu, ruling him out for the season – his misery compounded by Louis Saha’s calf injury that saw him stretchered off.

Elsewhere, Portsmouth won a thriller against Blackburn – Rovers fought pluckily to bring things all square after Crouch and Defoe put Pompey 2-0 up, but Derbyshire and Tugay’s efforts were in vain as Davis scooped the ball over Paul Robinson to clinch it 3-2 for Tony Adams’ men. Its now one point from eight games for Paul Ince’s Blackburn side, and despite his assurances to the contrary, he will be worried about his position.

West Ham visit Liverpool tonight to round off the gameweek.