<p><a href="https://mid-day.com/sports/football/article/arsenal-look-to-get-back-to-winning-ways-v-chelsea-23500284" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Arsenal</strong></a>&rsquo;s hopes of a title are just about alive after they beat a toothless Chelsea 1-0 in a Premier League clash at the Emirates on Sunday.</p>
<p>Mikel Merino scored the only goal of a disappointing contest as Arsenal pulled clear in second place and to within 12 points of runaway leaders Liverpool.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Merino, playing as a makeshift centre-forward, provided the match winner from a corner as he looped a header from Martin Odegaard&rsquo;s delivery into the back of the net in the 20th minute.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Chelsea barely threatened throughout the game as Robert Sanchez made a brilliant stop to prevent Merino doubling Arsenal&rsquo;s lead with the best effort of the second half. &nbsp;Eventually, the game petered out with little goalmouth action at the end.</p>
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Mikel Merino scored the only goal of a disappointing contest as Arsenal pulled clear in second place and to within 12 points of runaway leaders Liverpool. 

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