Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger felt a 4-1 scoreline flattered Chelsea in Sunday`s clash at the Emirates.

The Gunners started very well and should have taken an early lead with Theo Walcott and Abou Diaby wasting the best of several chances as the visitors were carved open time and again.

However, Chelsea kept their composure before killing the game off with two clinical strikes before half-time from Brazilian defender Alex and former Gunner Nicolas Anelka.

An own goal from Kolo Toure put them three ahead straight after the restart, with Arsenal substitute Nicklas Bendtner pulling a goal back before Florent Malouda scored Chelsea's fourth three minutes from the end.

"You can be very positive or very negative," said Wenger. "We lost the game 4-1 which is a major disappointment, but I feel going forward we had a very interesting game and created plenty of chances - we should have been 2-0 up before they had a shot on goal.

"On the first free-kick we made a mistake and they scored. We missed seven or eight clear-cut chances and on every single mistake we made, we were punished."