Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech claims that the 2-1 win over Leicester City has provided a massive boost to the Gunners' title credentials.

The North London club moved to within two points of the table-toppers with their hard-fought victory over the Foxes at the Emirates Stadium which has them in with a much stronger chance of lifting the trophy according to Cech.

"It is a big difference if you wait for your opponent to lose points, so now we are only two points off the top, so it is a good spot to be in," he said.

"We have plenty of difficult games to play but we had to win the game and we managed to do it. Playing against 10 men is very tricky and time was going by and we kept missing chances but [we] kept our cool and composure and found a winner.

"If you have a question of five or eight points then there is big difference. In the last few 48 minutes we turned an eight-point gap to a two-point one and that is a significant difference. They have been doing really [well], but I thought we did really well. We have been creating chances and apart from two or three counter-attacks we didn't give them much, and we managed to find the win."