Arsene Wenger expected his Arsenal side to respond well against Chelsea after their 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Liverpool.

The Gunners have since beaten Bournemouth and managed a goalless draw at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

Wenger said: "Yes, but people forget that two months ago we beat Chelsea in the cup final and they don't give you the cup, you know, so overall I believe we have shown that many times.

"It's true you have to accept criticism when we deliver the kind of performance we had at Liverpool – the only way to respond is on the pitch and that's what we did today.

"It was a question today what will happen, at least with the attitude, the response, the determination. It was vital for us even above the result to come out with a solid performance on that front.

"I felt it was a game with total intensity, where two teams really went for it and was a battle all over the pitch. We responded well in domains where we were questioned, you know, and I like when the team shows that kind of response.

"Overall I feel it's a deserved point and with a bit more freedom maybe, less inhibition, we could have really won this game with one or two goals difference.

"But overall for us it was important at least not to lose today and you could feel that in the team in the last 20 minutes that we played a little bit with that in our mind."