with a rather less than difficult tie against sunderland, chelsea are going to give arsenal a run for their money in the coming few weeks - especially at stamford bridge next week

It appeared that Chelsea were rather fortunate to win against Sunderland, is the Champions League taking its toll against the top Clubs in the Premiership ?

good point and as far as arsenal are concerned i think it must be a major distraction being in the champions league because that would be a huge trophy for them having never won it before. chelsea likewise though liverpool and man utd have a lot of pedigree in this regard.