Crespo saves Blues blushes

Middlesbrough 1 Chelsea 2

Ranieri's expensively-assembled side snatched a 2-1 victory at the death at Middlesbrough when substitute Hernan Crespo headed home Damien Duff's 88th-minute cross to claim all three points.

The win leaves the Blues just a point adrift of the Gunners with a game in hand, but the Italian is adamant at the gap between his men and Arsenal and Manchester United is much wider.