Cech: Arsenal lack fight for title challenge

PETR CECH, pictured, believes Arsenal lack the “fight” to win the Premier League title and believes Chelsea can kill off their London rivals' slim championship hopes in their meeting tomorrow.

The north Londoners have endured a traumatic start to the season, slipping to five league defeats and falling 10 points behind joint-leaders Chelsea and Liverpool ahead of the trip to Stamford Bridge. Morale in Arsene Wenger's squad has also been dented by William Gallas' public criticisms of his young team-mates, a row which led to the defender being stripped of the club captaincy.

Now Cech has added his voice to Arsenal's growing band of critics, suggesting that for all their fluent football, they do not possess the stomach for a title fight.