Wenger plays down significance of reaching league summit

ARSENE WENGER accepts it will mean nothing should Arsenal move to the top of the Barclays Premier League table with victory over struggling Bolton at Emirates Stadium tonight.

The Gunners – who were 11 points adrift of Chelsea after being thumped 3-0 at home by the Blues at the end of November – have hauled themselves back into the title race with a run of six wins in eight, while their rivals struggled for consistency.

Although beating Bolton for the second time in four days could send his men above Chelsea on goal difference, having then played the same amount of games, Wenger is refusing to get carried away.