Chelsea’s beauty and the beast (That’s Alex’s screamer and deadly Drogba)

DIDIER DROGBA gave Arsenal a perfect demonstration of how to mix beauty and the beast as he guided Chelsea to a four-point lead at the top of the Premier League and left Arsene Wenger wondering if there will ever be a happy ending for his own style of fairytale football.

We seem to have been here so many times before but a DVD of yesterday’s match will show that Arsenal dominated for long periods, played a wonderful passing game that was easy on the eye and had Chelsea running around in circles in the first half.

But it will also show how Carlo Ancelotti’s side, whose victory at the Emirates last season was described as ‘men against boys’ brutally and ruthlessly won the match by taking a more pragmatic approach than their London neighbours.