Ranieri: We could do better

Chelsea boss Claudio Ranieri leapt to the defence of keeper Carlo Cudicini after his blunder allowed Arsenal to climb back to the top of the Premiership table.

Hernan Crespo’s superb eighth-minute strike, which cancelled out Edu’s deflected free-kick, left the Blues clinging on to a point at Highbury until the Italian spilled a Robert Pires cross which Thierry Henry almost involuntarily bundled home to snatch victory.