Glorious Gunners!

Arsenal fought back from a goal down to win their Barclay's Premier League match against leaders Chelsea.

Having lost five matches early in this season, pundits already ruled out the former 'Invincibles' from contention, with all those on going saga on and off the pitch culminating in the dismissal of William Gallas as the captain of a very young and inexperienced team.

Playing at Stamford Bridge in today's derby is not easy for the young guns. Having bullied around by the likes of Fulham, Hull, Stoke, Aston Villa and Manchester City, Fleet Street were already writing obituaries for the north London club, with all the drama Arsenal were facing in the locker room spilt fed by the sulking Gallas.

Certainly the first half belonged to Chelsea as they try to snuff Arsenal's game plan. The Blues took the lead by an own goal by Johan Djourou, which rattled Arsenal's defense once again. Having collected the ball from a corner kick, Manuel Almunia gave the ball away only for Bosingwa to cross into Djourou's unfortunate path. Arsenal came close to scoring, but Gallas squandered a wonderful chance to give the Gunners an early lead, and Robin van Persie's cross, which beat Petr Cech, could not find any red shirts within the six yards box to tuck it into an open goal. From that moment on, Chelsea kept pressing, with Arsenal happy to sit behind the ball.

The second half picked up right where they left off, Chelsea attacking a defensive Arsenal. At this point the forlorn figures from the visiting team were even more reluctant to press Chelsea's defense, with the Gunners' fans having to face the prospect of going home without a point.

Yet, all is not lost. Just before the hour mark, van Persie scored the equalizer despite being off-side, which - unfortunately for Chelsea - was missed by the assistant referee. That gave the Gunners much needed relief, and some self-esteem.

Arsenal started pressing, and were rewarded with a second goal three minutes later, again by the Dutch striker, who was on-side to receive a header from fellow strike partner Emmanuel Adebayor. That second sealed it for Arsenal, but Chelsea always threatened to equalize. This time, the young guns did not budge.

On and on Arsenal pressed, with Nicklas Bendtner, coming on for Adebayor, missing a wonderful chance to add to the tally. So did Denilson, who did well in the second half against the likes of John Obi Mikel and Deco in midfield.

In the end though, it was the two goals from the flying Dutch which gave all vital three points to Arsenal. And a chance to regain their competitiveness this season.

It also gave a flying start for Arsenal's new, young captain, Cesc Fabregas, who was instrumental in Arsenal's second half revival, with his impeccable passes creating problems for Chelsea's defense.

The challenge now for the young captain is to rally his team to fight back for the title, and for the glory!