Thierry Henry: Arsene Wenger was wrong to say this about Chelsea in Arsenal defeat

Chelsea moved 12 points clear at the top of the table with a comfortable 3-1 win over Arsenal in the early kick-off today.

Marcos Alonso opened the scoring for the Premier League leaders after out-jumping Hector Bellerin to head past Petr Cech.

Arsene Wenger was irate in his post-match interview and Alonso fouled Bellerin as he jumped up to reach the ball and claimed the goal shouldn't have stood.

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Thierry Henry believes Arsene Wenger was wrong to say Marcos Alonso's goal shouldn't have stood

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Arsene Wenger was sat in the stands as Chelsea won 3-1 against Arsenal

But Arsenal legend Henry didn't see anything wrong with the goal and believes Wenger should look at Arsenal's overall performance against Chelsea.

"He’s going to say that," Henry told Sky Sports.

"If you’re a neutral, he attacked the ball like he should’ve attacked the ball. He carries momentum, it looks bad, that’s what it is, but I think it’s a fair challenge.

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Marcos Alonso scored Chelsea's first goal after out-jumping Hector Bellerin

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"They are both looking at the ball, he jumps in the air, I think it’s a goal.

"Going back to what Arsene said, I can understand from the Arsenal corner that he’s going to say that – is that why you lost the game? I don’t think so.

"Things went your way the other game against Burnley, things are going to go your way against Everton, so, you know, things come and go.

"But the way they played today, we knew, be careful against Chelsea, you’re going to exposed on the counter if you don’t sense the counter quick enough, and that’s where I think they lost the game today."

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