Source: PA
`Vitally important to win big games` - Wenger
Arsene Wenger maintains it is vital Arsenal win the head-to-head battles against their Barclays Premier League title rivals this season - starting at Chelsea on Sunday.
The Gunners suffered a shock home defeat to West Brom last weekend, although quickly got that out of their system with a hard-fought 3-1 victory away to Partizan Belgrade in the Champions League on Tuesday night.
Another loss at Chelsea - themselves beaten at Manchester City - would leave Arsenal seven points adrift of the leaders, and potentially out of the top four should other results go against them.
"The only team I have seen win the Premier League without winning the big games is Manchester United," he said.
"It is vitally important to win the big games.
"It is easier to play Chelsea on Sunday when they have lost two games than two weeks ago, that is for sure. Every defeat makes you just a fraction smaller."
