chelsea left the north london with the draw they came for, which takes them a step closer to the title arsenal were unable to break down their opponents in an attritional game, while jose mourinho's side rarely troubled david ospina sportsmail's sami mokbel gives his verdict from the emirates stadium arsenal  david ospina   lucky not concede a penalty after clattering into oscar   but produced a good stop to deny ramires 65  hector bellerin   the youngster was preferred to fit again mathieu debuchy and justified his manager's faith 7  david ospina was fortunate to get away without conceding a penalty when he clattered oscar  hector bellerin does well to clear the ball off the line to prevent oscar's lob putting chelsea ahead  laurent koscielny   cruised through the first half owing to chelsea playing with no striker had more to think about following's drogba's introduction 7  per mertesacker   patched up after sustaining an ankle injury last weekend showed little sign of the problem in a strong performance 75  nacho monreal   steady game for the spaniard looks to be edging ahead of kieran gibbs for position as no 1 left back booked 65  francis coquelin   had to walk a disciplinary tightrope after a first half booking   but remained industrious as ever7  francis coquelin breaks up a chelsea attack but his holding role was made more difficult by a booking  santi cazorla   he's had more influential days, but kept arsenal's midfield ticking over booked 65  aaron ramsey   utilised, once again, in an unfamiliar right wing role it didn't throw him off his stride too much booked 65  mesut ozil   not quite £425million, but he's getting there heavily involved for the gunners but couldn't find a breakthrough 7  alexis sanchez   fresh from his wembley double, the chilean wasn't quite at his best against chelsea 65  olivier giroud   endured a titanic battle with terry the frenchman put himself about against the champions elect 65  olivier giroud shields the ball from a masked cesc fabregas, but the frenchman had little joy up front  subs:  danny welbeck (on for coquelin, 76)   injected pace into arsenal's attack 65  theo walcott (on for giroud, 84)   thrown on late as the gunners searched for victory 65  subs not used: szczesny, debuchy, gibbs, wilshere, flamini  manager: arsene wenger   his mourinho hoodoo continues   but the french manager can be happy with his side 6 chelsea  thibault courtois   made some routine saves but has had much more eye catching afternoons 65  branislav ivanovic   solid and steady as ever from the blues right back excellent tussle with sanchez booked 7  gary cahill   a mature display from the england central defender kept his cool in the heat of battle 75  john terry   played a crucial role in quelling giroud's aerial threat a typical all action display from the chelsea skipper 8  john terry and gary cahill did well to prevent giroud from becoming a threat as chelsea kept things tight  cesar azpilicueta   been one of chelsea's most consistent players this season was so again at the emirates 75  nemanja matic   shielded his back four with the expertise we've come to expect didn't put a foot wrong 7  cesc fabregas   booed on his return to emirates and booked for diving wasn't how he'd dreamed it last night 6  ramires   missed a glorious chance to put chelsea ahead in the first half defensive instincts were vital for chelsea 65  ramires carries the ball past arsenal left back nacho monreal in the top of the table clash  willian   a willing runner in attack and defence for the blues showed some quality on ball, too booked 65  eden hazard   he's had more productive days, but his defensive discipline was important for the visitors 6  oscar   playing in an unfamiliar role as central striker, he should have won chelsea a penalty did little much else 6  eden hazard was unusually quiet, with arsenal keeping a close eye on him, but still showed flashes of quality  subs:  didier drogba (on for oscar, 46)   so often arsenal's tormentor could replicate past heroics 6  kurt zouma (on for fabregas, 90)   brought on to see out the final few minutes 6  juan cuadrado (on for willian, 90)   came on for the final few seconds 6  manager: jose mourinho   starting with no striker said it all came for a point   and got it job done 7  referee: michael oliver   could easily have awarded three penalties on busy afternoon four the official 65  oscar had to be replaced at half time after a suspected concussion after his clash with ospina 
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