- Arsene Wenger claims Arsenal are deserving of Premier League top spot
- Arsenal boss praises performance of two-goal Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
- Gunners sit two-points clear of Manchester City
- Wenger admits he'll be keeping an eye on City vs Chelsea
Arsene Wenger said there is nothing ‘lucky’ about Arsenal's title challenge after they returned to the top of the Barclays Premier League with a 2-0 win over Crystal Palace.
Arsenal will be overhauled if Manchester City beat Chelsea at the Etihad this evening but Wenger said that his men were right in the title hunt, insisting: ‘You cannot be lucky over 24 games.
'We have faced questions about our ability since the start of the season, but where we are cannot be a coincidence.’
VIDEO Scroll down to watch Arsene Wenger discuss Arsenal 2-0 Crystal Palace
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Feed the Ox: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored twice to help Arsenal defeat Crystal Palace
Arsenal 2-0 Crystal Palace
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored both Arsenal’s goals. Wenger said: 'I always believed that he could play wide and central, I said that many times that his future will be central.
'He has proven me right today, by scoring the goals but also by the quality of his performance.'
The Arsenal boss intends to keep an interested eye on events at the Etihad Stadium on Monday.
'It is two competitors against us and it is always interesting to see how they behave,' he said.
'We gained some points through some other opponents like Liverpool and Man United over this weekend, and I think we know that our results at the Emirates (Stadium) will be massively important until the end.'
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Game over: Oxlade-Chamberlain fires Arsenal into a 2-0 lead against Palace
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Leading: Arsene Wenger insists his Arsenal side deserve to be top of the Premier League
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Top: Arsenal players celebrates their 2-0 win against Palace in the changing room after the game
Wenger also revealed that new signing Kim Kallstrom was signed on deadline day despite a scan showing the Swedish midfielder has a micro-fracture in his back.
His club Spartak Moscow have agreed a compromise deal and will pay his wages for the next six weeks.
‘It crossed my mind not to sign him on Friday night and if we had two or three days more then maybe we wouldn’t have done it,’ admitted Wenger.
‘Let us establish the truth. He felt his back two days before the medical. We discovered a micro-fracture and we have all played with them.
‘It is on his vertebrae, so the best case scenario is for him to play at the end of February, not before.’
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Winners: Mikel Arteta (left) congratulates Oxlade-Chamberlain after the youngster's goal
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Odd: Wenger revealed that he knew Kim Kallstrom (above) was injured before the Swede signed for Arsenal
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