Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny says Arsenal played a good match on Sunday against Chelsea.
The Gunners suffered their first defeat in the English Premier League against Jose Mourinho's side but the 24-year-old believes there are plenty of reasons to be positive despite falling nine points behind the Blues.
"I thought it was a very even game," the goalkeeper told Arsenal's official website.
"But Chelsea have an ability to keep clean sheets at home and I thought they were very good, they took their chances with two brilliant moments.
"One, the brilliant run from Hazard that led to the penalty. On the second goal, the ball from Cesc and the finish. Sometimes you've got to take your hat off to the brilliance of the opposition.
"We've had a tough run so far. But I'd like to think that our start has been solid, not as good as we expected from ourselves but I believe that, after the international break, we can push on and get more points.
"You can't say we've played badly against Chelsea, it's just that we've come up against a very strong side, probably the favourites to win the Premier League at this point."
