Arsenal striker Robin van Persie
has conceded he was 'a little bit offside' for his equaliser at
Chelsea on Sunday.
The Dutchman strayed into an offside position before scoring the
first of two goals in a vital turnaround against the Blues.
Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari has hit out at the misjudgement
by the linesman and called for referee Mike Dean to apologise.
Van Persie, though, has pointed to a clash between the two
London clubs when he had a seemingly onside goal ruled out.
He said in the Evening Standard: "I scored a goal
against Chelsea (in a 2-0 home defeat in December 2005). I was
onside, but the ref gave it offside and it didn't count.
"This time was maybe a little bit offside, but it counted and
that's all that matters."
Meanwhile, Van Persie's strike partner, Emmanuel Adebayor, has
hailed the importance of the scalp that hauled them to within seven
points of the leaders.
The Togo forward said: "It is a very big win because we went
through a lot of difficult moments and people wrote us off in the
Premier League. Now this is a message that we have sent out.
"We believe in ourselves, we can do something. Forget about what
happened - we are always together. We always believed we can do
something and these are the kind of results we can show again.
"Now everyone can see we have kept our title dreams alive and
the more important thing now is to keep going."
