There's a question on a lot of fans' mind to why the Gunners are ahead of the Blues even though both teams share identical records. Many feel, it's because of the alphabetical order but that's not the reason.

No, the reason is due to a Premier League ruling with regard to separating teams level on points, as the first method to split them should be goal difference, followed by goals scored, followed by which team collected the most points during matches between the two sides.

Liverpool continued their winning streak on Sunday as they saw off Manchester City 2-0 in the Premier League to move nine points clear at the summit of the tabl