Goals: Taylor 15', 42' - Gallas 63', van Persie 67' (pen), Fabregas 89'

 Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal are still in the hunt for the Premier League title after their stunning recovery to win 3-2 at Bolton.

Trailing 2-0 to two goals from Matt Taylor, Arsenal were also reduced to ten men following the dismissal of Abou Diaby and facing a sixth league game without victory on Saturday.

However, goals from William Gallas, a Robin van Persie penalty and, in the final minute, an own goal from Jlloyd Samuel turned the outcome on its head and kept Arsenal in contact with Manchester United and Chelsea.

"In all my time here I can't remember a better comeback than that - 2-0 down, with ten men, with half an hour to go," Wenger said. "But we knew at half-time that even 2-2 was not good enough for us.

"We had to really continue to believe, to show mental strength and play our game as much as we could. That wasn't easy.

"It was a mental test because it looked like everything was going against us. We got a player sent off, they scored a second and that was all a big blow going into half-time.

"But great credit to the team, I am very proud today. It was a big blow losing to Chelsea last week and they responded well."

With Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final against Liverpool looming, Wenger would also have been encouraged by the performances of substitutes Theo Walcott and Emmanuel Adebayor who helped change the outcome of the game in such dramatic fashion.

But Wenger angered home supporters when he appeared to be arguing about the dismissal of Diaby, sent off just after the half hour for a high, studs-up challenge on Gretar Steinsson and the veteran Arsenal manager later moved to clarify his reaction.

"I was not upset about the sending off because his foot was a bit high," insisted Wenger. "I felt it was more a protective tackle than an aggressive one but I didn't complain because it was too high. I just felt there was a foul on him before that."

Bolton opening the scoring with their first meaningful foray into opposition territory. El Hadji Diouf took possession from a throw-in and slid the ball down the line for overlapping full-back Steinsson.

The Icelandic defender delivered the perfect cross for Taylor who sped in ahead of his marker and headed past Manuel Almunia from six yards.

Bolton doubled their lead two minutes before the interval.

Mathieu Flamini was caught in possession by Gavin McCann, allowing Diouf to square the ball to Taylor, on the edge of the Arsenal area, and the resulting shot took an unkind deflection off the back of Gallas before flying into the bottom left-hand corner.

In the 62nd minute, Gallas arrived unmarked at the far post to convert a Fabregas corner which had been missed the Bolton defenders in the six-yard box.

Then, just five minutes later, a superb back heel from Adebayor set up Flamini whose shot was brilliantly saved by Al Habsi only for Gary Cahill to concede a penalty for a trip on Hleb.

Robin van Persie, who had been guilty of a number of poor misses, made no mistake with a clinically taken penalty before Cesc Fabregas's shot deflected off Samuel late on to clinch the points.

Results elsewhere did not fall kindly for the losing manager and a stunned Gary Megson wore the appearance of a man who knew his team's last chance of survival had been thrown away as he faced the media after the thrilling game.

"We're bitterly disappointed and angry with ourselves and we will be for quite a while," said Megson. "That result will take a long time to get out of the system and the fact we're now four points from safety won't be lost on anyone.

"You can't take any positives from a game when you have been 2-0 up against ten men, it would be churlish to suggest some of the things we did were okay. We have six games left now and they are all like cup ties, all that matters is the result.

"There will be a lot of criticism and moaning about the place but all we can do is circle the wagons and put our tin helmets on.

"There are two choices now, either the white flag goes up or sleeves go up, there is no other choice about it."