Arsenal thrashes Chelsea in the Premier League to increase championship prospects
brutal With a 5-0 hammering of London rivals Chelsea on Tuesday, Arsenal laid down the gauntlet in the Premier League championship fight and moved three points ahead of Chelsea at the top of the league.
Any lingering concerns about Arsenal’s durability were dispelled as soon as Leandro Trossard gave them the lead. Ben White and Kai Havertz then scored twice each in a brilliant burst of goals after the interval to completely overwhelm a stunned Chelsea.
Arsenal made a strong statement, increasing the pressure on Liverpool and Manchester United with four games left after their remarkable comeback from an Aston Villa home loss and elimination from the Champions League.
Arsenal leads Liverpool, who play Everton on Wednesday, by 77 points from 34 games. The defending champions, Manchester City, have 73 points, but they still have two games remaining, beginning on Thursday with a trip to Brighton and Hove Albion.
It was the sixth Premier League game this season in which Arsenal scored five goals or more without giving up a goal, and in a race this close, their enormous goal differential lead might prove to be vital to the result.
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“Very happy with the win, with the amount of chances and goals we scored,” said Mikel Arteta, the manager of Arsenal, who will take on Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. “And with the clean sheet as well, it shows the consistency.We’ll take pleasure in it, relax, and prepare for the next one.”
Just days after losing by a slim margin to Manchester City in the FA Cup semifinal, Chelsea, who were ranked ninth, suffered their most crushing loss at the hands of Arsenal on this humiliating night. It was a crushing blow to their hopes of sneaking into the European zone.
Young right-back Alfie Gilchrist made his Premier League debut under Mauricio Pochettino, who said, “The team showed a lack of capacity to resist, that is what is the problem.”
“Arsenal is an excellent team. However, I believe we let them play.”
