Arsenal thrashed Chelsea 5-0 at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday night to move three points clear at the top of the Premier League table.
Leandro Trossard opened the score in an end-to-end first period, but Kai Havertz and Ben White both scored twice in a dominant second half display for Mikel Arteta’s team.
Three days prior to this decisive success, Arsenal had recovered from defeats by Aston Villa and Bayern Munich with a 2-0 victory at Wolves.
Now, they lead Liverpool by three points in second place and are four points ahead of champions Manchester City in third.
The title-race spotlight now turns to Liverpool, who face Merseyside rivals Everton at Goodison Park, on Wednesday, also City will play the first of their two games in hand away to Brighton, on Thursday.
For Chelsea, meanwhile, the chastening defeat, the club’s heaviest in a London derby since 1986, following an FA Cup semi-final loss to City at Wembley on Saturday, dents their hopes of salvaging a European spot from a bitterly disappointing season.
