Arsenal 3-1 Chelsea: Gunners back on top of the Premier League after brushing aside Chelsea

Arsenal were 3-0 up aft lone 34 minutes against Chelsea astatine Emirates Stadium

Arsenal and their supporters are not going softly successful the Premier League rubric contention arsenic the taunts of those labelling Mikel Arteta's broadside arsenic chokers were thrown backmost successful the look of dismal Chelsea.

City inactive person 2 games successful manus and are connected 1 of their relentless marches but Arsenal, particularly successful the archetypal half, delivered a timely reminder that they are inactive successful the hunt. It is an emotion intelligibly shared by their supporters contempt that caller slump of 4 games without a win.

The Emirates was live earlier kick-off and Arsenal ripped into Chelsea successful a thunderous ambiance without a hint of anxiousness oregon frustration, helped by a implicit fiasco of a show from opponents who person mislaid six retired of six nether interim manager Frank Lampard.

It is excessively simplistic to connect the statement of chokers to an Arsenal broadside who person been outstanding this season. They person been undone by idiosyncratic errors and lapses of attraction alternatively than a corporate meltdown nether pressure.

Arsenal undoubtedly caved successful astatine Manchester City past clip out, losing 4-1, but they were deed by a lightning bolt of a show from a world-class squad that whitethorn good person beaten anyone connected a magical nighttime astatine Etihad Stadium.

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If anything, this was an Arsenal showing fuelled by a turbo-charge of choler aft that beating, specified was the gait and strength that overpowered Chelsea arsenic they went into a 3-0 pb by half-time.

Chelsea were bullied, beaten, overrun and thoroughly dismantled successful that period, Lampard's absorption present suffering terrible reputational harm astatine the hands of players who are truthful overmuch amended than this but whose deficiency of effort and competitory borderline hints astatine thing rotten astatine the bosom of this dysfunctional, money-squandering club.

Arsenal were backmost to the squad who person provided specified affluent amusement this season, the squad that has made a rubric contention of it by staying up of City for truthful long.

Of course, if they bash not triumph their archetypal rubric since 2003-04 they indispensable respect it arsenic a disappointment and an accidental missed, but Arteta and his players merit large recognition for however they person performed. The upward arc astatine Arsenal is wide for each to see.

Sadly for Arteta the nighttime was not without its problems and an wounded to cardinal defender Gabriel makes him a superior uncertainty for Sunday's pugnacious duty astatine Newcastle United, wherever immoderate lack would beryllium exacerbated by Arsenal already having to compensate for semipermanent wounded unfortunate William Saliba.

Arsenal's nighttime was done and dusted by half-time, possibly the lone disappointment being a nonaccomplishment to springiness their extremity quality a propulsion successful the close direction, adjacent conceding a extremity erstwhile Noni Madueke pulled 1 backmost for Chelsea.

Captain Martin Odegaard led from the beforehand with 2 crisp left-foot finishes successful the archetypal half, Gabriel Jesus past the beneficiary of immoderate farcical Chelsea defending to adhd a third.

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Hope springs eternal for Arsenal contempt those caller slips and this volition support the occurrence burning for a small portion longer contempt the lingering suspicion that City person present gathered that unstoppable momentum that has carried them implicit the enactment successful adjacent the tightest situations arsenic they question a 5th rubric successful six season.

Arsenal astatine slightest got the amusement backmost connected the roadworthy here, immoderate dents successful assurance restored by a convincing triumph - albeit against a Chelsea broadside who rolled retired the invited mat and whose obliging quality was the cleanable cure for immoderate deficiency of self-belief.

City tin spell backmost connected apical with triumph against West Ham United connected Wednesday and volition inactive person a crippled successful hand. There is increasing condemnation manager Pep Guardiola volition get his hands connected the Premier League trophy erstwhile much astatine the disbursal of erstwhile right-hand antheral Arteta.

Arsenal, for their part, did each they could against Chelsea and indispensable present anticipation the cards autumn successful their favour arsenic the play reaches its climax.

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