{"id":9431,"date":"2024-04-24T09:01:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T06:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=9431"},"modified":"2024-04-24T09:01:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T06:01:03","slug":"arsenal-hammer-chelsea-to-move-three-points-clear-at-the-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=9431","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal hammer Chelsea to move three points clear at the top"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/arsenal-hammer-chelsea-to-move-three-points-clear-at-the-top.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Ruthless\u00a0Arsenal\u00a0threw down the gauntlet in the Premier League title race with a 5-0 thrashing of London rivals Chelsea to roar three points clear at the top of the table on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cypru-video-ads\" id=\"cypru-1287243852\">\n<div id=\"cypru-1425911186\" data-cypru-trackid=\"478051\" data-cypru-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"cypru-target\">\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-5889883000333-0\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Any remaining doubts about\u00a0Arsenal\u2018s staying power were answered emphatically as Leandro Trossard gave them an early lead before Ben White and Kai Havertz scored two each in a dazzling spell after the break to sweep aside a dazed Chelsea.<br \/>\nIt was a powerful statement by\u00a0Arsenal\u00a0who have recovered impressively from a home defeat by Aston Villa and bowing out of the Champions League and with four games remaining they are piling the pressure on Liverpool and Manchester City.<br \/>\nArsenal\u00a0have 77 points from 34 games with Liverpool, who face Everton on Wednesday, on 74 from 33. Reigning champions Manchester City have 73 points but have two games in hand starting with a trip to Brighton and Hove Albion on Thursday.<br \/>\nIt was the sixth time\u00a0Arsenal\u00a0have scored five or more in a Premier League game this season without conceding and in such a tight race they\u00a0now\u00a0have a huge goal difference advantage which could prove crucial\u00a0to the outcome.<br \/>\n\u201cVery happy with the win, with the amount of chances and goals we scored,\u201d\u00a0Arsenal\u00a0boss Mikel Arteta, whose side face arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, said. \u201cAnd with the clean sheet as well it shows the consistency.<br \/>\n\u201cWe will enjoy it and rest and get ready for the next one.\u201d<br \/>\nFor ninth-placed Chelsea it was\u00a0a humbling night as they suffered their heaviest ever defeat by\u00a0Arsenal\u00a0and a hammer blow in their bid to creep into a European place just days after their narrow FA Cup semi-final defeat by Manchester City.<br \/>\n\u201cThe team showed a lack of capacity to resist, that is what is the problem,\u201d Mauricio Pochettino, who gave a first Premier League start to young right back Alfie Gilchrist, said.<br \/>\n\u201cArsenal\u00a0are a very good team. But I think we allowed them to play.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>BRIMMING WITH ENERGY<\/strong><br \/>\nArsenal\u00a0were brimming with energy in the opening half, peppering Chelsea\u2019s goal with 13 attempts and would have led by more than one at the interval but for Chelsea\u2019s Serbia goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic.<br \/>\nRoared on by a fired-up Emirates Stadium crowd the hosts needed only four minutes to settle any nerves as a marauding Declan Rice drove into the heart of the area and weighted his pass perfectly for Trossard to fire home.<br \/>\nPetrovic would have been disappointed to be beaten from a narrow angle but made amends with a flurry of saves in quick succession to deny Bukayo Saka and Trossard and then reacted incredibly to keep out a close-range deflection.<br \/>\nDespite being under siege, a Chelsea side without 20-goal Cole Palmer had their moments and Axel Disasi somehow failed to connect from in front of goal from a flicked on corner.<br \/>\nNicolas Jackson hit the post and then inexplicably failed to head in a brilliant Conor Gallagher cross.<br \/>\nBut\u00a0Arsenal\u00a0turned up the heat in the second half and Chelsea simply evaporated.<br \/>\nWhite made it 2-0 in the 52nd minute after Rice\u2019s shot deflected to him off Thomas Partey and Havertz was then played through by an exquisite pass from captain Martin Odegaard and finished in style.<br \/>\nFormer Chelsea forward Havertz made it 4-0 with a low finish off a post and White admitted he got a little lucky as his side-footed attempted cross turned into a deft finish.<br \/>\n\u201cThe second one was a bad touch and it went in,\u201d he joked.<br \/>\nIt could have got far worse for Chelsea with Rice hitting the post as\u00a0Arsenal\u00a0ran riot but the home fans left in euphoric mood as a first title in 20 years began to look within reach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal defeated Chelsea 5-0 in a Premier League match, with Leandro Trossard, Ben White, and Kai Havertz scoring two goals each. 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