Goals rain as Arsenal demolish miserable Chelsea to keep title hope alive

It was a rain of goals at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday night as Arsenal thrashed Chelsea 5-0 in their English Premier League encounter to keep alive their title hope this season.
The Gunners easily tore through Chelsea’s defence line, scoring 5 to set a new record against London rival. Before Wednesday night, Arsenal had a 5-1 record victory over its London rival in 1930.
Coming from a defeat to Manchester City that saw them crash out of FA Cup, Chelsea were further humiliated at the Emirates Stadium.
It took the Gunners just four minutes to take the lead on their turf. Declan Rice raced into Chelsea’s box and laid a nice pass to Trossard, who brilliantly buried a nice shot behind Chelsea’s goalkeeper Petrovic.
The Blues appeared to be awakened by the early goal, pressing and battling for an equaliser, but the first half ended with Arsenal leading by a lone goal.
Returning into the second half much stronger, Arsenal did the damage, compounding Chelsea’s misery.
Ben White fired in a rebound in the 52nd minute to double Arsenal’s lead, while Kai Havertz scored against his former club, making it three for the Gunners five minutes later.
Not satisfied with the three-goal lead, the Gunners pushed further, seeing Havertz net his second goal in the game in the 65th minute.
After Arsenal’s fourth goal, Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino brought on Raheem Sterling and Trevoh Chalobah to replace Mykhailo Mudryk and Enzo Fernandez.
But it made no difference as Arsenal increased their goal tally with White netting his second goal in the 70th minute.
Arsenal’s win gave them a temporal four-point lead ahead of Manchester City. City have two outstanding games which will determine whether they displace Arsenal or stay behind them.
We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.
More from Peoples Gazette

Agriculture
FG tasks ECOWAS on leveraging financing strategies for agroecology
The federal government has urged stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors in the West Africa region to leverage financing strategies to enhance agroecology practices

Politics
Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku
“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”
![U.S. Mission[Credit: X.com]](https://gazettengr.com/wp-content/uploads/images-78-3.jpeg)
World
U.S. issues security alert to Americans worldwide as Iran kills two soldiers
The U.S. government issued a warning to all Americans worldwide amid the escalating war against Iran.

Heading 3
Tinubu’s scorecard is 139 million Nigerians in poverty; he should resign, not seek re-election: ADC
“The evidence of 139 million people living in poverty and 17 million at risk of starvation is President Tinubu’s scorecard,” the party said.

Lagos
Lagos govt working to tackle flooding, says SSG
She said the government was assessing critical drainage channels and other vulnerable locations to strengthen ongoing flood control measures.

States
Three killed, four injured in Anambra road crash: FRSC
The FRSC said the accident occurred on Friday along the Nnobi–Agulu–Awka road.

Politics
2027: Group asks ADC, Atiku to drop Amaechi as vice-presidential candidate
The group accused Mr Amaechi of desperation, saying that he lacked the grassroots strength required to win the election.
![Jens Spahn. [PHOTO CREDIT: ZDF]](https://gazettengr.com/wp-content/uploads/Jens-Spahn.jpg)
Heading 4
German lawmaker resigns after backlash for welcoming child through surrogacy
The 46-year-old politician and his party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), had backed a ban on surrogacy.





