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Chelsea 6-0 Arsenal: 

Thumping: Chelsea ran riot over a hapless Arsenal in the first-half at Stamford Bridge

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Contrast: Chelsea players celebrate their sixth goal scored by Mohamed Salah

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Early lead: Samuel Eto'o celebrates scoring the opening goal after just five minutes at Stamford Bridge

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Hammer blow: Schurrle strikes from just inside the area to put Chelsea 2-0 up early on

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Milestone: Arsene Wenger celebrated his 1,000th game in charge with a disastrous defeat

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Admission: Oxlade-Chamberlain even approached Marriner to tell him it was he who handled the ball

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Why me? Gibbs looks frustrated as he departs the pitch after being sent off

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Dejected: Arsenal gave themselves a mountain to climb after going 2-0 down inside seven minutes

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Rampant: Oscar (left) celebrates with team-mates after scoring the fourth

Match facts

Chelsea: Cech 7, Ivanovic 7, Terry 6, Cahill 6, Azpilicueta 8; Luiz 7, Matic 7, Schurrle 8, Oscar 8 (Salah, 67), Hazard 8, Eto'o 7 (Torres, 10)

Subs not used: Schwarzer, Lampard, Mikel, Ba, Kalas

Goals: Eto'o 5, Schurrle 7, Hazard pen 17, Oscar 42, Oscar 66, Salah 70

Arsenal: Szczesny 6, Sagna 5, Metesacker 5, Koscielny 5 (Flamini, 45), Gibbs 6; Arteta 4, Rosicky 5; Oxlade Chamberlain 4 (Jenkinson, 45), Cazorla 5, Podoloski 5 (Vermaelen, 23) ; Giroud 5

Subs not used: Fabianski, Sanogo, Kallstrom, Gnabry.

Booked: Rosicky

Sent off: Gibbs

Referee: Andre Marriner 4

Attendance: 41,614 

*Player ratings by Adam Crafton at Stamford Bridge

Hazard converted the penalty to give the Blues a 3-0 advantage after 17 minutes as once against the Gunners imploded at the home of a title rival following the heavy losses at Manchester City and Liverpool.

Oscar added a fourth before the interval, a fifth after 66 minutes and his replacement Mohamed Salah struck his first Chelsea goal as the Blues responded from the controversial loss at Aston Villa in emphatic fashion.

Stamford Bridge revelled in the success, roaring 'Arsene Wenger, we want you to stay' and 'specialist in failure'.

Marriner has previous at Stamford Bridge this season, awarding Chelsea a controversial last-gasp penalty against West Brom in November when it appeared Ramires dived.

Hazard scored on that occasion to earn a draw in a result which preserved Mourinho's unbeaten Premier League record at home, which now stands at 76 matches.

The only saving grace on this occasion was that the decision did not appear to impact on the result and it is likely that Oxlade-Chamberlain will serve the suspension if Arsenal appeal or the Football Association intervene.

With eight games remaining, Chelsea top the standings having played more matches than their three rivals, but Wenger's title chance seems to have slipped and regaining the FA Cup won in 2005 appears to be the Gunners' only opportunity of ending their silverware search.

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Six and out: Most Arsenal fans stayed until the end of the match despite the embarrassment

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Six up: Mohamed Salah slots past Szczesny in the second-half to compound Arsenal's misery