{"id":2976,"date":"2024-04-24T10:20:20","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T10:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cashexchange.co.za\/2024\/04\/24\/arsenal-hammer-chelsea-to-move-three-points-clear-at-the-top-sabc-news\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T10:20:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T10:20:20","slug":"arsenal-hammer-chelsea-to-move-three-points-clear-at-the-top-sabc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cashexchange.co.za\/2024\/04\/24\/arsenal-hammer-chelsea-to-move-three-points-clear-at-the-top-sabc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal hammer Chelsea to move three points clear at the top &#8211; SABC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ruthless Arsenal threw down the gauntlet in the Premier League title race with a 5-0 thrashing of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/arsenal-show-title-credentials-with-gritty-win-at-chelsea\/\">London rivals Chelsea t<\/a>o roar three points clear at the top of the table yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Any remaining doubts about Arsenal\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>It was a powerful statement by Arsenal who 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.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal have 77 points from 34 games with Liverpool, who face Everton today, on 74 from 33.<\/p>\n<p>Reigning champions Manchester City have 73 points but have two games in hand starting with a trip to Brighton and Hove Albion tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>It was the sixth time Arsenal have scored five or more in a Premier League game this season and in such a tight race they have a huge goal difference advantage that could prove crucial.<\/p>\n<p>For ninth-placed Chelsea, it was their heaviest ever defeat by Arsenal and 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.<\/p>\n<p>                    <!--begin code --><\/p>\n<p>                    <!--end code --><\/p>\n<style><![CDATA[\n                .pp-multiple-authors-boxes-wrapper.box-post-id-849785.pp-multiple-authors-layout-boxed.multiple-authors-target-the-content.box-instance-id-1 .pp-author-boxes-avatar img { width: 80px !important; height: 80px !important; } .pp-multiple-authors-boxes-wrapper.box-post-id-849785.pp-multiple-authors-layout-boxed.multiple-authors-target-the-content.box-instance-id-1 .pp-author-boxes-avatar img { border-radius: 50% !important; } .pp-multiple-authors-boxes-wrapper.box-post-id-849785.pp-multiple-authors-layout-boxed.multiple-authors-target-the-content.box-instance-id-1 .pp-author-boxes-meta a { background-color: #655997 !important; } .pp-multiple-authors-boxes-wrapper.box-post-id-849785.pp-multiple-authors-layout-boxed.multiple-authors-target-the-content.box-instance-id-1 .pp-author-boxes-meta a { color: #ffffff !important; } .pp-multiple-authors-boxes-wrapper.box-post-id-849785.pp-multiple-authors-layout-boxed.multiple-authors-target-the-content.box-instance-id-1 .pp-author-boxes-meta a:hover { color: #ffffff !important; } .pp-multiple-authors-boxes-wrapper.box-post-id-849785.pp-multiple-authors-layout-boxed.multiple-authors-target-the-content.box-instance-id-1 .pp-author-boxes-recent-posts-title { border-bottom-style: dotted !important; } .pp-multiple-authors-boxes-wrapper.box-post-id-849785.pp-multiple-authors-layout-boxed.multiple-authors-target-the-content.box-instance-id-1 .pp-multiple-authors-boxes-li { border-style: solid !important; } .pp-multiple-authors-boxes-wrapper.box-post-id-849785.pp-multiple-authors-layout-boxed.multiple-authors-target-the-content.box-instance-id-1 .pp-multiple-authors-boxes-li { color: #3c434a !important; }             ]]><\/style>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/arsenal-hammer-chelsea-to-move-three-points-clear-at-the-top\/\" previewlistener=\"true\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes Ruthless Arsenal threw 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 yesterday. Any remaining doubts about Arsenal\u2019s staying power were answered emphatically as Leandro Trossard gave them an early lead before&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cashexchange.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2976"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cashexchange.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cashexchange.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cashexchange.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cashexchange.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cashexchange.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cashexchange.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cashexchange.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cashexchange.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cashexchange.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}