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Premier League: Arsenal 5 (Trossard 4’, White 52’, 70’, Havertz 57’, 65’) Chelsea 0

“£60 million down the drain, Kai Havertz scores again,” sang the jubilant Arsenal fans after he had put their side three and then four up against his former club to send the Gunners four points clear of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League table.

City still hold the advantage in the title race having played two games less than Mikel Arteta’s side, but their dominant 5-0 victory over London rivals Chelsea has put the pressure firmly on Pep Guardiola and his City team, and Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool, to keep on winning or risk losing out on the Premier League crown.

And Arsenal’s latest victory certainly proves that they are very much still capable of securing a first league title since 2004.

Not all too long ago the roles between these two familiar foes would have been reversed. But it is testament to just how far Arsenal have come under Arteta, and how far Chelsea have fallen in the past two seasons, that the gulf between these two teams is now so big.

Chelsea were happy to let Havertz go to their London rivals last summer to fund this project that owners Todd Boehly, Behdad Eghbali and company have taken the team on since their acquisition of the team, and certainly more than a few eyebrows were raised when Arsenal opted to splash around £65m on a player who had netted just seven Premier League goals in 35 appearances the season prior while acting as his team’s main centre-forward.

But Havertz finally seems to have found a home at the Emirates after a mixed three years in west London. The German international, now Arsenal’s main man up top, has netted seven times in his last 10 Premier League outings and is spearheading his

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