Arsenal pounds Huddersfield
Olivier Giroud had a brace and Mesut Ozil contributed a goal and two assists as Arsenal overwhelmed Huddersfield Town 5-0 to hang on to fourth place in the English Premier League (EPL).
Their third consecutive league win brings the Gunners to 28 points, just four behind their next opponents, second-place Manchester United, who will visit London's Emirates Stadium on Saturday.
Newly promoted Huddersfield conceded inside the first three minutes, as Arsenal's Alexander Lacazette scored on a beautiful backheel shot.
The visitors remained in the contest until Ozil caught fire in the final quarter, assisting on two goals and scoring himself in an interval of just under four minutes.
The German international set up substitute Giroud in the 68th minute and contributed to Alexis Sanchez's goal a minute later before making it 4-0 in the 72nd minute to cap his best-ever performance in an EPL match.
Giroud added a fifth goal in the 87th.
Ten kilometres away at Stamford Bridge, thirdplaced Chelsea eked out a 1-0 win over Swansea, currently in the drop zone.
The defending champion Blues were more dominant than the score would indicate and the Swans owed the respectable score line to the heroics of goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski, who made outstanding stops against Willian, Alvaro Morata and Pedro.
Chelsea coach Antonio Conte was sent to the stands a few minutes before halftime after protesting the official's decision to award Swansea goal kick when he thought his side had won a corner.
The winning goal came in the 55th minute, when Antonio Rudiger headed the ball past Fabianski after Swansea's Wilfrid Bony blocked the initial shot by N'Golo Kante.