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

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Bow down: Salah celebrates after scoring his first goal for Chelsea in the win

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Stand-in keeper: Chamberlain dived to his right and got the faintest of touches on the ball

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Not needed: The handball was intentional but not necessary, with the ball going wide

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The wrong man: Oxlade-Chamberlain protests with the referee, telling him 'It was me'

Mourinho made his 'failure' barb - referring to Wenger's eight-year trophy drought - after the Frenchman suggested anyone playing down their team's title chances was doing so for fear of falling short.

It ended the truce which had broken out in Mourinho's absence from the Premier League and, ahead of their third meeting of the season, Mourinho stopped short of joining those paying tribute to Wenger ahead of his landmark match.

Wenger's 500th game was a loss to Chelsea in August 2006 and there were warnings in the opening skirmishes of a repeat as Schurrle and Eto'o exposed gaping holes in the Gunners defence.

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Aware: Oxlade-Chamberlain looks guilty after handling the ball on the goal-line

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Mistaken identity: Gibbs (left) is shown a red card despite Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's handball

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Start of the riot: Samuel Eto'o superbly curls home the opener after five minutes

Petr Cech was at full stretch to turn away an Olivier Giroud effort before a direct run from Schurrle led to the opening goal.

Schurrle fed Eto'o, who turned Oxlade-Chamberlain outside and then in before curling left-footed across Wojciech Szczesny for his 11th goal of the season, all of which have come at home.

Soon after it was two after Nemanja Matic dispossessed Tomas Rosicky and found Schurrle, whose shot through three bodies found the corner of the net.

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Three's up: Eden Hazard celebrates with Fernando Torres after putting Chelsea 3-0 up

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Helpless: Oscar wheels away in celebration as Arsenal fans behind the goal look distraught

Nemanja Matic patrolled the midfield areas at Stamford Bridge - click here for more from our fantastic Match Zone service

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Fourth: Oscar slots home from close range after Fernando Torres' low ball into the six yard box

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Goalmouth: Oscar finished superbly under pressure from Laurent Koscielny

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Slotted: The ball nestles into the top corner of the net from Oscar's right foot

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Record-breaking victory: The win was Jose Mourinho's biggest as Chelsea boss

After the 6-3 loss at the Etihad Stadium and 5-1 defeat at Anfield, the sinking feeling on a Saturday lunchtime was familiar for the Gunners.

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The win was Jose Mourinho's biggest as Chelsea boss, and the Blues' heaviest win over Arsenal

Worse was to follow when Hazard's shot beat Szczesny and Oxlade-Chamberlain dived to his left to handle the shot, which was going wide.

Marriner awarded a penalty and thought the offender was Gibbs, seemingly refusing to be persuaded otherwise by Oxlade-Chamberlain, and Hazard converted the spot-kick after the mayhem had subsided.

Thomas Vermaelen went on for Lukas Podolski, but the Gunners leaked a fourth three minutes before half-time when Fernando Torres, on for the injured Eto'o, crossed for Oscar to tap in.

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Not again: Arsenal were four goals down at half-time, just as they were at Anfield earlier in the season

Andre Schurrle put in a fine performance for Mourinho's men - click here for more from our fantastic Match Zone service

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Credit: John Terry and Cesar Azpilicueta congratulate Petr Cech after his save just before the first goal

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Opener: Eto'o stands tall as Chelsea fans celebrate behind him

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Running on: Schurrle stretches for the ball as Sagna looks on at Stamford Bridge

Oxlade-Chamberlain and Laurent Koscielny did not reappear for the second half as Wenger made two further substitutions in an effort to stop the rot.

Torres had a mazy run halted by Per Mertesacker and the ball broke for David Luiz, whose shot was saved by Szczesny, while there was a rare Arsenal attack which saw Santi Cazorla flash a shot across goal after 60 minutes.

Arsenal's miserable afternoon continued when the defence backed off and allowed Oscar to shoot from the edge of the area, with Szczesny less than convincing in being beaten for a fifth time.

Salah replaced Oscar and soon after netted under Szczesny after racing on to Matic's lofted pass, completing the rout.