Manchester City beat Chelsea 3-0 to chase down Arsenal

London: Manchester City reignited the Premier League title race on Sunday, scoring three goals in 17 second-half minutes to crush Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and ‌move ⁠within six ⁠points of leaders Arsenal.

Nico O'Reilly started the rout, shrugging off Andrey Santos to head the ball home from a Rayan Cherki cross in the 51st minute. Cherki was ⁠on hand ‌six minutes later to cross for former Chelsea defender Marc ⁠Guehi to finish in the bottom corner.

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Jeremy Doku made it three ​in the 68th, robbing Moises Caicedo of the ball just outside the Chelsea area and flashing his shot past the ‌stranded Robert Sanchez in goal.

City, who have a game in ​hand, ​play Arsenal, ⁠who lost to Bournemouth on Saturday, next weekend with their tails up, but ​the result severely dented Chelsea's Champions League qualification ambitions. They remain sixth, four points adrift of Liverpool in fifth.