Liverpool forwards Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah tore Arsenal to shreds as Arsene Wenger's team crashed to a humiliating 4-0 defeat at Anfield on Sunday. The trio all found the net to condemn Arsenal to a second successive defeat after their 1-0 loss at Stoke City, which left them six points below early pace-setters Manchester United in 16th place.
Liverpool rose to second place, two points below United and one above champions Chelsea, who recorded a straightforward 2-0 win over Everton. Tottenham Hotspur are two points further back in ninth place after their Wembley hoodoo resurfaced in a 1-1 draw at home to Burnley.
Arsenal's defeat, and the toothless manner of their surrender, will once again raise questions about Wenger's position, less than three months after the Frenchman signed a new two-year contract. It was Arsenal's heaviest league defeat since a 4-0 loss at Southampton in December 2015. Wenger was able to hand Alexis Sanchez his first start of the season after an abdominal strain, but saw his side fall behind in the 17th minute when Joe Gomez crossed from the right for Firmino to head home.
Alvaro Morata scored one goal and made another as Chelsea returned to winning ways at Stamford Bridge with a routine win over previously undefeated Everton. Stunned 3-2 by Burnley in their opening home game, Chelsea took a 27th-minute lead when Cesc Fabregas steered a shot into the bottom corner from Morata's knock-down. Morata scored his second Chelsea goal five minutes before half-time, emphatically converting Cesar Azpilicueta's cross with his head.
"We must be pleased with the performance," Chelsea manager Antonio Conte told the BBC. "We played a really good game. We dominated and had plenty of chances. West Bromwich Albion's 100 percent record came to an end as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Stoke City at The Hawthorns.
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