6-0 Defeat to Chelsea Ruins Wenger’s 1000th Game Celebrations

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Arsenal embarrassingly capitulated in Arsene Wenger’s 1,000th match in charge in a 6-0 loss to Premier League leaders Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Wenger was last month called “a specialist in failure” by Jose Mourinho and remains without a victory in 11 attempts against his nemesis after an horrendous mistake by referee Andre Marriner.

The Frenchman watched on helplessly after two goals in three first-half minutes from Samuel Eto’o and Andre Schurrle gave Chelsea a handsome lead inside the first 10 minutes before Marriner sent off Kieran Gibbs for a handball committed by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Hazard converted the penalty to give the Blues a 3-0 advantage after 17 minutes as once again, 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”. 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.