Arsenal's Kieran Gibbs (front L) is shown a red card by referee Andre Marriner during their English Premier League match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in London Saturday. — Reuters LONDON — Chelsea ripped apart Premier League title rival Arsenal in a 6-0 mauling at Stamford Bridge Saturday to ensure Arsene Wenger's 1,000th game turned sour and Liverpool and Manchester City kept up the pressure with big wins. Yaya Toure scored a hat trick including two penalties as City wrapped up a punishing 5-0 win over bottom club Fulham and Luis Suarez's prolific run continued with three goals as Liverpool twice came from behind to thrash Cardiff City 6-3. The goals were spread about for Chelsea as Samuel Eto'o, Andre Schuerrle, Eden Hazard, Oscar (2) and Mohamed Salah were on target for the leaders in a match likely to be remembered for a bizarre refereeing blunder as much as Chelsea's cut and thrust. Official Andre Marriner flashed a red card at Arsenal's Kieran Gibbs for a handball on the goalline by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Chamberlain was seen saying to referee: “It was me.” The sending-off did little to affect the destination of the points, however, as Arsenal was already 2-0 down when Gibbs was dismissed and Hazard stepped up to convert the resulting penalty to make it 3-0 after just 17 minutes. Chelsea stayed four points clear of Liverpool in second, the Londoners having played a game more, with Manchester City six adrift of Chelsea in third but with three games in hand. Arsenal slipped to fourth. Everton moved up to fifth with a 3-2 win over struggling Swansea City and Norwich City improved its chances of avoiding the drop by beating relegation rival Sunderland 2-0, with a stunning volley from Alex Tettey. West Bromwich Albion lost 2-0 at Hull City and Newcastle United's Papiss Cisse scored in stoppage time to inflict a painful 1-0 defeat on Crystal Palace. Bayern puts one hand on trophy Bayern Munich left it late to grind out a 2-0 win in Mainz Saturday and move one victory away from the Bundesliga title. Bastian Schweinsteiger broke the deadlock in the 82nd minute and Mario Goetze added another goal four minutes later to secure Bayern's league-record 18th consecutive win and stretch its unbeaten run to 51 games. Second-place Borussia Dortmund won 3-0 at Hannover but remains 23 points behind Bayern with eight games remaining. Schalke consolidated third with a 3-1 win over Eintracht Braunschweig. Stuttgart beat 10-man Hamburger SV 1-0 and Wolfsburg ended with 10 men in a 1-1 draw with Augsburg. — Agencies
