Arsenal's 4-1 throttling of Stoke City was enough to keep the Gunners' top-four hopes alive on Saturday, as an Olivier Giroud brace helped the north Londoners move within one point of third-placed Liverpool.
It wouldn't feel like an Arsenal victory without Alexis Sanchez getting on the scoresheet, however, and the Chilean moved up to joint-second in the top-scorer stakes following his 21st goal of the campaign.
Elsewhere, Swansea City moved to the brink of securing their top-flight survival after beating Sunderland 2-0 at the Stadium of Light, where goals from Fernando Llorente and Kyle Naughton moved the visitors four points above the relegation zone.