Arsenal next five fixtures compared to Liverpool and Man City after West Ham thrashing

Arsenal put on a show at the London Stadium as they responded emphatically to Liverpool and Manchester City winning on Saturday. The Gunners dominated from the outset but really made their total superiority count in a blistering 15-minute spell before half-time.

Goals from William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes ensured a fine day for the defence, while Bukayo Saka converted a penalty to grab his 50th goal for the club. Leandro Trossard's curled finish just before the break added gloss to a fine showing.

For Arsenal, the result leaves things as they started heading into the weekend, albeit with a much improved goal difference Liverpool remain top after their 3-1 win over Burnley at Anfield, City had briefly gone to the summit earlier on Saturday with a 2-0 victory of their own, at home to Everton.

Title outsiders Tottenham just about kept up their feint hopes of gatecrashing the party. Spurs beat came from behind to beat Brighton 2-1 thanks to a 96th-minute winner from Brennan Johnson.

Champions League football is now on the horizon for Arsenal and Mikel Arteta as he looks to try and compete on two fronts for the rest of the season. It is a big period coming up for the Gunners. Here's how their next five league games will shape up.

Arsenal will be strong favourites to make it five league wins in a row when they travel to Turf Moor next week. In a game between two of Pep Guardiola's disciples, Arteta will be hoping to get one over a struggling Vincent Kompany.

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Burnley are currently second bottom, locked on 13 points, and are being