It was meant to be a day of celebration for Arsene Wenger and Arsenal as the Gunners boss chalked up his 1,000 game in charge at the club.

But March 22, 2014 will be remembered for all the wrong reasons for Wenger and all the right ones for his opposite number Jose Mourinho.

Chelsea went on the rampage winning 6-0 and while the game was billed as a meeting of two title rivals, the two teams were worlds apart.

Arsenal had already conceded five at Liverpool and six at Man City earlier in the season so perhaps the scoreline shouldn't have come as a surprise.

However, you might also have thought the Gunners had learned their lesson and tried to keep it tight in the opening exchanges.

If that was the plan then that would have been blown out the water quicker than Wenger would have been able to have blown out the candles on his celebratory cake.  

Chelsea were two goals up after just seven minutes as first Samuel Eto'o and then Andre Schurrle benefited from clinical Chelsea counter-attacking.

The Gunners weren't the only ones making mistakes that day as referee Andre Marriner too made his own blunder.

Kieran Gibbs was sent off in the incident that led to the third goal, when it should have been Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for a deliberate handball on the line.

Eden Hazard's shot looked to be going wide, but Oxlade-Chamberlain flicked out a hand and the official pointed to the spot, correctly, if not to the right man for the offence.

Hazard buried the spot-kick down the middle and the game was effectively over as a contest - as was the Gunners' title hopes.

And it was four just before the break when Oscar finished from a handful of yards after substitute Fernando Torres, who had earlier replaced Eto'o when he hobbled off, put in the ball from the right.

The Chelsea players would have been forgiven for having their own party in the dressing room at half-time given both the scoreline and the performance.

Mourinho's men continued to create chances after the interval and Oscar gratefully accepted the present provided by the Arsenal defence and their keeper Wojciech Szczesny to add number five.

And the icing on the cake came 20 minutes before the end when a long ball from Nemanja Matic caught out the Gunners again and Mohamed Salah, who had only just come on for Oscar, was left all alone to canter through and tuck home.

Even Mourinho rubbed salt into the wound by leaving the dugout early to ring his wife to tell her the score.

It was a day of high-scoring games with Man City thumping Blues' neighbours Fulham 5-0 and Liverpool winning 6-3 at Cardiff City. 

Despite the thumping win it wasn't enough for the Blues to go on and become champions as they were pipped at the post by Man City, which Chelsea skipper John Terry has now revealed had him in tears.

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