Chelsea's David Luiz has admitted his side's season will be declared a failure unless they pull off a miraculous recovery and win the Premier League title. PA PhotosDavid Luiz says Chelsea players have given it their all this season. • Lythell: Out with a whimper Chelsea need Manchester City and Liverpool to slip up in their final games to give the Blues a chance of getting back into title contention, with Luiz suggesting a season without silverware is unacceptable for the west London club. Luiz was part of the Chelsea starting line-up that lost the Champions League semi-final against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday, with his summation of the campaign pieced together by Jose Mourinho in his first season back at Stamford Bridge leaving
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Prem: Arsenal cruise, Chelsea/City scare
Arsenal took out their Champions League frustrations on Sunderland as Olivier Giroud put aside his recent off-field problems by scoring twice in a 4-1 victory at the Emirates. EmpicsGiroud struck twice for Arsenal against Sunderland. After suffering a 2-0 first leg loss to Bayern Munich on Wednesday night having played the majority of the match with 10 men, Arsenal returned to winning ways with a dominant win to close the gap to league-leaders Chelsea to one point. Giroud has been left out of the starting line-up for the past two games and he took five minutes to get on the scoresheet on his comeback following a neat finish from Jack Wilshere's pass. The France international then pounced on Santiago Vergini's terrible back pass to
Prem: City thrash Arsenal, Chelsea win
Manchester City put themselves firmly in the title picture with a convincing 6-3 win over leaders Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium. GettyImagesCity's incredible form at home continued against Arsenal. The prolific strikeforce of Sergio Aguero and Alvaro Negredo were again on target while Fernandinho struck twice and David Silva and Yaya Toure also got on the scoresheet. Theo Walcott marked his first start since September with two fine goals to keep Arsenal in contention but Per Mertesacker's late header was mere consolation for a side ultimately well beaten. City, who have now scored 35 goals in their eight home games this season, fully deserved the three points to move within three of the Gunners. • Mangan: Arsenal self-destruct against ruthless City• Brewin: On this form, Prem title is City's
Prem: Arsenal beat Tottenham, Man Utd win
Arsenal moved back up to fourth after they came from two goals down to claim a dramatic 5-2 win against Tottenham, who ended the game with ten men after Scott Parker was sent off. GettyImagesTheo Walcott is all smiles after netting a brace against Tottenham • Premier League gallery • Prem: City and Chelsea claim easy wins The Gunners, having seen their chances of silverware all but ended with defeats to AC Milan and Sunderland last week, looked to be heading for a third straight defeat when they went behind to two early goals. Former Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor briefly looked to have stolen the headlines on his return to Emirates Stadium, scoring from the penalty spot after setting up Louis Saha's opener, but the home
Prem: Rampant United move level with City
A 5-0 victory over ten-man Wigan enabled Manchester United to draw level on points with Premier League leaders Manchester City on Boxing Day, as Roberto Mancini's men were held to a 0-0 draw against West Brom on a day that saw Fulham strike a major blow to Chelsea's title ambitions. GettyImagesDimitar Berbatov's third and Manchester United's fifth came from the penalty spot • Premier League Gallery • Jolly: United showcase depth At Old Trafford, Dimitar Berbatov's hat-trick and goals from Park Ji-sung and Antonio Valencia saw a makeshift Manchester United side cruise to a five-goal win over Wigan - who had striker Conor Sammon sent off in the first half. Sir Alex Ferguson named an unusual line-up - with Michael Carrick at centre-back - but nevertheless
Prem: City win again, Chelsea see off Toon
Manchester City offered further evidence of their title credentials as they demolished Norwich 5-1 at Eastlands. GettyImagesSamir Nasri celebrates after making it 2-0 to Manchester City City had to withstand a confident start from Norwich, but as soon as Sergio Aguero broke the deadlock with a piece of magic, the points were always safe. Further goals from Samir Nasri, Yaya Toure, Mario Balotelli and Adam Johnson ensured a 12th win in 14 league matches. It took half an hour for Mancini's men to strike, but when they did it was memorable from Aguero. He seemingly had nowhere to go with his back to goal inside the area, surrounded by defenders, but after jinking right and then left he finally settled for a cheeky
Prem: United hit for six, nine men given Blues
Two goals from Mario Balotelli and Edin Dzeko as well as strikes from Sergio Aguero and David Silva condemned ten-man Manchester United to a 6-1 derby defeat at Old Trafford on Sunday as a rampant Manchester City increased their lead at the top of the Premier League. United began the day two points behind their cross-city rivals but that gap has now been extended to five. GettyImagesMario Balotelli was booked after revealing this message at Old Trafford • Premier League gallery • Ferguson rues 'worst ever' defeat• Jolly: Fergie's darkest day• Villas-Boas blames referee United enjoyed the better of the opening stages, but Balotelli put City ahead with a classy finish after 20 minutes. It was a beautiful finish from the Italian, who subsequently revealed a T-shirt