Van Persie (right) has scored 28 goals in 27 Premier League games in 2011
Robin van Persie's hat-trick aggressive Arsenal to an absurd achievement adjoin Chelsea as their accretion aggregate drive in a Stamford Bridge thriller.
The Gunners captain approved his accent to the aggregation by demography his account to an outstanding 28 goals in 27 Premier League amateur as Chelsea angled afresh afterwards their shock defeat at QPR endure week.
And it was a afflicted afternoon for Chelsea and England captain John Terry at the end of a anniversary in which has he faced allegations of ancestral corruption adjoin QPR's Anton Ferdinand - claims he angrily denies.
Terry denticulate to accord Chelsea the advance just afore half-time but again slipped crucially backward on to allowance Van Persie a ambition and a advance Arsenal never relinquished.
Frank Lampard had headed Chelsea in foreground afterwards 14 account but, in a bold broadcast with arresting errors, Van Persie put Arsenal aback in altercation from Gervinho's pass.
Terry's ambition looked to accept put Chelsea in ascendancy on the achievement of half-time but Arsenal's acknowledgment presented a acute case for Arsene Wenger's affirmation that letters of his side's annihilation accept been abundantly exaggerated.
Andre Santos equalised and the outstanding Theo Walcott put Arsenal advanced for the aboriginal time afore Juan Mata's amazing bang set up the afterpiece to an arresting encounter.
Terry absent his basement to acquiesce Van Persie to chase bright for Arsenal's fourth afterwards 85 account afore the Netherlands striker completed a additional acute adjoin Chelsea by beating his third accomplished Petr Cech abysmal into abeyance time.
Wenger's agrarian celebrations with his players and backroom agents told the Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal adventure - and fabricated it eight wins in Arsenal's endure nine games.
Arsenal accept been piecing their division aback calm afterwards a poor alpha and the address of this win will accommodate added affluence of aplomb and self-belief.
For Chelsea drillmaster Andre Villas-Boas, this was his a lot of sobering moment in the Premier League and he looked abashed on the sidelines at the regularity with which the home defence was exposed.
Fernando Torres was recalled in abode of the abeyant Didier Drogba and he was alone denied a ambition in the aperture abnormal by Laurent Koscielny's action - a moment that set the accent for a bold abounding with advancing superior and blowzy with errors.
Walcott, in foreground of watching England drillmaster Fabio Capello, was Arsenal's agitator and alert delivered crosses that should accept produced goals in the aperture stages.
He presented Gervinho with what looked a assertive ambition alone for the striker to blaze advanced with the ambition at his mercy, again begin Van Persie bare at the far post, but the striker could not accumulate his accomplishment down.
Arsenal paid the amount for that balance if Chelsea took the lead. Mata was afforded too abundant amplitude by Santos and if the awkward Per Mertesacker absent his cantankerous Lampard timed his accession altogether to arch accomplished Wojciech Szczesny.
Lampard was again the architect with a admirable brawl to absolution Daniel Sturridge, but he scuffed a half-hit attempt beyond the face of goal.
For all their blemish at the back, Arsenal bedevilled 18-carat annoyance in advance and they carved through Chelsea with affluence to restore adequation nine account afore half-time. Aaron Ramsey's canyon was accomplishment and Gervinho took the altruistic advantage to set up Van Persie for a tap-in.
Terry, about inevitably, fabricated his mark on the bold if he put Chelsea aback in foreground abnormal afore the interval, sending a accolade accomplishment accomplished Szczesny from Lampard's corner.
If Chelsea hoped this draft would accept a adverse aftereffect on Arsenal, they were to be hardly mistaken as the Gunners surged advanced afterwards the restart.
Van Persie's attempt was blocked by the legs of Cech and the absorbing Ramsey was inches over afore Santos appropriate his greatest qualities may lie in advance if he exhausted the Chelsea babysitter with some accord to put Arsenal akin already more.
Walcott's affectation adapted a ambition and it appropriately accustomed afterwards 55 minutes. As he had done throughout, the accompaniment ran beeline at Chelsea's defence, benumbed two challenges and even falling afore battlefront an absolute attempt accomplished Cech.
Szczesny was again advantageous to escape with a chicken agenda for carriage down Ashley Cole alfresco the breadth - but the ball artlessly connected until the final whistle.
Mata put Chelsea aback on agreement with a swerving 25-yard shot, although a bent Wenger was assertive acting Romelu Lukaku had befuddled Santos in the build-up.
As Chelsea's admirers sensed a backward winner, they were abashed if Terry's blooper accepted crucial. He fell to the arena as he approved to retrieve a aberrant canyon from Florent Malouda, abrogation Van Persie to appearance his assumption by rounding Cech to score.
And Van Persie abundantly had the final chat with abnormal to go by artifice Chelsea's defence already added to adduce top accomplished Cech in foreground of Arsenal's blissful supporters.
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