Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham took advantage of a reduced Premier League schedule due to policing pressures ahead of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral as the top three pulled clear at the top of the table.
City and Arsenal were comfortable 3-0 winners on the road at Wolves and Brentford respectively, while Tottenham's 6-2 demolition of Leicester left the Foxes still rooted to the foot of the table.
Arsenal have not been champions of England for 18 years and have failed just to make it into the top four for the past six seasons. Jesus and Vieira were then on target with the visitors so comfortable Arteta could even hand a debut to 15-year-old Ethan Nwaneri in the closing stages. But Arsenal's improvement should have Spurs, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United sweating over the stiff competition to qualify for next season's Champions League.Three and easy: Son Heung-min returned to form with a hat-trick against LeicesterSpurs' early season performances might not have matched their north London rivals, but they will head to the Emirates in two weeks' time just one point behind after hitting Leicester for six.
But they are paying the price for a lack of continuity as a 3-2 defeat to Fulham made it four consecutive defeats for Steve Cooper's men."I've spoken about with the lads. It's not as if we're not aware of it and we've challenged ourselves - how do we become a team?
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