Gunners fire out warning to top-four rivals
ARSENAL thrashed Aston Villa 5-0 at the Emirates with the Gunners cut to 2-5 with Coral to finish the season in the top four.
Olivier Giroud opened the scoring and second-half strikes from Mesut Ozil, Theo Walcott, Santi Cazorla (penalty) and Hector Bellerin saw the Gunners move level on points with Southampton, who were stunned 1-0 at St Mary’s.
Saints are out to 9-4 with bet365 and Paddy Power to finish in the Champions League qualifying spots after Jonjo Shelvey’s late thunderbolt proved to be the difference.
Hills make Arsenal 2-1 favourites to claim third place and Southampton, who had Ryan Bertrand see red late on, are 7-2.
Villa failed to add to their woeful 11-goal Premier League tally at the Emirates – bet365 are 14-1 they fail to reach 20 goals this season – and Paul Lambert’s men are 11-4 with Power to be relegated.
The shot-shy Villains are 50-1 with Hills not to score in their next six league games.
Celtic beat Rangers 2-0 in their Scottish League Cup semi-final and will meet Dundee United in the final.