West Ham vs Arsenal as it happened: Alexis Sanchez skewers Slaven Bilic's faltering side

Follow all the action from the Premier League as Chelsea bid to keep their spot at the top while Arsenal travel to the London Stadium for the 5.30pm kick-off

Ozil put the visitors ahead with a simple finish from close range (Getty)

It's another jam-packed day of football with Manchester City and Chelsea kicking things off at the Etihad Stadium.

The last encounter headed in a 3-0 win for City but given the current strength of Chelsea's defence, Pep Guardiola's men will know they face quite the challenge in breaking down their opponents.

Later in the day, struggling Leicester travel to Sunderland to try and get their Premier League campaign back on track while Tottenham welcome relegation contenders Swansea to White Hart Lane.

West Ham and Arsenal round off Saturday's fixtures as the two square off at the London Stadium. The Gunners sit fourth in the league on 28 points, 16 ahead of the Hammers who continue to languish in the bottom end of the table.

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Saturday's fixtures:

Manchester City 12.30 Chelsea

Crystal Palace 15.00 Southampton

Stoke 15.00 Burnley

Sunderland 15.00 Leicester

Tottenham 15.00 Swansea

West Brom 15.00 Watford

West Ham 17.30 Arsenal

[3 December 2016 19:25 · Joe Miles]

90 MINS

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[3 December 2016 19:30 · Joe Miles]

FULL TIME

WEST HAM 1 - 5 ARSENAL

It's all over. Thanks to a hat-trick from Sanchez, Arsenal have dominated their opponent today in the London Stadium and have left with the deserved three points. It's a world class performance from the Chilean, but this was made possible by a rather dismal display from the home side. Bilic's men found their feet for a few moments as the second half began, but the individual excellence of Sanchez made a comeback somewhat impossible. Arsenal move up to second.

It's been a fantastic day of Premier League fixtures, as the title challenges continue to claim points and battle for the top spot. 

That's all from us today at The Independent, but make sure you tune in for live updates of tomorrow's PL fixtures. 

It's been a pleasure.