Chelsea rout Swansea 5-0 to move five points clear in Premier League

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Andre Schuerrle of Chelsea celebrating his goal during the English Premier League  Chelsea moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League on Saturday with a dominating 5-0 win at Swansea. Oscar and Diego Costa each scored twice in the first half as the Blues extended their advantage over Manchester City, who host Arsenal tomorrow. Oscar needed just 50 seconds to put Chelsea in front at the Liberty Stadium. A brace from Costa and a second from Oscar made it 4-0 after 36 minutes before Andre Schurrle closed the scoring in the second half. In other games, Manchester United won 2-0 at QPR to move into third place, Liverpool beat Aston Villa 2-0, Tottenham defeated Sunderland 2-1, Crystal Palace came from behind to beat Burnley 3-2 and Stoke was a 1-0 winner at Leicester. Newcastle host Southampton later.