Swansea - 0
Arsenal - 3
Giroud 49′Koscielny 68′Campbell 73′
Arsenal kept up the pressure on Premier League leaders Manchester City with a ruthless second-half 3-0 dismantling of Swansea City.
Swansea's Bafetimbi Gomis squandered the best chance of an entertaining but goalless first half.
Olivier Giroud headed Arsenal in front soon after the restart, before Laurent Koscielny seized on an error by former Gunners goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski to double their lead.
Joel Campbell struck on his first Premier League start to seal victory and keep Arsenal, missing several key players because of injury, level on points with Manchester City, who have a superior goal difference.
For Swansea, the result is a setback after ending a six-game winless run against Aston Villa in their previous outing.
Arsenal title contenders?
He did not manage to score but Mesut Ozil was at the heart of Arsenal's best moves.
Having had to withstand concerted Swansea pressure in the first half, Arsenal were transformed after the interval as they strolled to a convincing victory.
They had failed to win any of their previous three meetings with the Swans, but Arsene Wenger's side produced a clinical second 45 minutes which suggested they could sustain a serious title challenge.
France international Giroud made the breakthrough with his fifth goal in six games for club and country, nodding in unmarked from Mesut Ozil's corner to score the 2,000th goal of Wenger's Arsenal tenure.
If Swansea's defending was slack on that occasion, it was found wanting again as Fabianski spilled a looping ball into the path of Koscielny, who had the simple task of tapping into an empty net.
Gunners coping with casualties
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