Arsenal snatch second with Villa win

Olivier Giroud scored his first Premier League hat-trick as Arsenal ended their season on a huge high this afternoon, thrashing lowly Aston Villa to finish second and above North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur.

Spurs started the day two points clear and on course to finish above the Gunners for the first time in 21 years but <a href="/football/spurs/result/result-newcastle-end-season-in-style-against-spurs_272776.html">spectacularly lost 5-1</a> at relegated Newcastle United to slump down to third.

It took Arsenal less than five minutes to break the deadlock against the league's bottom side and it was a familiar name on the scoresheet against the Villans.

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Olivier Giroud, after ending his 15-match Premier League . . .