London: Mesut Ozil scored one and created another for Danny Welbeck as Arsenal struck three goals in four minutes in a 3-0 win at Aston Villa on Saturday, ending the hosts’ unbeaten Premier League start in emphatic fashion.

Arsenal’s record signing fired his side ahead after 32 minutes, teed up striker Welbeck to open his Gunners account shortly after before an own goal by Villa’s Aly Cissokho ended the game as a contest after 36 minutes.

Southampton’s impressive start to the season continued as they won 1-0 at Swansea City, who played more than half the match with 10 men after Wilfried Bony was red-carded. Victor Wanyama’s 80th minute goal moved Saints into second place with 10 points, two behind Chelsea who face champions Manchester City on Sunday and a point better off than Arsenal.

Papiss Cisse struck twice for Newcastle United as they hit back from 2-0 down at home to Hull City to earn only their third point of the season and climb off the bottom of the table.

Niko Kranjcar’s superb late free kick rescued a point for Queens Park Rangers in an entertaining 2-2 draw at home to Stoke City while Burnley drew 0-0 at home to Sunderland.

Victory saw Arsenal move to within three points of Premier League leaders Chelsea and meant they ended Villa’s unbeaten start to the league season.

The Gunners had not won in their last three matches and had only one league victory to their name this term ahead of this game.

But Welbeck, a £16 million (Dh95.8 million) signing from Manchester United on transfer deadline day, helped his new side change all that with an impressive performance.

He set up Mesut Ozil to score in the 32nd minute at Villa Park before the German returned the favour to tee up Welbeck barely two minutes later.

Villa, who had been hit by a sickness bug, conceded a third goal in the 36th minute as Aly Cissokho put into his own net from Kieran Gibbs’s cross.

The hosts were without Darren Bent and Nathan Baker due to illness before Ashley Westwood pulled out following the warm-up, with Carlos Sanchez drafted in.

Paul Lambert’s side had shocked Liverpool last week with a 1-0 win at Anfield and they nearly went ahead just three minutes into this match.

A poor Wojciech Szczesny kick went straight to Fabian Delph who exchanged passes with Andreas Weimann before seeing his shot from outside the area saved by the goalkeeper.

At the other end, Welbeck signalled to the Villa defence — which included Ciaran Clark and Philippe Senderos in the absence of injured captain Ron Vlaar and Baker — his intentions with a shot that went just over the bar.

But Villa could have taken the lead when Senderos’s header sailed over the bar after a threatening Tom Cleverley corner.