LONDON, April 12 (Reuters) - ⁠Manchester City reignited the Premier League title race on Sunday, scoring three ⁠goals in 17 second-half minutes to crush Chelsea at Stamford Bridge ‌and move within six points of leaders Arsenal.

The visitors, who meet Arsenal at home next weekend in a mouthwatering clash, turned on the style after a pedestrian first half in which Chelsea arguably ​looked the stronger side.

Pep Guardiola's men began the second ⁠half with renewed conviction and ⁠simply skipped through the Londoners' shaky defences.

"Second half was a thousand times much better," ⁠Pep ‌Guardiola told Sky Sports. "It was not bad the first half, but some players were not as they were meant to be."

Nico O'Reilly started the ⁠rout, shrugging off Andrey Santos to head the ball ​home from a Rayan ‌Cherki cross in the 51st minute.

Cherki was on hand six minutes later ⁠to cross for ​former Chelsea defender Marc Guehi to finish in the bottom corner.

Jeremy Doku made it three in the 68th, robbing Moises Caicedo of the ball just outside the Chelsea area ⁠and flashing his shot past the stranded Robert Sanchez ​in goal.

City have a game in hand and their tails up before next week's Arsenal fixture after the leaders lost to Bournemouth on Saturday.