Despite being considered a defensive powerhouse today, Chelsea fell victim to a classic Pep Guardiola performance back in 2019.
Manchester City ended the first half four goals up with second half goals from Raheem Sterling and Sergio Aguero to earn the players a brace and hat-trick, respectively, helped City cruise to a six-goal win against the Blues.
In what was perhaps the most astounding result of the 2020/21 season, Villa were on hand to take advantage of a defensive disaster from Liverpool at Villa Park as the champions were annihilated 7-2.
Now £100m man Jack Grealish helped himself to two goals and some assists with then club-record signing Ollie Watkins grabbing a hat-trick too. Mohamed Salah would score twice as John McGinn and Ross Barkley also scored for Dean Smith's men that day.
Before being recognised as a European giant, Manchester City were once a mere mid-table Premier League outfit who were counting their blessing at just being recognised as a top-half Premier League side.
Middlesbrough record signing Afonso Alves scored a hat-trick that day as players like Stewart Downing got on the list too.
Another team with a selection of record losses; West Ham suffered a painful defeat at Ewood Park.
Graeme Souness’ side delivered a rude awakening to a Hammers side as Garry Flitcroft, Damien Johnson, Matt Jansen, and Craig Hignett all scored, while Tugay and David Dunn both netted long-range efforts in a 7-1 rout.
In what can be considered a vintage Raheem Sterling performance, City eased past Brighton & Hove Albion to collect a well-earned three points. This is not one Brighton fans will look back on fondly, however, it's far from the most embarrassing defeat on this list considering City have beat many teams 5-0.
In the oldest match on this list, the prolific partnership of Alan Shearer and Les Ferdinand proved too much for the Lilywhites. Both strikers scored a brace, as did Rob Lee, while Philippe Albert also scored as this result helped Newcastle secure a second-placed finish for the second season running.
The clear catalyst for this article was Manchester United’s disastrous defeat to long-time rivals Liverpool. United found themselves in uncharted territory being 4-0 down at halftime before an early second half goal, and a third of the match for Salah added a fifth.
Substitute Paul Pogba was dismissed only 15 minutes after entering the fray, compiling what really was a nightmare at the Theatre of Dreams. United have also lost 6-1 to Spurs and City and 5-0 away to Newcastle, but there was something different in this one.
In a match containing some true Premier League legends including Robert Pires, Robin van Persie and Thierry Henry to name a few, the Toffees were well and truly dismantled. Pires, van Persie, and Matthieu Flamini were all on the score in a Gunners side that were firing on all cylinders.
Just one season after being crowned champions of England, Leicester City suffered their biggest Premier League defeat on record.
In what can only be described as the 'Harry Kane show', the England captain scored four and laid on a further assist for Son Heung-min which completed the rout with goals in the 89th and 90th minute. These four goals also made Kane get his second Golden Boot as such goals put him ahead of Romelu Lukaku.
In what is undoubtedly one of the Premier Leagues most memorable games, the Red Devils gave Arsenal one hell of a day. A vintage Wanye Rooney performance ended in him leaving with the match ball with a brace from Ashley Young and goals from Nani, Ji-Sung Park and Danny Welbeck adding to an embarrassing defeat for the Gunners.
It's Arsene Wenger's biggest defeat and Sir Alex Ferguson's second-best after beating Ipswich 9-0.
The second team to enter this list courtesy of the 2012 Manchester United side, Wolverhampton Wanderers suffered a home defeat to forget. Trailing by three goals at half-time, it only got worse for Wolves as a Chicharito second half brace rounded off a 5-0 loss.
Technically the third game of the weekend to appear in this list, Brentford suffered a 2-1 loss at home to Leicester City. For Bees fans, this makes for pleasant reading being the outstanding fixture in this list, however. due to recent return from 74th-year wait for top-tier football and a Premier League debut, this should be taken with a pinch of salt.
In other words, one day they may get thrashed.
Captained by Frank Lampard, the reigning European champions demolished a lacklustre Aston Villa side at Stamford Bridge. Goals from Eden Hazard, Fernando Torres and Branislav Ivanovic and others helped the Blues cruise to an 8-0 win in a game that saw goals come in at least once every 22 minutes.
Yet another game on this list courtesy of a Manchester team as Watford fell victim to a dominant Guardiola team in a campaign that saw them go back down once again.
After going 5-0 down inside 20 minutes, it was never going to be a good day for Watford who ended up with an 8-0 defeat thanks to goals from Aguero, Riyad Mahrez, Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva, as well as a hat-trick for Bernado Silva.
Typifying the exciting attacking football we have come to expect from Liverpool in recent years, the Reds were on hand to dispatch Palace with ease, as Takumi Minamino scored early on before both Mane and Firmino added goals before the break.
Henderson and Firmino added a further two after half-time before a quick Salah brace from the bench compiled a 7-defeat for the Eagles.
Unique to this list, Southampton are the only team to have not one but two 9-0 losses on record as United and Leicester hit them both for nine.
An early red card for Alexandre Jankewitz set the tone as United put nine past them in 2021, including a rare goal from the usual defensive-minded Aaron Wan-Bissaka, as Daniel James, Scott McTominay, Edinson Cavani, Bruno Fernandes, and Anthony Martial also got in on the act.
Against Leicester, Youri Tielemans, Ben Chilwell and James Maddison netted goals as Jamie Vardy and Ayoze Perez both grabbed a hat-trick.
Leeds suffered a surprise defeat to newly-promoted Portsmouth as they shipped six goals to Harry Redknapp's side who were themselves in a bit of form at the time.
This defeat epitomised a truly terrible season for Leeds as they were relegated after 14 consecutive years in the top flight of English football and it was their first Premier League relegation.
Burnley played host to a strong City team who unbeknownst to everyone at the time, were about to become a Premier League and European heavyweight.
Thanks to goals from Emmanuel Adebayor, Craig Bellamy, and Carlos Tevez, Burnley found themselves three goals down with only seven minutes on the clock. City ended the half five goals to the good in their Premier League debut campaign.
Steven Gerrard captained Liverpool to an astounding win at St James' Park, as braces from both Daniel Sturridge Jordan Henderson saw Liverpool ease to victory over the Magpies. Fabio Borini and Daniel Agger got the other two for Brendan Rodgers' men.
One of three sides to receive their biggest Premier League defeat in a recent matchday, Norwich City were shown just why Chelsea are the reigning European champions.
Chelsea were 3-0 up by half time with the game well and truly over, however, four more goals would come from the Blues as Mason Mount got his first professional hat-trick.
