With a goal from the Brazilian Gabriel, Arsenal remained solid as leaders of the Premier League by winning 1-0 this Sunday at Chelsea, in the London derby which was the duel as protagonist of the fifteenth day of the English league, in that Aston Villa, in the first match with Unai Emery on the bench, he beat Manchester United 3-1.
Arsenal’s victory came from a corner kick thrown by Bukayo Saka, in which Gabriel put his foot just enough to push the goal defended by Senegalese goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, in the 63rd minute of the match.
Thanks to that goal, Arsenal have 34 points and return to first place in the standings, after having provisionally sold him on Saturday to Manchester City (now second, with 32 points), which in turn won Fulham 2-1 with a penalty turned into the ultimate discount of its Norwegian star Erling Haaland.
It was a great week for Arsenal, who beat Nottingham Forest 5-0 in the Premier League last Sunday and beat Swiss Zurich 1-0 on Thursday, then securing group leadership in the Europa League and with this the ticket. for the round of 16 of the tournament, saving having to play an uncomfortable ‘playoff’ before February.
The numbers accompany Mikel Arteta’s team this season, which in thirteen league games played has won eleven, with only one draw and one defeat.
For their part, Chelsea remain anchored in seventh place, out of the European positions, with 21 points, already 13 behind their rival this Sunday.
In the rest of the games, Unai Emery’s Aston Villa moved up to 13th and took a break with a 3-1 win over Manchester United (5th).
Jacob Ramsey scored in both goals. In the 45th minute he allowed United to shorten him provisionally at 2-1, but then scored the final 3-1 goal for the Birmingham team in the 49th minute.
United, fifth, gets complicated in the race for the positions of ‘Champions’, three points behind the fourth place.
In third place are Newcastle, who beat Southampton 4-1 (18th). Paraguayan Miguel Almirón signed the first goal for his team, to lead the victory.
Crystal Palace (10th) won 2-1 at West Ham (15th), with a goal in the final stoppage by Michael Olise.
And in the last match of the weekend in the Premier League, Liverpool (8th) won 2-1 in London against Tottenham (4th).
The “Spurs” have suffered their third defeat on their last four dates.
The ‘Reds’ opened the scoring with Mohamed Salah (11). The Egyptian would be 0-2 beating Hugo Lloris on a pass from Eric Dier (40).
Harry Kane, with his 11th goal of the season, narrowed the difference with 20 minutes remaining.
Liverpool are still seven points away from qualifying for the Champions League.
– Results of the 15th day of the Premier League:
– Saturday:
Manchester City 2 – 1 Fulham
Nottingham 2 – 2 Brentford
Leeds – Bournemouth 4 – 3
Wolverhampton – Brighton 2 – 3
Everton – Leicester 0 – 2
– Domingo:
Chelsea 0-1 Arsenal
Aston Villa – Manchester United 3-1
Southampton 1 – Newcastle 1 – 4
West Ham – Crystal Palace 1 – 2
Tottenham 1 – 2 Liverpool
Classification: Points JGEP GF GC Dif
1. Arsenal 34 13 11 1 1 31 11 20
2. Manchester City 32 13 10 2 1 39 12 27
3. Newcastle 27 14 7 6 1 28 11 17
4. Tottenham 26 14 8 2 4 27 18 9
5. Manchester United 23 13 7 2 4 18 19 -1
6. Brighton 21 13 6 3 4 22 17 5
7. Chelsea 21 13 6 3 4 17 16 1
8. Liverpool 19 13 5 4 4 25 16 9
9. Fulham 19 14 5 4 5 23 24 -1
10. Crystal Palace 19 13 5 4 4 15 17 -2
11. Brentford 16 14 3 7 4 21 24 -3
12. Leeds 15 13 4 3 6 19 22 -3
13. Aston Villa 15 14 4 3 7 14 21 -7
14. Leicester 14 14 4 2 8 23 25 -2
15. West Ham 14 14 4 2 8 12 15 -3
16. Everton 14 14 3 5 6 11 14 -3
17. AFC Bournemouth 13 14 3 4 7 15 32 -17
18. Southampton 12 14 3 3 8 12 24 -12
19. Wolverhampton 10 14 2 4 8 8 22 -14
20. Nottingham 10 14 2 4 8 10 30 -20
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