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Manchester United strengthens in the Champions League positions

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND.- The Manchester United (2nd) and the Leicester (3rd) took a big step to play the next Champions League by imposing this Sunday to West Ham (5th) and at Sheffield United (20th), respectively, on the 28th Premier League.

In Old Trafford, the team trained by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer defeated a direct rival in the fight for the Champions League thanks to a set piece: corner taken by Bruno Fernandes and the defender Craig Dawson heads to the net when trying to avoid the shot of Scott McTominay (53).

“It has been a great weekend for us. These three points are very important because West Ham is fighting to get into the top four,” Solskjaer congratulated himself.

With this victory, United maintains a 14-point deficit with respect to the English championship leader, the Manchester City (71 by 57), who on Saturday won 3-0 at Fulham (18th) and regained the second place that it had lost hours before in favor of Leicester, who beat bottom Sheffield United 5-0, with a triplet from the Nigerian Kelechi Iheanacho.

In addition to the triplet of Iheanacho (39, 69 and 78), the Spanish scored for the ‘Foxes’ Ayoze Perez (64) and the defender of Sheffield Ethan Ampadu against (80).

Thanks to their respective triumphs, United and Leicester open a gap with respect to the fourth place, the Chelsea (51 points), which on Saturday did not go beyond the goalless draw against the Leeds (12º).

The fifth classified, outside the Top 4 that gives the right to play the next Champions League, is West Ham, with 48 points.

In another Sunday game, the Arsenal (10th) came back to take the London duel 2-1 against Tottenham (7th), a defeat that leaves the team of Jose Mourinho six points from the Champions zone.

The Argentinian Erick lamela, who was sent off in the 76th minute, put the Spurs ahead with a spectacular shot from rabona (33), but the Gunners turned it around with goals from the Norwegian Martin Odegaard (44) and from French Alexandre lacazette penalty (64).

“We played very badly in the first half. The 1-1 was not a reflection of the first half. Our game was very poor, we defended badly, without intensity, without pressing, with some players hiding,” harshly criticized the Tottenham coach , Jose Mourinho.

The news, in addition to Arsenal’s victory, was Arteta’s decision to put his captain on the bench Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, when the Gabonese forward was announced in the initial team, a measure that the coach attributed to “a discipline problem”, without giving further details.

The day closes this Monday (2:00 PM) with the visit of the Liverpool al Wolverhampton Wanderers

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