Arsenal and Manchester City have added one more victory this Sunday and continue fighting side by side at the top of the standings. The gunners, leaders of the competition with one more game than their rival, They beat Tottenham (2-3) in the London derby and the sky blues, who still depend on themselves to lift the title, did the same against Nottingham Forest (0-2). In this way, both teams confirm that the Premier League seems to be a matter of two, in a weekend in which Liverpool dropped points again and remains five points behind the lead, with only three games left.
Mikel Arteta’s team came on stage first, against a city rival that wanted to be Arsenal’s executioner in the fight for the league. The gunners They quickly extinguished Tottenham’s intensity with a great first half, in which they left with a three-goal lead at halftime, converted by Hojbjerg, with an own goal, Bukayo Saka and Kai Havertz.
The London derby seemed like a formal match until that moment, but in the second half Ange Postecoglou’s team came out with another face and put Arsenal in trouble until the end, with a goal from Cristian Romero and another from a penalty from Heung-min Son . The South Korean’s goal came three minutes from time, which left Tottenham with little room to seek an equalizer.
Later, Manchester City beat a brave Nottingham Forest, who had clear scoring chances, but whose players were not sharp in front of goal. Those led by Pep Guardiola went ahead in the match with a goal from Gvardiol in the first half. The score remained like that until midway through the second half, a time in which City suffered at times, failing to finish the game.
Finally, Erling Halaand, who had started on the bench, gave the team peace of mind. citizens with a score a few minutes after entering the field of play. With that goal, the Norwegian attacker, who had missed his team’s last two games due to injury, becomes the competition’s top scorer (21 goals), one point ahead of Cole Palmer.
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