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Arsenal Defeats Nottingham Forest To Regain Premier League Lead

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Arsenal, under pressure from Manchester City, provisional leader after a nice victory at Leicester (1-0) on Saturday, regained the first place in the standings following an easy 5-0 victory over Nottingham, the bottom club (9 points), on Sunday, as part of the 14th day of the Premier League.

It was not necessary to arrive late at the Emirates Stadium, where Martinelli quickly gave the Gunners the lead on a service from Saka (5th)! The British winger unfortunately left with an injury afterwards, 21 days before the World Cup, and Nelson took his place. A forced coaching but finally winning for Mikel Arteta, since the newcomer scored a double in three minutes after the break (49th, 52nd)! Not to mention the icing on the cake with this decisive pass for Partey in the wake (57th). With 15 minutes to go, Odegaard, well served by Jesus, put an end to the festival (78th).

A card and two points ahead of City: a dream Sunday for the Gunners, despite the injury of Saka.

Liverpool: end of a beautiful series at Anfield

A week after his defeat at the bottom of the table Nottingham Forest, Liverpool fell at Anfield. This is far from being a surprise given the difficult start of the season of the Reds, but this defeat against Leeds (1-2), in the framework of the 14th day of the Premier League, marks the end of a beautiful series. Indeed, the last defeat of Jürgen Klopp’s men in their home stadium went back to March 7, 2021 against Fulham (0-1), thus ending 29 games without a single defeat (22 wins and 7 draws).

Jürgen Klopp’s men were back in the game, and it took all the vigilance of Illan Meslier to thwart the plans of Darwin Núñez (32nd, 67th, 78th). The Frenchman also had to deal with Robertson (61st), Salah (86th) and Firmino (88th). Not for nothing: Crysencio Summerville punished the passivity of the red defense to give the Peacocks the victory (1-2, 89th). Leeds is now out of the red zone, and Liverpool is still losing ground on the top 4. With only 16 points in 12 games, the Scousers are in a worrying 9th place in the ranking.

Man Utd wins, De Gea heroic

Manchester United won at home against West Ham (1-0) on Sunday in the 14th day of the Premier League. If the Red Devils were leading logically at the break thanks to a goal of Rashford, served by Eriksen (38th), the players of Erik ten Hag had a more complicated second act. While Ronaldo, once again in the starting line-up, missed a double chance, De Gea had to come up with several decisive saves at the end of the game.

With this seventh league win of the season, Manchester United overtakes Chelsea in fifth place, one point behind the top four. West Ham is 13th.

Chelsea, not so good

The first magic trick of Roberto De Zerbi. Against Graham Potter’s Chelsea, Brighton signed the reference match of its new “transalpine” era, almost a month after having made Liverpool suffer. The Seagulls started the game with a lot of passion and gave their best shot. Twice, Thiago Silva saves his side on his line. But he also lost the ball in the third situation. Kaoru Mitoma broke through and set up Leandro Trossard, who cleverly dribbled past Kepa. The score quickly became more difficult when Ruben Loftus-Cheek scored with a knee from a corner. Robert Sánchez was nevertheless put to work by Conor Gallagher (18th and 20th), and Christian Pulisic did not catch the frame.

Tottenham on the edge!

With three days to go before their European “final” against Olympique de Marseille, Tottenham won an unexpected victory at Bournemouth (3-2) on Saturday, in the 14th day of the Premier League! After a two-goal lead from Moore (22nd, 50th), Spurs finally managed to overturn their opponent thanks to goals from Sessegnon (57th), Davies (73rd) and… Bentancur (90th+2) at the end of the extra time!

Pep Guardiola can thank his playmaker

Long held in check by a dense and compact Leicester defense, Manchester City managed to get out of the trap set by the Foxes this Saturday afternoon for the 14th day of the Premier League (0-1) thanks to the indefatigable Kevin De Bruyne, who came to the King Power Stadium in the absence of Erling Haaland following a slight blow received in the first half in Dortmund (0-0) earlier in the week. Arsenal will try to get back in front this Sunday when they host Nottingham Forest.

Table

P Equipe Pts J G N P Bp Bc Diff
1 Arsenal 31 12 10 1 1 30 11 +19
2 Man City 29 12 9 2 1 37 11 +26
3 Tottenham 26 13 8 2 3 26 16 +10
4 Newcastle 24 13 6 6 1 24 10 +14
5 Man. Utd 23 12 7 2 3 17 16 +1
6 Chelsea 21 12 6 3 3 17 15 +2
7 Fulham 19 13 5 4 4 22 22 0
8 Brighton 18 12 5 3 4 19 15 +4
9 Liverpool 16 12 4 4 4 23 15 +8
10 Crystal Palace 16 12 4 4 4 13 16 -3
11 Brentford 15 13 3 6 4 19 22 -3
12 Everton 14 13 3 5 5 11 12 -1
13 West Ham 14 13 4 2 7 11 13 -2
14 Bournemouth 13 13 3 4 6 12 28 -16
15 Leeds United 12 12 3 3 6 15 19 -4
16 Aston Villa 12 13 3 3 7 11 20 -9
17 Southampton 12 13 3 3 7 11 20 -9
18 Leicester City 11 13 3 2 8 21 25 -4
19 Wolves 10 13 2 4 7 6 19 -13
20 Not Forest 9 13 2 3 8 8 28 -20
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