Arsenal defeated London rivals Chelsea 1-0 for his or her first win in 4 Premier League video games on Sunday as a headed aim by stand-in striker Mikel Merino boosted their faint hopes of catching up with runaway leaders Liverpool.
Merino scored within the twentieth minute when he stooped to flick his looping header over Robert Sanchez within the
Chelsea aim after a Martin Odegaard nook.
The Spanish midfielder, who has led Arsenal’s assault within the absence of injured colleagues in latest weeks, got here near a second aim within the sixtieth minute however his side-footed volley was stored out by a fantastic save by Sanchez.
Chelsea had been additionally lacking firepower up entrance with prime scorer Cole Palmer absent by means of damage whereas centre ahead Nicolas Jackson stays sidelined, additionally on account of damage.
With out them, Chelsea struggled to threaten Arsenal’s backline. The closest they got here to an equaliser was within the thirty seventh minute when defender Marc Cucurella hammered an angled volley at David Raya just for the ball to squeeze by means of the Arsenal goalkeeper’s palms and go simply vast.
The win left second-placed Arsenal 12 factors behind Liverpool who face Newcastle United within the League Cup ultimate afterward Sunday.
Each the highest two groups have performed 29 video games with an extra 9 rounds of fixtures to go.
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Chelsea are fourth, one level forward of Manchester Metropolis and 5 behind third-placed Nottingham Forest.
Substitutes Muniz and Sessegnon give Fulham 2-0 win over Spurs
Substitutes Rodrigo Muniz and Ryan Sessegnon struck late to present Fulham a 2-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur within the Premier League on Sunday, because the Cottagers minimize the hole on their rivals for European soccer subsequent season.
Fulham had been far superior within the first half however didn’t capitalise and Spurs had been a lot improved after the break, with Dominic Solanke twice heading vast earlier than he sliced over from shut vary.
However Muniz produced an excellent first-time end 12 minutes from time and Fulham academy product Sessegnon, who moved to Spurs in 2019 earlier than returning final July, scored the second aim of his second spell at Fulham to safe the victory within the 88th minute.