Arsenal reclaimed its five-point lead within the Premier League by outclassing Fulham in a 3-0 win on Sunday.
Gabriel Magalhães, Gabriel Martinelli and Martin Odegaard scored first-half objectives at Craven Cottage to safe a fifth straight victory within the league for Arsenal.
Leandro Trossard offered the help for all three objectives.
Second-place Manchester Metropolis had utilized strain on Mikel Arteta’s staff by profitable 1-0 at Crystal Palace on Saturday, briefly decreasing the hole to 2 factors.
Arsenal and Metropolis have 11 video games left.
There was additional excellent news for Arsenal, with Brazil striker Gabriel Jesus coming off the bench within the 77th for his first look since present process surgical procedure on Dec. 6 on a medial collateral ligament harm sustained in the course of the World Cup.
Arsenal had already had a purpose disallowed for offside following a video evaluate by the point Gabriel headed in a left-wing nook from Trossard within the twenty first minute.
The Belgium midfielder arrange the second purpose 5 minutes later, too, digging out a cross from the left that Martinelli nodded in after beating Fulham defender Antonee Robinson to the ball.
Trossard accomplished his hat trick of assists within the second minute of first-half stoppage time however the purpose owed extra to the technical ability of Odegaard, who introduced down the cross into the world, reduce inside and smashed a shot previous Bernd Leno — Fulham’s former Arsenal goalkeeper.
Tosin Adarabioyo headed the ball in opposition to the crossbar off a nook as Fulham got here into the match extra within the second half.
Man Utd draw vs Southampton
Manchester United held agency after Casemiro’s second crimson card in his final three Premier League video games to safe a 0-0 draw with last-place Southampton on Sunday.
The Brazil midfielder was despatched off within the thirty fourth minute for a studs-up problem on Carlos Alcaraz that originally earned him a yellow card. The referee modified it to a crimson after the VAR suggested him to have a look at the incident once more on the pitchside monitor.
Casemiro should now serve a four-match ban, given it was his second sending-off of the season. His different was at Crystal Palace on Feb. 4.
Southampton had the higher of the probabilities in Casemiro’s absence, twice hitting the purpose body via James Ward-Prowse — off a trademark curling free kick — and Kyle Walker-Peters and seeing United defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka clear the ball of the road.
On the different finish, Bruno Fernandes had a long-range shot tipped onto the submit by Southampton goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu.
Third-place United moved two factors away from fourth-place Tottenham and has a recreation in hand.
Southampton stayed in final place, with the underside 9 within the league — as much as Twelfth-place Crystal Palace — separated by simply 5 factors.