(ANSA) – LONDON, GEN 30 – Arsenal won 2-1 at Nottingham Forest and climbed to second place in the Premier League, whose date 22 also recorded Newcastle’s 3-1 victory as a visitor to Aston Villa and the rout Luton’s 4-0 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion.
Brazilian Gabriel Jesús opened the scoring in the 65th minute for Arsenal and assisted Bukayo Saka seven minutes later to extend the lead, while Taiwo Awoniyi scored in the 89th minute for Nottingham Forest.
With this result, Arsenal reached 46 points, two less than Liverpool, which this Wednesday will visit Chelsea (31), precisely its rival in the final of the English League Cup.
This Wednesday the defending champion Manchester City will also play, which has 43 points (on February 20 they will face Brentford in a pending match) and will be the home of penultimate Burnley (12).
Aston Villa also stood at 43 points after losing 3-1 at home to Newcastle, which reached 32 points like Brighton, which surprisingly lost 4-0 at Luton’s field (19).
For its part, Fulham accumulates 25 points after its goalless draw at home to Everton, second to last with 18 points, eight more than bottom team Sheffield United, which lost 3-2 at Crystal Palace (24).
Wednesday’s program will also offer the Tottenham-Brentford duel, while the date will conclude on Thursday, February 1 with the West Ham-Bournemouth and Wolverhampton-Manchester United duels. (ANSA).
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2024-01-31 00:25:35
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