Arsenal defeats Luton and goes top of the Premier League. City scores 4 against Aston Villa

While awaiting the commitment of leaders Liverpool, who host Sheffield Utd on Thursday (8.30 pm), theArsenal returns to the top of the rankings for one day Premier League easily overcoming (2-0) the Luton. The Gunners got the ball rolling already in the first half. They broke the deadlock in the 24th minute thanks to an intuition by Odegaard which he triangulated to the limit with Havertz and he threw a strong left-footed shot to the near post Kaminski. Then they closed the score, in fact, already in the 44th minute thanks to the unfortunate deflection of Hashioka which, in a desperate attempt to anticipate Nelson on a low cross from the left of Smith-Roweput the ball into his own goal.

City returns to victory: 4-1 against Zaniolo’s Aston Villa

He momentarily catches Liverpool at 67, remaining -1 behind Arsenal, the Manchester City who returned to victory after two draws in a row by overwhelming (4-1) Aston Villa, who entered the field with Zaniolo starter. Guardiola’s men, despite the absence of De Bruyne e Haalandleft on the bench, went ahead already in the 11th minute with Rodri who entered with the right timing on a low cross from the right of Tissue. However, Aston Villa responded immediately by equalizing in the 20th minute Durangood at closing a triangle in the area with Rogers and to overcome Ortega with a precise left low shot.

Foden scores a hat-trick

To regain the lead, City needed a feat of The foot who, in the middle of added time in the first half, converted a free kick from the edge of the box in the best possible way by sliding into the corner to Olsen’s right with a perfect left-footed shot. In the second half Ortega saved the result from Douglas Luiz then Foden once again thought about securing the victory by scoring two more goals: first (62′) he tripled (62′) with a precise left-footed shot past the post on an assist from Rodri then (70′) dropped the poker with a great shot under the top corner.

Brighton misses the chance to catch West Ham

Finally the Brighton they wasted a good opportunity to get closer to the Europe zone by not going beyond the 0-0 draw at home to Brentford. The match was characterized by a rare episode at the VAR: referee Madley was called to the monitor for a possible penalty for De Zerbi’s men after a contract between Wissa and Dunk on the occasion of a corner but the match director did not changed his decision by correctly pointing out to his colleague that before the contact it was the Brighton defender who had committed the foul.

Premier League, the results of the thirty-first matchday

Tuesday
Nottingham Forest – Fulham 3-1
Newcastle – Everton 1-1
Bournemouth – Crystal Palace 1-0
Burnley – Wolverhampton 1-1
West Ham – Tottenham 1-1
Wednesday
Arsenal – Luton Town 2-0
Brentford – Brighton 0-0
Manchester City – Aston Villa 4-1
Thursday
Liverpool – Sheffield Utd ore 20.30
Chelsea – Manchester Utd ore 21.15

The Premier League table

Arsenal 68 punti; Liverpool, Manchester City 67; Aston Villa 59; Tottenham 57; Manchester Utd 48; West Ham 45; Newcastle 44; Brighton 43; Wolverhampton 42; Bournemouth 41; Chelsea 40; Fulham 39; Crystal Palace 30; Brentford 28; Everton 26; Nottingham Forest 25; Luton Town 22; Burnley 19; Sheffield Utd 15.

N.B.: Bournemouth, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester Utd, Newcastle, Sheffield Utd, Wolverhampton due gare in meno Arsenal, Brighton, Manchester City, Tottenham una gara in meno.
Everton 6 points deducted.
Nottingham Forest 4 points deducted.