London England.
Arsenal emerged victorious from the great duel of the eighth day of the Premier League against Manchester City (1-0), this Sunday at the Emirates Stadium in London, which leaves the Gunners in second position but with the same points as Tottenham , championship leader.
This victory is the north London team’s first victory over the Citizens in the Premier League… since the end of 2015! It is also the first time since 2018 that Manchester City has lost two consecutive championship games, after the defeat last weekend against Wolverhampton (2-1).
In a match with hardly any clear chances, a shot by Martinelli, the third on target in the entire match, hit Nathan Aké, diverting his trajectory and leaving citizen goalkeeper Ederson with no options to save.
Arsenal were thus rewarded for their commitment to caution throughout the match, making the difference with the changes introduced by Mikel Arteta in the second half.
Thomas Partey and Kai Havertz, who came on as reinforcements for the last quarter of an hour of the game, combined before the German assisted Martinelli, who also started the game from the bench.
“I tried to do my best to recover and be ready for the next game,” the Brazilian goalscorer told Sky Sports about his physical problems in recent weeks.
“We know our potential and we know how difficult it is to play against them. Today we beat them and that gives us more confidence to continue,” he added about the result.
With 20 points, Arsenal occupies second position, equal with leader Tottenham, which has a better goal difference. City remains in third position with 18 points, one more than Liverpool (4th).
Salah and Isak double
The Reds were held to a 2-2 draw at Brighton this Sunday despite a double from Mohamed Salah. Liverpool once again suffered a frustrating weekend, a week after their cruel 2-1 added-on defeat at Tottenham, a match in which they ended up with nine players and a goal wrongly disallowed.
On this occasion, the Reds recovered from Simon Adingra’s goal (20) with a goal from Salah (40) and a penalty converted by the Egyptian attacker (45+1) before the break.
In the second half, Liverpool were able to take the three points with a shot from the Dutchman Ryan Gravenberch that hit the crossbar (55th) but finally it was Seagulls captain Lewis Dunk (78th) who scored, returning the tie to the Amex Stadium scoreboard.
The locals were close to scoring the third minutes later, but Joao Pedro, who received the ball alone in the small area, sent his shot over the goal.
For its part, Newcastle, who visited West Ham United (7th), went into the locker room behind on the scoreboard, after Czech Tomas Soucek’s early goal for the Hammers (8th). In the second half, the Swede Alexander Isak scored a double in the space of 5 minutes (57, 62) but the Ghanaian Mohammed Kudus (89) restored the tie for the locals.
After their great performance in the Champions League against Paris Saint-Germain (4-1), the Magpies remain in the middle of the table in the Premier League (8th) with 13 points, three behind Aston Villa (5th), which tied 1 -1 at Wolverhampton in the other game on Sunday.
The Spurs, leaders
Tottenham, with ten players in the second half, won 1-0 on Saturday against the newly promoted Luton, whose captain Tom Lockyer scored a goal that was disallowed after resorting to VAR after a foul by a teammate (40).
Midfielder Yves Bissouma was sent off just before the break (45+4) for a second yellow card for simulating a foul near the Luton area.
The only goal of the match was the work of Dutch defender Micky van de Ven (52) after a good individual play by James Maddison, another summer signing.
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2023-10-09 03:16:36
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