LONDON. Arsenal football players drew 1:1 with Liverpool in Saturday’s 18th round of the English Premier League and remained at the top of the table.
They are one point ahead of their rivals.
Arsenal did not break the curse at the Anfield stadium, where they have not won for more than 11 years.
The guests entered the duel at Anfield Road better, taking the lead in the 4th minute after Gabriel Magalhaes’ header.
Liverpool responded after half an hour, Trent Alexander-Arnold found Mohamed Salah behind the defense and he didn’t give the goalkeeper a chance.
Before the break, Gabriel Martinelli still had a great chance, but he narrowly missed.
Photo gallery from the match Liverpool – Arsenal (Premier League, round 18)
In the second act, the chances were reduced, but the home team could decide in their favor.
In the 70th minute, Harvey Elliott’s spot-kick hit the post, and three minutes later, Alexander-Arnold hit the crossbar after a break.
VIDEO: Alexander-Arnold’s chance
Arsenal lead by a point ahead of second-placed Liverpool and third-placed Aston Villa.
Tottenham beat Everton 2-1 at home to claim their third straight win and move up to fourth in the table. He loses four points in the lead.
Newcastle United footballers lost 0:1 at Luton. Andros Townsend scored the only goal of the match in the 25th minute.
Slovakian goalkeeper Martin Dúbravka caught the entire duel in the visitors’ goal. It was the third loss for the “magpies” in the last four matches.
VIDEO: Luton’s goal
VIDEO: Martin Dúbravka’s intervention
West Ham won at home over Manchester United 2:0. The guests stretched their streak without a win to three games in the league, the “Kladivári” succeeded in the third of the last four duels.
Their triumph was decided by Jarrod Bowen in the 72nd minute and Mohammed Kudus six minutes later.
VIDEO: Jarrod Bowen’s goal
The “Red Devils” managed to win only once in the past seven matches and did not score once in the previous four.
This happened to them for the first time since 1992. Paul Scholes, a former successful player of the club, said after Saturday’s match on television: “The tactics of coach Ten Haga in matches against the opponent are naive.”
Fulham lost at home to Burnley 0:2, this duel entered the history of the league.
For the first time, a woman refereed a match of the highest English competition. Rebecca Welch has already acted as the fourth PL referee in the match between Fulham and Manchester United on 4 November, she has also refereed matches in League Two and in the FA Cup.
Before entering the field, she received applause from several fans.
Nottingham lost to Bournemouth 2:3 at home, playing without the suspended defender Willy Boly from the 23rd minute.
English forward Dominic Solanke scored a hat-trick for the visitors, scoring the winning goal in the third minute of stoppage time.
Premier League – Round 18:
FC Liverpool – Arsenal FC 1:1 (1:1)
Goals: 29. False – 4. Gabriel
West Ham United – Manchester United 2:0 (0:0)
Goals: 72. Bowen, 78. Holy
FC Fulham – FC Burnley 0:2 (0:0)
Goals: 47. Odobert, 66. Berge
Luton Town – Newcastle United 1:0 (0:0)
Goal: 25. Townsend
/M. Dúbravka caught the entire match for the visitors/
Nottingham Forest – AFC Bournemouth 2:3 (0:0)
Goals: 46. Elanga, 74. Wood – 50., 57. and 90.+3 Solanke, ČK: 23. Boly (Nottingham)
Tottenham Hotspur – FC Everton 2:1 (2:0)
Goals: 9. Richarlison, 18. Son – 82. Gomes
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2023-12-23 19:52:30
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