Arsenal took the lead in the set-up and lead again. Bayern faltered in Germany

Arsenal have struggled in recent games. After a defeat to Everton and a draw with Brentford, he lost to Manchester City, who replaced him in the top spot.

“The Gunners” started badly even in Birmingham. In the 5th minute, after Zinchenko’s error, Cash won the ball and sent Watkins on the counter-attack, who scored in the fourth league game in a row.

The visitors equalized after a quarter of an hour: in the box, the ball bounced to Saka, who beat Martínez. Aston Villa took the lead again after 15 minutes when Moreno’s pass into the box found Coutinho who scored with a low shot.

In the second half, Zinchenko decided to shoot after a corner and equalized with the first goal in the Premier League. The former Manchester City player was waiting for a goal in the English league for 92 games.

Arsenal completed the turnaround in the 3rd minute of regulation, when Jorginho’s volley hit the crossbar, but the ball bounced off the lying Argentine world champion Martínez and into the goal.

Martínez appeared at the other end of the field a few minutes later with a corner kick, but it was deflected by the visitors and Martinelli sealed Arsenal’s victory with a shot into an empty net after counter-attacking.

Manchester City did not follow on from their last meeting with Nottingham, which they won 6-0, and are in second place in the Premier League after a 1-1 draw. The guests took advantage only in the 41st minute, when Silva scored after a shot from outside the box.

In the second half, City could have increased the lead, but Navas, who was excellent at catching, was against it. At the end of the match, Wood got a chance and the winter reinforcement arranged a point gain for the home team, which moved Nottingham to thirteenth position.

Newcastle lost only the second game in this year’s Premier League, paradoxically again against Liverpool. He decided the match in the opening twenty minutes. First, after Alexander-Arnold’s cross, Núñez made his mark in the 10th minute, and Gakpo increased the score seven minutes later.

In the 22nd minute, Salah got a chance, the home goalkeeper Pope, trying to prevent a counterattack, played the ball with his hand, and because he was far from the goal, he received a red card and will miss the League Cup final.

Newcastle was dangerous even with a numerical disadvantage and did not dramatize the match only thanks to Alisson’s excellent catching. “Reds” are in eighth place in the table after the win, Newcastle is fourth.

After Tuesday’s loss to Dortmund in the Champions League, Chelsea also lost 0:1 to the bottom team of the Premier League, Southampton. The Saints got vital points in the battle for survival thanks to Ward-Prowse scoring a first-half set-piece.

The English midfielder scored the seventeenth goal from a free kick in the Premier League, only his compatriot Beckham has more, who scored 18 goals. Despite the great chances, the Chelsea players did not succeed. In the last ten competitive games, the “Blues” have scored only four goals and are in tenth place in the Premier League.

Fulham managed to win at Brighton and move ahead of their rivals to sixth place. The match was decided in the 88th minute by Salomon after six minutes on the pitch. The Shakhtar signing scored for the second time in a row, again as a substitute player.

English Football League – Round 24:

Aston Villa – Arsenal 2:4 (5. Watkins, 31. Coutinho – 16. Saka, 61. Zincenko, 90.+3 owned by Martínez, 90.+8 Martinelli), Brentford – Crystal Palace 1:1 (90.+6 Janelt – 69. Eze), Brighton – Fulham 0:1 (88. Solomon), Chelsea – Southampton 0:1 (45.+1 Ward-Prowse), Everton – Leeds 1:0 (64. Coleman), Nottingham – Manchester City 1:1 (84. Wood – 41. Silva), Wolverhampton – Bournemouth 0:1 (49. Tavernier), Newcastle – Liverpool 0:2 (10. Nuňez, 17. Steel).

Bayern lost in Mönchengladbach

The players of Bayern Munich lost 2:3 in the German league in Mönchengladbach, where they played without the suspended Upamecan from the 8th minute, and they may lose first place. After the 21st round, they can be replaced at the top of the table by Union Berlin, which plays against Schalke on Sunday.

Bayern lost for only the second time this Bundesliga season and confirmed their lack of success against Mönchengladbach. He has not been able to beat him in the last five games, in four of which he has not scored.

At the beginning of the match, Upamecano illegally stopped Pléu from escaping, for which he received a red card. The weakened guests soon conceded after Stindl’s accurate shot from the edge of the box.

Bayern managed to equalize in the first half: Davies found Choupo-Moting in the box, who beat Omlin with a shot from the first. The home team took the lead again in the 55th minute thanks to Hofmann. In the end, Sommer cashed in for the third time. The Swiss goalkeeper, who came to Bayern from Mönchengladbach in January, was not enough for Thuram’s shot. Mönchengladbach beat Bayern for the sixth time since the 2017/18 season, which no other team has managed.

Freiburg also had a numerical advantage, winning 2-0 in Bochum and remaining in fourth place. At the end of the first half, Gregoritsch scored after a corner kick. After the break, Höler increased with a precise header. Bochum played from the 64th minute in ten after Losilla’s red card.

Leipzig made amends for their loss to Union Berlin from the previous round with an emphatic 3-0 win over Wolfsburg. In the 74th minute, Czech midfielder Lukáš Ambros came on the field and scored his first Bundesliga start since his transfer from Slavia Prague in 2020.

Frankfurt overcame the loss to Cologne and stay in contention for cup positions after a 2-0 win over Bremen. Czech goalkeeper Jiří Pavlenka conceded the first goal in the 8th minute. From a standard situation, the ball reached Jakič, who returned it to a small goal and Friedl knocked the ball into his own net.

At the beginning of the second act, the Czech international capitulated for the second time: although he knocked out Kolo Muani’s header, the French striker got to the ball again after Knauff’s collapse and scored his tenth league goal of the season.

Stuttgart won after six games. He managed a clear 3-0 win against Cologne thanks to a goal by Gil Dias, who scored for the first time after his recent arrival from Benfica Lisbon.

German Football League – Round 21:

Mönchengladbach – Bayern Munich 3:2 (13. Stindl, 55. Hofmann, 84. Thuram – 35. Choupo-Moting, 90.+3 Tel), Bochum – Freiburg 0:2 (39. Gregoritsch, 51. Höler), Stuttgart – Cologne 3:0 (9. Gil Dias, 59. Sosa, 74. Coulibaly), Wolfsburg – Leipzig 0:3 (14. Forsberg, 85. Laimer, 90.+2 Szoboszlai), Eintracht Frankfurt – Brémy 2:0 (8th own Friedl, 52nd Kolo Muani).