Arsenal win the derby against Chelsea and keep the lead

On a corner kick thrown by Bukayo Saka, Gabriel put his foot just enough to push the goal defended by Senegalese goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, in the 63rd minute of the game.

Thanks to that goal, Arsenal have 34 points and return to first place in the standings, after having provisionally sold him on Saturday to Manchester City (now second, with 32 points), which in turn won Fulham 2-1 with a penalty turned into the ultimate discount of its Norwegian star Erling Haaland.

Gabriel became the hero of the afternoon at Stamford Bridge.

Arsenal’s other supporting point for the win was another Brazilian of the same name, Gabriel Jesús, who was particularly active and contributed a lot to the attacking team.

It was a great week for Arsenal, who beat Nottingham Forest 5-0 in the Premier League last Sunday and beat Swiss Zurich 1-0 on Thursday, then securing group leadership in the Europa League and with this the ticket. for the round of 16 of the tournament, saving having to play an uncomfortable ‘playoff’ before February.

The numbers accompany Mikel Arteta’s team this season, which in thirteen league games played has won eleven, with only one draw and one defeat.

“It is a great victory for us, a step forward as a team. Coming here, against a top-level team, doing well and winning is something that will give my players more confidence”, exulted Arteta.

For their part, Chelsea remain anchored in seventh place, out of the European positions, with 21 points, already 13 behind their rival this Sunday.

There are already four games in a row that Chelsea have failed to win in the Premier League, where they had already suffered a painful defeat in Brighton last weekend (4-1).

The prospects before the break in domestic competitions for the World Cup are not very good, as Chelsea have two tough games in the new week, visiting Manchester City in the third round of the English League Cup on Wednesday and also as a guest against Saturday. Newcastle, one of the teams fighting for high positions in this Premier League.

In the ‘Blues’ the alarms are already going off and the eyes are focused above all on the technician Graham Potter, who cannot find the formula, especially in the offensive aspect.

“Arsenal were the best team and they deserved to win. We played against a team that is really in a good moment,” admitted Potter.

In the rest of the games, Unai Emery’s Aston Villa moved up to 13th and took a break with a 3-1 win over Manchester United (5th).

Jacob Ramsey scored in both goals. In the 45th minute he allowed United to shorten him provisionally at 2-1, but then scored the final 3-1 goal for the Birmingham team in the 49th minute.

United, fifth, gets complicated in the race for the ‘Champions’ positions, three points from fourth place, occupied by Tottenham.

In third place are Newcastle, who beat Southampton 4-1 (18th). Paraguayan Miguel Almirón signed the first goal for his team, to lead the victory.

Crystal Palace (10th) won 2-1 at West Ham (15th), with a goal in the final stoppage by Michael Olise.

And in the last match of the weekend in the Premier League, Liverpool (8th) won 2-1 in London against Tottenham (4th).

The “Spurs” have suffered their third defeat on their last four dates.

The ‘Reds’ opened the scoring with Mohamed Salah (11). The Egyptian would be 0-2 beating Hugo Lloris on a pass from Eric Dier (40).

Harry Kane, with his 11th goal of the season, narrowed the difference with 20 minutes remaining.

Liverpool are still seven points away from qualifying for the Champions League.

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