Premier League Roundup: Arsenal and Saliba Lead the Way, Tottenham Stumbles, United Secures Narrow Win

LONDON, United Kingdom – Arsenal and William Saliba, superior to Burnley (3-1), took advantage of Tottenham’s failure in Wolverhampton (2-1 defeat) to take second place with the same number of points as leader Manchester City, traveling to Chelsea on Sunday. Without being flamboyant, once again, Manchester United pocketed a second victory in a row, Saturday against promoted Luton, enough to reach sixth place while waiting for the other matches of the 12th day.
Arsenal on the rebound
Arsenal came away frustrated from their trip to Newcastle last weekend, a first defeat of the season which left Mikel Arteta angry with the refereeing, “a shame” according to him. The coach was smiling again on Saturday, at the same time as second place with 27 points, the same total as Manchester City, and one point more than Tottenham, the north London rival. “I think we deserve to be in this place, a very good position before the international break. It gives us momentum” before the end of the year, said the Spaniard. At home, the Londoners dominated the promoted Burnley thanks to Leandro Trossard (45th + 1), credited with the 1000th goal scored by Arsenal at the Emirates, William Saliba with a header from a corner (57th, 2-1) and Oleksandr Zinchenko from ‘a nice recovery (74th). Portuguese midfielder Fabio Vieira, who entered on the hour mark, put Arsenal in difficulty by receiving a red card for a foul (83rd), but his partners held on.
Cold shower for Tottenham
Spurs lost their unbeaten run in the league on Monday at nine against Chelsea (4-1 defeat), and much more on Saturday at Wolverhampton (2-1 defeat), where they let the victory slip away with two goals conceded in added time . “It’s part of the pain of football and when things happen in these circumstances you have to accept them. I cannot criticize the efforts and commitment of the players,” underlined coach Ange Postecoglou. His team (26 points), leader before last weekend, could slip to the foot of the podium if Liverpool (24 pts) were to win on Sunday against Brentford. Tottenham scored quickly, on their only shot attempted in the first period, by Brennan Johnson (3rd, 1-0), before suffering the domination of the “Wolves”. Entering four minutes earlier, Pablo Sarabia equalized with a magnificent sequence (90th + 1) before the winning goal signed Mario Lemina (90th + 7).
United in small steps
Manchester United collected against promoted Luton (1-0) a narrow victory but sufficient to move up to sixth place (21 points) while awaiting the trip from Newcastle (7th, 20 pts) to Bournemouth on Saturday at the end of the day. The Red Devils have only known how to win by a goal since the start of the season, and this very limited room for maneuver has not escaped their coach Erik ten Hag. “We needed this victory and we got it, but we could make life easier by scoring earlier and scoring a second goal,” he summed up with a trace of bitterness. The Dutchman nevertheless breathes a little better thanks to his Swedish defender Victor Lindelöf (59th), enough to ward off a little the clouds which appeared even more threatening on Wednesday after the 4-3 defeat on Wednesday in Copenhagen in the Champions League. Everton also continued to distance themselves from the relegation zone by winning 3-2 at Crystal Palace thanks to a winning goal from Idrissa Gueye. The Toffees are 14th with fourteen points, eight more than first relegated Bournemouth.
2023-11-11 19:36:24
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