London, December 29 (QNA) – West Ham United snatched a valuable victory against Arsenal, last season’s runner-up, and prevented them from regaining the top spot in the English Premier League by defeating them with two clean goals in the capital derby at the end of the nineteenth round of the tournament, which witnessed Brighton’s victory over Tottenham Hotspur. Four goals to two goals.
In the first match, Czech Tomas Soucek in the 13th minute and Greek Konstantinos Marfropanos in the 55th minute scored both goals, and Algerian international Said Benrahma missed a penalty kick in the 6th minute after the 90th minute.
It is the first victory for West Ham over Arsenal in its stadium since the 2015/2016 season, and it is the first victory for its Scottish coach, David Moyes, over the same team in its stadium in 23 matches in all competitions (4 draws and 18 losses).
West Ham continued its series of wonderful performances and results recently and achieved its third victory in a row after defeating Wolverhampton and Manchester United and inflicting the first loss on its neighbor at the Emirates Stadium this season, preventing it from regaining the lead, providing a service to Liverpool, which won over Burnley with two clean goals on Tuesday.
After its third defeat this season, Arsenal fell to second place after its score stopped at 40 points, two points behind the Reds.
West Ham regained sixth place after raising its score to 33 points, two points ahead of Manchester United, who won over its guest Aston Villa by three goals to two the day before yesterday at the opening of the round.
In a second match, Tottenham suffered a severe defeat against its host, Brighton, by two goals to four, at the “Falmer” Stadium in Brighton.
Jack Henshilwood scored in the 11th minute, the Brazilian Joao Pedro in the 25th and 76th minutes from two penalty kicks, and the Ecuadorian Pervis in the 63rd minute scored the goals for Brighton, and the Argentine Alejo Felice and the Welshman Ben Davies scored the goals for Tottenham in the 81st and 76th minutes.
Brighton regained fourth place from Manchester City, the defending champion, and won against host Everton by a three-goal win on Wednesday.
Tottenham’s score stopped at 36 points and fell to fifth place, one point behind City, while Brighton raised its score to 30 points and rose to eighth place.
2023-12-29 05:20:20
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