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It was a Premier League Sunday for Manchester City without playing. The English leader is now twelve points ahead of his city rival Manchester United, who failed to beat 0-0 at Chelsea. The “Citizens” have a 13-point lead over Leicester City, who suffered a setback in the Champions League race after losing in the Europa League and losing 3-1 at home in the Arsenal league.
Fifth in the table, Chelsea were unbeaten in the ninth game in a row under new coach Thomas Tuchel, but were also lucky Sunday that the video referee did not decide on a handheld penalty after Callum Hudson-Odoi touched the ball. with his hand in his own penalty area after about 15 minutes of play he would have.
Arsenal win at Leicester
The city’s rivals Arsenal can at least flirt again with the international starting places. Without a win, the Londoners, who had previously only won one of their last five league games, would have finally threatened to fall into the no-man’s-land of the table.
Youri Tielemans gave Leicester an early lead (sixth). Arsenal turned the game around thanks to a header from David Luiz (39th), a penalty from Alexandre Lacazette (45th + 2) and a goal from Nicolas Pepe (52nd).
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