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MANCHESTER: Arsenal ended their seven-match Premier League winless streak with a surprise 3-1 London derby win over Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday, while Manchester United drew 2-2 in the Leicester City.
Everton advanced to second place with a late win in a 1-0 loss at bottom line Sheffield United, while Manchester City advanced fifth thanks to a 2-0 win over Newcastle United.
Manchester United, who had won their last 10 away games in the Premier League, fell to fourth place with 27 points, with Leicester in third place with 28 and a resurgent Everton with 29.
Leader Liverpool (31) can extend their lead when they face West Bromwich Albion on Sunday.
Chelsea’s third defeat in four games leaves them in seventh place, behind Aston Villa on goal difference after Dean Smith’s team beat Crystal Palace 3-0.
Under pressure, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta’s woes seemed to have escalated with several regulars ruled out for a visit from a Chelsea side that could have come second with a win.
But the Gunners took the lead in the 35th minute on an Alexandre Lacazette penalty after Reece James judged Kieran Tierney in the box.
Nine minutes later, an unstoppable free kick by Granit Xhaka that beat Edouard Mendy made it 2-0.
Visibly frustrated Chelsea manager Frank Lampard replaced German forward Timo Werner with winger Callum Hudson-Odoi and Mateo Kovacic with Jorginho at half-time, but Arsenal sealed a timely victory in the 56th minute when a Bukayo Saka cross floated on Mendy and the ball went out. in the post.
Tammy Abraham received late consolation from a Hudson-Odoi center and Chelsea could have scared Arsenal even more if Jorginho hadn’t had a penalty saved in the 90th minute by Bernd Leno.
“That shows that we can do it when we are at our best. Can we do it every three days? That is the question mark we must answer in the coming weeks,” Arteta, whose team is in the 14th spot, told the journalists.
Marcus Rashford put United ahead in the 23rd minute with a brilliant finish after being slipped by Bruno Fernandes, but Harvey Barnes tied eight minutes later from the edge of the box.
Fernandes restored United’s lead in the 79th minute, drilling into the bottom corner after being found inside the box by substitute Edinson Cavani.
Once again, however, the lead was short-lived, as Vardy’s first shot on the half-return from a low cross by Ayoze Pérez, deflected from United defender Axel Tuanzebe.
“One point is not the worst result, but we are disappointed that we did not get all three points against a tough team,” United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said.
Aston Villa took advantage of playing half of the game with 10 men to beat Crystal Palace 3-0.
Bertrand Traore put forward an impressive Villa team early on, but the hosts saw Tyrone Mings sent off shortly before half-time after receiving a second yellow card.
It made little difference as they outscored Palace in the second half with Kortney Hause heading from close range to double their lead in the 66th minute and Anwar El Ghazi’s rough finish 10 minutes later wrapping up the points.
Everton left him late with Gylfi Sigurdsson’s goal in the 80th minute that earned him points at Sheffield United.
Half-time goals from Ilkay Gundogan and Ferran Torres allowed Manchester City to beat Newcastle.
City have maintained their 13th clean sheet of the season, more than any other team in the top five European leagues this season. They travel to second-place Everton on Monday.
Southampton were thwarted by a 0-0 draw at Fulham when James Ward-Prowse hit the wood with a free kick in the 26th minute and both Shane Long and Theo Walcott had attempts ruled out.
Fulham remains in the relegation zone, with 11 points in 18th place, while Southampton is ninth with 25 points.
(Reporting by Martyn Herman, Editing by Pritha Sarkar)
