Arsenal win the London Derby ++ draw in the chase match

The ailing armory sent a strong sign of life on Boxing Day. The ‘Gunners’ won 3-1 in the derby against Chelsea. Granit Xhaka showed a good performance on her return after three game suspensions and made it 2-0.

Arsenal and Granit Xhaka have had tough weeks. Mikel Arteta’s team remained seven games without a win and fell to 15th place in the table. Xhaka did his team a disservice two weeks ago when he strangled an opponent against Burnley and announced defeat with his dismissal.

How important the captain of the Swiss team is to Arsenal, he showed in his return on Boxing Day against Chelsea. Xhaka was the lynchpin in the “Gunners” game and was involved in every hit. The scene that led to the lack of penalty before the 1-0 began with a wonderful change of ends, the 2-0 shortly before the break he scored with a direct free kick from a good 20 meters. And also the attack, which Bukayo Saka wonderful to 3-0 (56th), Xhaka had started after a skillful double.

However, the final phase showed that Arsenal is not yet consolidated. After Tammy Abraham’s 1: 3 (85th), the home team was once again in dire straits. Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno avoided the big tremors when he saved a Jorginho free-kick penalty in added time.

Draw in the chase duel

In the round’s chase match, Leicester City and Manchester United split 2-2. Twice the guests led, twice Leicester managed to equalize. The 2-2 draw was made by Jamie Vardy with five minutes remaining when last season’s top scorer slipped a cross from Ayoze Pérez into goal.

Only shortly before Vardy’s 12th goal of the season did Portugal’s Bruno Fernandes once again put Manchester ahead (78th) after substitute Edinson Cavani’s preparatory work. United had already led in the first half, but the home team reacted immediately to the deficit.

Manchester United remained behind Leicester City in the table, but maintained their unbeaten streak, which has now spanned eight league games. The second best team by lost points is Aston Villa. Dean Smith’s team won 3-0 against Crystal Palace despite being undernumbered for 45 minutes and clean in their fourth straight game. For Crystal Palace, coached by Roy Hodgson, it was the second major loss in a week after a 7-0 draw against Liverpool.

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