With two goals from Gabriel Jesus, Arsenal defeated Leeds 4-1 (Arsenal Football Club)
With two goals from Brazilian Gabriel Jesus, who returned to the team recovered from injury, Arsenal remains sovereign in the English Premier League. This Saturday, playing at home, coach Mikel Arteta’s team defeated Leeds by 4-1 and maintains a comfortable lead in the competition’s lead over Manchester City (72-64).
The game was also special for the Brazilian striker, who returned to play after being out of action in recent months due to the injury he suffered in the World Cup.
Arsenal are back on the field next Saturday for the tournament and have a difficult commitment ahead of them: they face Liverpool as a visitor. Concerned with rehabilitating themselves to escape the relegation zone, Leeds are at the bottom of the table and have just 25 points and face Crystal Palace on the same day.
Despite the elastic score, the first half was difficult for Arsenal, who only managed to beat goalkeeper Meslier in the 34th minute of the first half thanks to Gabriel Jesus. The player revealed by Palmeiras made a beautiful individual move and ended up suffering a penalty after passing two opponents. He himself went to the penalty spot and made it 1-0.
Pressured by City’s victory earlier, Arsenal came back different for the second half and increased the advantage in the first minute of the match in a bid that once again had the participation of a Brazilian. Martinelli crossed from the left and found Ben White free to complete for the net: 2 to 0.
Packed by the advantage, the third goal did not take long to come out, to the joy of the crowd. Jesus worked as a waiter and served Trossard on the right. The Belgian reciprocated the gift with a cross and Gabriel Jesus scored his second goal of the match: 3-0 after nine minutes.
With the victory set, Arsenal relaxed in marking and Leeds discounted in the 30th minute with defender Kristensen. The goal, however, woke up the home team again, who tightened the pace and found time to score one more at the end with Xhaka.
ENGLISH ROUND
In a six-goal game, Brighton and Brentford were tied 3-3. Mitoma, Welbeck and Macallister scored for the hosts, who sought equality on the scoreboard three times in the match. For Brentford, Jansson, Toney and Pinnock scored.
Also for this Saturday’s round, Bournemouth defeated Fulham by 2 to 1 playing in their domains. The triumph came at the turn. Former Flamengo player Andreas Pereira opened the scoring for the visitors in the first half. On the way back from the break, Lerma and Solanke scored for the hosts and secured the three points.
Crystal Palace also asserted their dominance and beat Leicester 2-1. Pereira put the visitors ahead, but Iversen, and then Mateta secured the victory to the delight of their fans. Closing out the morning games, Nottingham Forest stayed in a goal draw with Wolverhampton. Johnson opened the scoring for Notthingham while Podence cashed late on.
