Man City & Aston Villa Win: Arsenal’s Premier League Lead Narrowed

Manchester City y Aston Villa keep the pressure on the leader of the Premier League, Arsenalwith their respective victories this Sunday. The Gunners had taken a five-point lead after beating Wolverhampton on Saturday, but a day later their rivals responded with victories against Crystal Palace and a comeback against West Ham in it London Stadium.

Manchester City took revenge against Crystal Palace

After the defeat against Palace in the End of the FA Cup last season, the Citizens got revenge this Sunday with a resounding 3-0 victory in Selhurst Park. Erling Haaland He scored his 101st goal in the Premier League at the end of the first half, in the 41st minute, and scored the double in the 89th minute via penalty.

With these two scores, the Norwegian striker reached 36 in total in 27 games between Manchester City and the Norway national team in another remarkable season. While only in the league tournament he is the leading scorer with 17 goals, six more than Igor Thiago of Brentford.

Phil Foden He scored the other goal of the match, in the 69th minute between Haaland’s double, to reach seven goals in the Premier League, ten together with Champions League and the English League Cup. As for City, they were again two points behind Arsenal and one more than Aston Villa.

How did Aston Villa perform against West Ham?

Morgan Rogers He scored twice in the second half to extend his team’s streak to nine consecutive wins. Furthermore, it maintains those directed by Unai Emery hot on the heels of Arsenal and City. Villa only lost one of their last thirteen games and won ten of their last 11, but twice had to come back against West Hamwho fights in the relegation zone.

Matthew Fernandes He scored the fastest goal in the English First Division this season, making it 1-0 in favor of the Hammers just 29 seconds into the game. However, the own goal of Konstantinos Mavropanos he tied the game eight minutes later.

Jarrod Bowen He scored in the 24th minute and gave West Ham the lead before the break, with his second goal in as many games. But five minutes after the action resumed, Rogers tied the game again and in the 79th minute scored the final goal for the comeback.