At the end of the afternoon, Arsenal (3rd, 17 pts) will try to put pressure on their podium neighbors at BournemouthLiverpool (1st, 18 pts) and Manchester City (2nd, 17 pts), engaged on Sunday.
In the meantime, theGunners‘ feel the breath of Aston Villa (4th, 17 pts) in their necks. The Birmingham club, trailing Fulham after five minutes, equalized four minutes later and made the difference in the second half (3-1). The palm of the ‘remountade’, however, returns to Leicester.
The ‘Foxes’ were in a very bad position at Southampton, two goals behind at the hour markbut they obtained an improbable 3-2 victory with a goal from Jamie Vardy and another from Jordan Ayew at the end of added time. Leicester are breathing a little easier with this second victory in the league, the second in a row, which takes them back to 13th place.
There is also better for Everton, sixteenth after winning 2-0 at promoted Ipswich. Sean Dyche’s ‘Toffees’ are undefeated over the past month, a great performance considering their limited workforce.
Ten Hag breathes better
The biggest breath of fresh air on Saturday was surely obtained by Manchester United and his coach Erik ten Hag, fourteenth at kick-off and under great pressure after three championship matches without winning or scoring a goal. The residents of Old Trafford restored order in front of their supporters, who had not tasted victory at home since the first day of the Premier League…
Alejandro Garnacho (48th, 1-1) and Rasmus Hojlund (62nd, 2-1), with two nice goals as a bonuserased the visitors’ goal (45th + 5, 0-1) and rewarded the offensive ambitions of their partners. Manchester United, moved up to 10th place, will try to continue their recovery next weekend at West Ham.
The ‘Hammers’ struck hard at the start of the match at Tottenham, opening the scoring in the first twenty minutes. But the ‘Spurs’ were on a roll and logically finally won 3-1. Ange Postecoglou’s team, pushed by their noisy supporters, made the difference in the second half by scoring three goals in the space of eight minutes.
Alphonse Areola lost to a shot from Yves Bissouma (52nd, 2-1) and was unlucky on a ball from Son Heung-min which he pushed back into the legs of Jean-Clair Todibo, then touched up without stopping it (55th, 3-1).
The French defender was then stunned by the leg passes of the South Korean captain of Tottenham, scorer after several weeks in the infirmary (60th, 4-1).
“The second half was remarkable from the boys: good energy, good goals, good football“, listed Postecoglou. Unlike other moments of the season, “today we capitalized and if we continue like this we will be difficult to stop”.
