Football: North London derby for Arsenal

Arsenal won the North London derby against their rival Tottenham (2-1) on Wednesday at home, which allows the “Gunners” to come back to within four points of leader Liverpool, who have played a game less.

Heung-Min Son (25th, 0-1) opened the scoring against the run of play but Arsenal turned things around before half-time by causing an own goal from Dominic Solanke (40th, 1-1) and scoring by Leandro Trossard (44th, 2-1).

Arsenal (2nd, 43 pts) took advantage of Liverpool’s 1-1 draw on Tuesday at Nottingham Forest (3rd, 41 pts) to reduce the gap with the current leader. The “Reds” (1st, 47 pts) however have a late match to play, on February 12 at Everton.

Mikel Arteta’s side will look to stretch their title dreams on Saturday against Aston Villa, again at the Emirates, where they are unbeaten this season in the league.

Overwhelmed by numerous injuries, Tottenham (13th, 24 pts) continues to sink with this fourth defeat (and a draw) conceded during its last five Premier League matches.

Newcastle grabbed fourth place thanks to a double and an assist from Alexander Isak against Wolverhampton (3-0), their sixth consecutive victory in the league, the ninth in all competitions.

The “Magpies” have been unstoppable since December 14 (4-0 against Leicester), the starting point of a virtuous series in the league (six matches), the League Cup (two matches) and the FA Cup (one). match).

In other matches this evening, Aston Villa won at Everton 0-1 and Crystal Palace won at Leicester 0-2.

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