Premier League | Arsenal and Man City win, Leeds and West Ham boost survival hopes

2023-02-26 11:07

Premier League | Arsenal and Man City win, Leeds and West Ham boost survival hopes


Arsenal and Manchester City continued their battle for the Premier League title on Saturday with wins over Leicester and Bournemouth respectively, while bottom-placed Leeds moved out of the relegation zone.


Gabriel Martinelli helps Arsenal A 1-0 win over Leicester briefly put them five points ahead, but City responded with a 4-1 win over struggling Bournemouth, with Erling Haaland scoring for the club in one season A record 27th Premier League goal.

New Leeds manager Javi Gracia's reign began with a crucial 1-0 win over bottom club Southampton as Firpo Jr's goal broke a 10 -match winless run and lifted them into the Premier League. No. 17 .

West Ham also scored a valuable three points as Danny Ings scored his first goal for the club as the hosts scored four in the second half to beat compatriots Nottingham Forest 4-0 at the London Stadium Team.

Everton lost 2-0 at home to Aston Villa, falling back to the bottom three.

Liverpool struggled to shake off a midweek Champions League knockout against Real Madrid at Anfield with a 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace, a result that moved them up one place to seventh in the table.

It was the first time Crystal Palace kept a clean sheet against Liverpool in 18 years.

Premier League | Arsenal and Man City win, Leeds and West Ham boost survival hopes

Arteta's conviction

Arsenal responded impressively to their defeat at home to champions City with back-to-back victories at Villa and Leicester .

Leandro Trossard's first-half goal was disallowed by VAR , but the Belgian's pass allowed Brazilian Martinelli to score in the 46th minute.

" I have every confidence that the players can do it, " manager Mikel Arteta said of his side's response.

" I think we played unbelievably defensively today because we limited Leicester to one shot on target the whole home game, which is a difficult thing to do. "

Arsenal won the title for the first time since 2004 with 57 points from 24 games , while City have 55 points from 25 games .

Since beating Arsenal, City have lost steam at weaker Nottingham Forest and suffered a midweek Champions League away loss to RB Leipzig. But they were back to their best form in the first half against Bournemouth, scoring on three occasions.

Fifteen minutes later, Haaland's shot just missed the bar and Julian Alvarez grabbed the rebound.

The Norwegian then netted his 27th league goal of the season just before the half-hour and surpassed Sergio Aguero's 2014-15 strike with a rather simple goal to become City's Premier League winner. The scoring record for the season.

Phil Foden effectively sealed the three points at half-time, diving into an errant pass to make it 3-0 . Chris Mepham 's own goal after the break made it 4-0 and Jefferson Lerma volleyed home the final consolation for the hosts, who finished third last on the day.

Premier League | Arsenal and Man City win, Leeds and West Ham boost survival hopes

relegation battle

The relegation battle has become particularly tense this season, with clubs switching places every week.

Leeds have not won a league game since November 5 , but former Watford manager Gracia made an immediate impact .

Firpo finally broke the deadlock in the 77th minute in front of the boisterous crowd at Elland Road, with a subdued shot in the lead of goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu.

" After 10 games without a win, the team needed it. It was a step but an important one, " Gracia told Sky Sports.

West Ham's home clash with Forest appeared to be a goalless draw, but Ings, signed from Aston Villa in January , broke the deadlock in the 70th minute with a Jarrod Bowen cross The ball hits goalkeeper Kyle Navas.

Everton's hopes of avoiding relegation were dashed as Ollie Watkins and Emiliano Buendia scored for visiting Villa.

Watkins broke the deadlock from the penalty spot, John McGinn was overturned by Idrisagje on the hour mark just past the hour mark and Buendia finished Everton's misery late on.

Southampton are bottom of the table with 18 points from 24 games , with Bournemouth and Everton both on 21 . West Ham rose to 16th with 23 points , while Leeds United had 22 points.