Arsenal's Kai Havertz (29) is congratulated aft scoring his side's 4th extremity during the English Premier League shot lucifer betwixt Arsenal and Manchester City astatine the Emirates stadium successful London, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Arsenal delivered a connection of intent successful the Premier League rubric contention with a 5-1 hammering of champions Manchester City to adjacent the spread astatine the apical to six points connected Sunday.
Captain Martin Odegaard gave Arsenal the pb successful the 2nd infinitesimal aft woeful City defending and though Erling Haaland equalised aft the interruption the hosts ran retired comfy winners to widen their unbeaten league series to 14.
City were level for little than a infinitesimal arsenic Thomas Partey’s deflected effort restored Arsenal’s pb earlier teen Myles Lewis-Skelly netted his archetypal extremity for the club.
Kai Havertz made definite determination was nary mode backmost for Pep Guardiola’s broadside with a saccharine decorativeness from a counter-attack and substitute Ethan Nwaneri enactment the icing connected the barroom with a stunning curler with the past footwear of the game.
Arsenal moved to 50 points from 24 games with Liverpool connected 56 having played a crippled less. City enactment a distant 4th with 41 points from 24 games.
Man United suffer astatine location again arsenic Mateta treble earns Palace win
Manchester United’s woeful location signifier this play continued arsenic they slumped to a 2-0 decision by Crystal Palace successful the Premier League connected Sunday.
Despite United chasing a 4th successive triumph successful each competitions, Palace were overmuch the amended broadside successful the archetypal fractional astatine Old Trafford, passing up respective chances to capitalise connected their superiority.
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The visitors did marque 1 number aft 64 minutes, Jean-Philippe Mateta reacting archetypal aft the shot had travel disconnected the crossbar to springiness his broadside a deserved lead.
United upped the ante successful hunt of an equaliser but lacked ideas, with Mateta condemning the hosts to a seventh location league nonaccomplishment this word with a precocious second, helping Palace ascent supra 13th-placed United into 12th successful the standings.