The fight for first place between Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool is on; Chelsea moves away from the European Cup qualification zone.
Arsenal He became the sole leader of the Premier League by scoring 5-0 on their field against Chelsea of Mauricio Pochettino and of Enzo Fernandezwho played and was replaced at 20′ for ST, in a match pending on the 29th round.
With 77 points, the “Gunners” distance themselves from the Liverpool2nd with 74, and Manchester City3rd with 73. The “Reds” visit Goodison Park on Wednesday in the classic against Evertonwhile the ‘Citizens’ have two games pending, the first of them in Brighton on Thursday.
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“I am very happy with the match, with the number of chances and goals we scored, the clean sheet, which showed the consistency we have,” Spanish coach Mikel Arteta said to the English network TNT.
At the Emirates Stadium in the north of the British capital, Leandro Trossard (4), Ben White (52 and 70) and Kai Havertz (57 and 65) knocked out the Chelseawith a result that could have been bigger if it had not been for several good saves by Serbian goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic.
Mauricio Pochettino can’t find a way back
Those led by Mauricio Pochettinowho were eliminated from the English Cup on Saturday in the semi-final against City (1-0), occupy 9th position (47 points) in the championship, and find it increasingly difficult to qualify for European competitions next season, the objective minimum to which they aspired.
The Argentine coach could not count on his best player of the season, the young Cole Palmer, who was on sick leave. Without the dynamism of English, Chelsea He seemed totally harmless on the few occasions in which he wandered around the goal defended by the Spanish David Raya.
His counterpart under the three suits of ChelseaPetrovic, was not successful in Trossard’s initial goal, but redeemed himself with consecutive great saves from Havertz and Trossard (27), to keep his team alive until the break.
But after halftime, Arsenal The siege multiplied and opportunities began to arrive one after another. Especially painful was the German’s double Kai Havertzformer player of Chelseawho in 2021 scored the winning goal in the Champions League final against Manchester City.
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