Arsenal defeated Tottenham 3-2, where Argentine defender Cristian “Cuti” Romero scored a goal, and secured the top of the Premier League, but Manchester City does not get out of the fight by beating Nottingham Forest 2-0 , given that they were one point behind the leader but have one game less.
Arsenal won with goals from Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, against their own goal, Bukayo Saka and Kai Havertz, so Tottenham was not enough with the discounts from “Cuti”, with pure push, and Son Heung-Min , criminal.
City, for its part, won thanks to goals from Josko Gvardiol and Erling Haaland, while striker Julián Álvarez started and played 88 minutes.
With this result, Josep Guardiola’s team is one point behind the leader, but has one game less.
In this way, Manchester City could take the lead from Arsenal, with three dates remaining in the English competition.
Liverpool is third with 75 points, five from the top and four from the second, so among those three teams the next Premier League champion will emerge.
Earlier, Bournemouth, with a goal from central marker Marcos Senesi, beat Brighton by Valentín Barco and Facundo Buonanotte 3-0.
Dybala, Nico González and Martínez Quarta scored in Italy
Fiorentina beat Sassuolo 5-1 and remains in the hunt for the European places in the table.
The Argentine footballer Nicolás González scored a double and reached 35 goals in 118 games with the Tuscan team’s shirt.
For his part, the ‘albiceleste’ central defender Lucas Martínez Quarta He played his second game on goal, while the Brazilian Arthur Melo signed two assists on goal.
Also in Italy, Roma managed to rescue a point from a 2-2 draw against Napoli at the Diego Maradona stadium.
The Argentine striker Paulo Dybala He scored from the penalty spot and remains the ‘Loba’ top scorer with 13 goals in Serie A.
Fiorentina thrashed Sassuolo (5-1) in Serie A thanks to the South American contingent.
Nicolás González was the great figure of the match by scoring a double after coming on as a substitute in the second half.
For his part, the Argentine center back Lucas Martínez Quarta fHe appeared for the second consecutive game while Brazilian midfielder Arthur Melo recorded two assists.
The Italian Riccardo Sottil opened the scoring (17th) with a shot from distance after receiving a measured ball from Melo.
Already in the second half (54), Martínez Quarta doubled the local advantage with a header from a cross from the Brazilian.
The ‘albiceleste’ defender, who had just scored in the cup defeat against Atalanta (4-1), reached five goals in 25 Serie A games played so far.
As game time approached, it was ‘Nico’ González’s turn in the spotlight.
The midfielder, who came on as a substitute after the break (46), made it 3-1 (58) by sending the ball into a corner with a powerful header.
The former Argentinos Juniors player was in charge of finishing the game (66) with his second goal of the afternoon; a shot from the front after a back pass from the Czech Antonin Barak.
‘Nico’ thus reached nine goals so far this Serie A season. In total, he has scored 35 goals in 118 games played with the purple shirt.
After the match, coach Vincenzo Italiano highlighted the Argentine winger’s improvement in recent weeks.
“He had already scored (in the Conference League) against Plzen (2-0) and from the point of view of continuity, he had to improve. These 45 minutes with two goals have helped him and from now on he will be a different player , because when he is excited he is capable of anything,” he said at a press conference after the meeting.
Fiorentina reached 50 points, placing itself in eighth position in the table, just five points behind seventh-placed Lazio (55).
Rome managed to rescue a point from a 2-2 draw on their visit to Napoli in Serie A.
The Argentine striker Paulo Dybala He once again led the Roman attack and was in charge of opening the scoring (59) with a penalty kick.
Dybala reached 13 shouts this season in Serie A and remains the Roman team’s top scorer. In addition, the ‘Jewel’ ranks as the top assister of the Italian tournament with nine serves, one more than the Frenchman Olivier Giroud (8).
The striker, a fixture in coach Daniele de Rossi’s scheme, played the entire match.
On behalf of Naples, Uruguayan centre-back Mathías Olivera made his debut as a scorer in the current Serie A campaign by making the score 1-1 (65) with a powerful first-time shot.
The ‘Charrúa’, who returned to the field after overcoming an injury, played the entire match alongside Brazilian defender Juan Jesus.
Roma went two games in Serie A without losing, consolidating themselves in fifth position with 59 points, two more than Atalanta (57).
Source: Ambito
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