Arsenal beat Tottenham, Sporting’s opponent in the Champions League, 3-1 on Saturday, and consolidated their position as Premier League leader on matchday 9 against a direct candidate.
With Portuguese Fábio Vieira on the bench – he came on in the 79th minute – and without Cédric Soares, due to injury, Arsenal got into the London derby well and took the lead with a powerful first shot from Ghanaian Thomas Partey, in the 20th minute, which sparked a frenzy at the Emirates Stadium.
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Tottenham, who started the game one point behind Arsenal and with the potential to take the lead, grew after the goal of the archers and managed to equalize in the 31st minute by Harry Kane in the penalty conversion to penalize a foul on Brazilian Richarlison.
The frenetic start to the second half gave Arsenal the second goal in the 49th minute, from Brazilian Gabriel Jesus (2-1), in the rebound on a shot by Saka, with the blame shared between French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris and the Argentinian Cristian Romero.
Gabriel de Jesus created another danger in the 53rd minute with a header from the side and Tottenham returned to shake off the pressure and level the match in the following minutes, also creating danger from Dane Pierre -Emile Hojbjerg.
The already difficult task of balancing forces against Arsenal became even more complicated for the in the 62nd minute trackswith the exclusion of Brazilian Emerson, who was shown the red card after a tough challenge on compatriot Gabriel Martinelli.
Minutes later, in the 67th minute, Arsenal raised to 3-1 by Swiss Granit Xhaka, establishing the result that brought the match to a close, despite the ‘gunners’ still having the best chances to take the lead. enlarge.
Arsenal now have 21 points at the top of the Premier League, four ahead of Manchester City, who will host United on Sunday, and Tottenham, third, but within reach of Brighton, fourth, and Manchester United, fifth, who play minus two games .
Source: DN
