Arsenal drew 1-1 with Brentford this Saturday, on matchday 23 of the English soccer league, adding the second consecutive game without winning and which could allow champion Manchester City to get closer to the leadership of the competition.
After losing to Everton last week, the ‘gunners’ lost points again, and are now six points behind Manchester City, which is second and which hosts Aston Villa on Sunday.
At the Emirates Stadium, the home team opened the scoring in the 66th minute, through the Belgian Leandro Trossard, who entered the game four minutes earlier, with Brentford tying the game in the 74th minute, with a goal by Toney.
Portuguese Fábio Vieira was called into the game by Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta in the 81st minute, replacing Swiss Granit Xhaka.
Playing at home, Leicester beat Tottenham 4-1, after trailing 1-0, after Uruguayan Betancur scored for Spurs in the 14th minute.
In Spanish Pedro Porro’s first game as a starter, after his loan from Sporting, Tottenham, who beat champions Manchester City last week, saw their rivals win 3-1 at half-time.
The Senegalese Mendy, in minute 23, James Madison, in minute 25, and Kelechi Iheanacho in added time in the first half (45+4), and Barnes (81) were the authors of the goals for Leicester, who remains in 13th place, with 24 points, in a match in which the Portuguese Ricardo Pereira entered at 88, after more than six months of absence.
Tottenham remains in fifth place, with four points more than Brighton, sixth, who drew 1-1 today at Crystal Palace.
With five Portuguese in the starting eleven, Wolverhampton beat Southampton 2-1, having played reduced to 10 from minute 27, due to the expulsion of Lemina, which occurred shortly after Carlos Alcaraz had scored for the locals (24 ).
In addition to goalkeeper José Sá, Julen Lopetegui’s team also started the Portuguese Matheus Nunes, Ruben Neves, Nelson Semedo and João Moutinho, replaced in the 46th minute by Traore.
Wolverhampton tied the game with an own goal from Jan Bednarek (73) and won with a goal from João Gomes (87), called into the game in the 70th minute to replace Matheus Nunes.
Fulham, with the Portuguese João Palhinha in the starting eleven, received and beat Nottingham Forest 2-0, with goals from Willian, in the 17th minute, and Solomon, in the 88th minute.
Source: TSF
