The 11th day of the Premier League has been round for Liverpool, who in addition to leading the Champions League have reinforced their leadership in the English competition with their victory against Aston Villa (2-0), combined with the defeat of Manchester Pep Guardiola’s City (2-1 with Brighton) and the draw in the London duel between Chelsea and Arsenal (1-1).
From the clash at Stamford Bridge that closed the day, fifth against sixth, the new third place could emerge, 2 points behind the citizenbeating Nottingham Forest (who lost at home to Newcastle, 1-3), but the two London teams drew in a power-to-power match. Now Chelsea (3rd) and Arsenal (4th), tied on 19 points, are 9 behind the networks (28) and 4 from City (23).
The novelty
Arsenal recovered Odegaard in the Premier, and the Norwegian assisted Martinelli’s 1-0 win
Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal, current champion, recovered its captain Martin Odegaard in the starting eleven, who had not played in the Premier since he was injured with Norway on September 9. Without the Nordic midfielder, the gunners They had lost to Tottenham, Bournemouth and Newcastle.
With the Norwegian in management tasks, Arsenal recovered their compass. His was the assist for the goal of the gunners which served to open the scoring. Odergaard showed off his vision of the game and put a cross to the far post, where Gabriel Martinelli precisely defined (m. 60) to put the ball between the post and goalkeeper Robert Sánchez.
The 0-1 score broke the lock in the London duel, in which Chelsea had the best chances in the first 25 minutes (Palmer, at 3m, Madueke at 19 and Gusto at 23), and Arsenal was able to score twice before the break. In fact, he did it once, through Kai Havartz (m. 32), but his goal was disallowed for offside at the request of the VAR. The German quickly unmarked himself from a foul taken mischievously by Declan Rice, but the striker, who had ordered his former fans to silence, was in an illegal position.
Chelsea’s equalizer came in the 70th minute, with a powerful shot from Pedro Neto, who traced a diagonal and hit the base of the right post with his left foot. Five minutes later they annulled Nico Jackson’s possible 2-1 score due to offside when he started running in an illegal position.
With three minutes remaining, Arsenal came close to making it 1-2 with an own shot by Samuels Colwill that Murcia goalkeeper Robert Sánchez saved with his face, and a subsequent offside kick by Trossard.
The Belgian striker missed a goal from a cross by Gabriel Magalhães. Trossard sent it out when the easiest thing to do was to put it in.
With this tie, Arteta’s Arsenal, current champion, remains stagnant: they have not won in the Premier for four games.
Manchester United
Farewell to Van Nistelrooy with victory, waiting for Rúben Amorim
At Old Trafford, Manchester United said goodbye to Van Nistelrooy’s transition period on the bench with a 3-0 victory over Leicester, before the arrival of the Portuguese Rúben Amorim (from Sporting Lisbon). With the Dutchman, who replaced Ten Hag, United have not lost again, they have achieved three wins and a draw in the four games, and have risen to 13th position in the Premier.
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