Arsenal win as Chelsea failed to come to the party

Laurent Koscielny with the Man of the match performance for Arsenal

Arsenal opened the avenue for top four fight as they beat Chelsea who failed to come to the party 2-0 at the Emirates stadium thanks to first half goals from Alexandre Lacazette and Laurent Koscielny.
Chelsea were lacklustre throughout the match having only one shot on target. The gap for top four has now been reduced to three; Chelsea are 4th with 47 points, Arsenal and Manchester United both have 44 points standing in 5th and 6th respectively.
Arsenal won consecutive home matches over Chelsea for the first time in all competitions since February 2004.
In their last seven away London derbies, Chelsea have only won one, drawing two and losing four, the win came against Crystal Palace last December.
Arsenal have won their last six home London derbies, unbeaten in the last 13 with 10 wins and three draws.
Arsenal now have eight points against the big six this season, more than they had in the whole of last campaign where they had six.
Lacazette has scored five of his eight Premier League goals this season in London derbies with only Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scoring more London derby goals than his teammate in the whole of Premier League this season with six goals.

Liverpool fought hard to win 4-3 over Crystal Palace

10-man Liverpool held off Crystal Palace to secure a hard-fought 4-3 victory at Anfield. Mohamed Salah scored a brace as Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane scored one each in a breathtaking match. James Milner saw red in the 89th minute before the match went down the wire with two goals in stoppage time from each side. Liverpool move to 60 points, extending their lead at the top of the table to seven points.
For the first time since January 2014, Liverpool have won seven consecutive home games in the Premier League.
Crystal Palace became the first Premier League side to score more than one goal at Anfield since Tottenham did in a 2-2 draw in February 2018.
Liverpool is the third side to score as many as 1000 goals at a particular stadium having scored 1002 goals at Anfield yesterday, Manchester United have 1094 and Chelsea have 1005 at Old Trafford and Stamford bridge respectively.
Julian Speroni, the Crystal Palace goalkeeper is the oldest player to make an appearance in the Premier League this season, he's 39 years 246 days, the oldest since Shay Given who was 40 years and 151 days in September 2016.
Mohamed Salah has scored 50 Premier League goals in what was just his 72nd game.
Roberto Firmino has been involved in 69 goals with 45 goals and 24 assists more than any of his teammates since Jurgen Klopp took over at Liverpool.

Manchester United made it six consecutive Premier League wins since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took over at the club courtesy of a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Brighton. Pascal Gross' second half goal was not enough to complete a comeback after Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford already scored one each in the first half. United maintained level with Arsenal with both sides on 44 points.
Solskjaer became the first United boss in history to win his first six Premier League games in charge. He's the third Premier League boss in history to achieve that feet after Carlo Ancelotti for Chelsea and Pep Guardiola for Manchester City.
United have won seven penalties and Brighton have conceded seven penalities, both of them more than any other Premier League side this season.
Pogba scored his eight Premier League goal of the season, his best return in a single season since he started playing for a first team, having had 8 with Juventus in both 2014/15 and 2015/16.

Results in full...
Premier League
Wolverhampton 4-3
Leicester City
AFC Bournemouth 2-0 West Ham
Liverpool 4-3 Crystal Palace
Manchester United 2-1 Brighton
Newcastle 3-0 Cardiff City
Southampton 2-1 Everton
Watford 0-0 Burnley
Arsenal 2-0 Chelsea

Serie A
Roma 3-2 Torino
Udinese 1-2 Parma
Inter 0-0 Sassuolo

LaLiga
Real Madrid 2-0 Sevilla
SD Huesca 0-3 Atletico Madrid
Celta Vigo 1-2 Valencia

Bundesliga
Bayer Leverkusen
0-1 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1 Freiburg
Augsburg 1-2 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Hannover 96 0-1 Werder Bremen
VfB Stuttgart 2-3 Mainz 05
RB Leipzig 0-1 Borussia Dortmund

Ligue 1
Paris Saint-Germain 9-0 Guingamp
Monaco 1-5 Strasbourg
Nimes 0-1 Toulouse
Reims 1-1 Nice

Matches continue today with the following fixtures...
Premier League
Huddersfield Vs Manchester City 2:30pm
Fulham Vs Tottenham 5:00pm

Serie A
Frosinone Vs Atalanta 12:30pm
Fiorentina Vs Sampdoria 3:00pm
SPAL Vs Bologna 3:00pm
Cagliari Vs Empoli 6:00pm
Napoli Vs Lazio 8:30pm

LaLiga
Real Betis Vs Girona 12:00pm
Villarreal Vs Athletic Bilbao 6:15pm
Rayo Vallecano Vs Real Sociedad 6:30pm
Levante Vs Real Valladolid 6:30pm
Barcelona Vs Leganes 8:45pm

Bundesliga
1. FC Nürnberg Vs Hertha BSC 3:30pm
Schalke 04 Vs Wolfsburg 6:00pm

Ligue 1
Rennes Vs Montpellier 3:00pm
Angers Vs Nantes 5:00pm
Caen Vs Marseille 5:00pm
Bordeaux Vs Dijon 7:00pm
Saint-Etienne Vs Lyon 9:00pm

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