Arsenal hit two birds with one stone when he took revenge on his neighbor and guest Tottenham, inflicting the first loss and holding on to the top of the English Football League, by winning the North London derby 3-1 Saturday at the opening of the ninth stage.
Arsenal guaranteed to stay in the lead in a new stage, following raising its score to 21 points out of 24 possible, while Tottenham’s third (17) suffered its first loss this season.
Arsenal advanced following the first third of an hour, but Tottenham quickly equalized with a penalty kick, while the second half favored the host, who scored two goals, while Tottenham scored the match with ten players.
The confrontation bore a taste of revenge on the part of the “gunners”, following Tottenham snatched from them at the end of last season the fourth and last qualifying place for the Champions League following winning them 3-0 three games before the end, before Arsenal also lost once morest Newcastle and spoiled the opportunity to qualify for The continental championship for the first time since the 2016-2017 season.
And Tottenham continued to fail to win in the Arsenal stronghold in the league in the last 12 games, especially since 2010.
The death of Queen Elizabeth II confused the competitions before the international window, with the postponement of the seventh stage matches, in addition to three matches from the eighth, including Chelsea once morest Liverpool and Manchester United with Leeds.
It is true that Arsenal leads with seven victories, but its victory over Tottenham was the first once morest one of the six major clubs, knowing that its only loss came at the hands of Manchester United 1-3 and will meet Liverpool next week.
Ukrainian full-back Alexander Zinchenko and Norwegian midfielder Martin Odegaard returned from injury to Arsenal’s Spanish coach Mikel Arteta, while South Korean striker Son Heung-min was a key member of the Italian coach Antonio Conte’s squad.
Arsenal made a solid start, which he translated with a goal following a third of an hour, with a very beautiful shot from outside the area by Ghanaian Thomas Partey in the left scissors of the goal of French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris (20).
But the guests were not late in the equation, following Brazilian defender Gabriel blocked his compatriot, striker Richarlison, inside the area, so the referee awarded a penalty kick translated by England captain Harry Kane, in the manner of Panenka, in the net of goalkeeper Aaron Ramsadale (31).
And Kane raised his score to seven goals this season, and 14 in 18 games in the north London derby (a record).
At the beginning of the second half, the Brazilian Gabriel Jesus surprised Tottenham by slipping between his defense and following up on a shot by his colleague Bukayo Saka, which was blocked by Lloris and then mistakenly caught (49).
At an important turning point in the middle of the second half, Tottenham’s young Brazilian midfielder Emerson Royal was expelled following defaming his compatriot Gabriel Martinelli (63).
Numerical superiority paid off quickly following a team game that reached the Swiss Granit Chaka, who fired it powerfully from inside the area to the left of Loris (66).
In the most prominent matches of Saturday, Liverpool, the eighth (9), plays with Brighton IV (13), while Manchester City, the second (17) and the defending champion, collides with its guest and neighbor, Manchester United, the fifth (12) and renewed this season.
Liverpool continues to falter
Liverpool continued to falter, falling into the trap of a 3-3 draw at home to Brighton.
It is the second draw in a row for Liverpool and the fourth this season for two wins and one loss. It was satisfied with one point, which raised its score to 10 points and fell to ninth place with a game postponed, while Brighton strengthened its position in fourth place with 14 points.
Liverpool is waiting for four strong matches in the next two weeks, as it will host Rangers in Scotland next Tuesday in the third round of the Champions League, then visit Arsenal next Sunday, and then once morest Rangers in the fourth round of the prestigious continental competition on October 12, before Manchester City hosts on the 16th.
Belgian international striker Leandro Trossar imposed himself as a star of the match by scoring a hat-trick in the 4th, 18th and 83rd minutes.
He became the first player to score a hat-trick at Anfield since Russian Andrey Arshavin in 2009, and he also became the first player to score a double in the first half at the same stadium since former Egyptian international Amr Zaki with Wigan in October 2008, according to the Opta statistics website.
On the other hand, the two Brazilian internationals, Alisson Becker and Roberto Firmino, who celebrate their thirtieth and thirty-first birthdays, respectively, are two stars in the ranks of Liverpool, following the first saved his goal from several goals, especially in the first half, and the second scored a double that his team returned from afar.
Brighton surprised in the first match led by its new Italian coach, Roberto de Zerbi, the successor of Graham Potter, who moved to Chelsea, with an early double for Trossar 4 and 18 with two powerful left-foot shots from close range to the right of Alisson.
Firmino reduced the difference following a pass from the Egyptian international Mohamed Salah, which fell into the empty goal (33).
Klopp pushed the Colombian international Luis Dias at the beginning of the second half instead of Portuguese Fabio Carvalho.
Firmino managed to equalize following a counter-attack led by Spaniard Thiago Alcantara and from him to Dias, who penetrated and prepared it for the Brazilian, who manipulated two defenders and shot it with his left left of Spanish goalkeeper Roberto Sanches (54).
Liverpool managed to advance for the first time in the match thanks to friendly fire when defender Adam Webster mistakenly followed a corner kick into his team’s goal (63).
Brighton equalized through Trosar with a left-footed shot from close range (83).
Chelsea’s first win with their new coach
Chelsea achieved their first victory in the second match under the leadership of their new coach Potter, when they beat their host and neighbor Crystal Palace 2-1 in a second London derby in the stage.
After overseeing the Blues for the first time once morest Austrian Red Bull Salzburg in the Champions League (1-1), Potter led the London club to the second successive victory in the league and moved up to fifth place temporarily with 13 points, one point ahead of Manchester United.
Crystal Palace was the first to score through Frenchman Odson Edouard, following him from close range to a cross for Ghanaian international Jordan Aywo (7), and Chelsea equalized with a wonderful shot for Gabonese international Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from inside the area following a header from the Brazilian international Thiago Silva (38), before he scored. Conor Gallagher snatches the winning goal in the 90th minute.
Chelsea are waiting for a fiery match once morest AC Milan on Wednesday in the Champions League at Stamford Bridge.
Newcastle United beat Fulham with a clean four, with Calum Wilson (11), Paraguay Miguel Almiron (33, 57) and Sean Longstaff (43) alternately scored.
Fulham received a painful blow at the start of the match by sending off their midfielder Nathaniel Chalubah in the eighth minute.
Southampton lost to Everton with a goal by Nigerian Joe Aribo (49) compared to two goals by Conor Cody (52) and Dwight McNeil (54).
Bournemouth drew 0-0 with Brentford.
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