Arsenal defeated its guest Leeds United 4-1 today, Saturday, in the twenty-ninth stage of the English Premier League football competition.
Brazilian Gabriel Jesus opened the scoring for the hosts from a penalty kick he got himself in the thirty-fifth minute.
Arsenal quickly settled the match in the second half when White added the second goal (47), before Jesus returned to add his second goal and the third for his team (55).
The last quarter hour of the match witnessed a goal by the Danish player Christensen of Leeds United (76) and another from the Swiss Xhaka (84).
Arsenal raised its score to 72 points, 8 points ahead of runner-up Manchester City, with a match less for the last, while the loser’s balance was frozen at 26 points, to remain in the circle of teams threatened with relegation.
This is the seventh consecutive victory for Arsenal in the league and the twenty-third in the competition, while Leeds United received its fourteenth loss this season in the league.
And this victory came at an important period of the season for Arsenal before facing Liverpool on the ninth of this month.
In other matches, Bournemouth defeated Fulham 2-1, Brighton drew 3-3 with Brentford, Crystal Palace defeated Leicester City 2-1, and Nottingham Forest drew 1-1 with Wolverhampton.