By Le Figaro with AFP
Published on 02/17/2024 at 6:24 p.m., Updated on 02/18/2024 at 9:43 a.m.
The joy of Rice and his family. PHIL NOBLE / REUTERS
The Gunners crushed Burnley (5-0) this Saturday for the 25th day.
Arsenal crushed the penultimate Burnley (5-0) on Saturday during the 25th day, a fifth consecutive victory in the English championship which allows the Gunners to be second while awaiting the Manchester City match at the start of the evening against Chelsea.
The Gunners (2nd, 55 points) remain in the lead of leader Liverpool (57 pts) and at least temporarily push back Manchester City (3rd, 55 pts), host of Chelsea on Saturday then Brentford on Tuesday in a late match.
Since the start of 2024, the Londoners have been driven by a very successful attack, with twenty-one goals scored in the last five league matches played.
A week after destroying West Ham (6-0) and two weeks after taming Liverpool (3-1), Mikel Arteta’s players once again laid down the law, at promoted Burnley at Turf Moor, in a one-sided encounter .
Captain Martin Odegaard showed the way with a whipped half-volley (4th, 1-0). Bukayo Saka scored twice, from the penalty spot (41st, 2-0) and with a right shot under the crossbar (47th, 3-0). Leandro Trossard (66th) and Kai Havertz (78th) hit the nail on the head. Burnley (19th, 19 pts) is seven points behind Luton, the current first non-relegation team, who host Manchester United on Sunday. Meanwhile, Aston Villa, victorious (2-1) at Fulham, took fourth place, synonymous with qualifying for the Champions League at the end of the season, at the expense of Tottenham, beaten 2-1 on their lawn by Wolverhampton .
The “Villans” won thanks to a double from their attacker Ollie Watkins (22nd, 56th), despite the reduction of the score from Rodrigo Muniz (63rd, 2-1). The Birmingham club has 49 points, two better than Tottenham who lost on Saturday for the fourth time this season in the Premier League at their stadium.
The Spurs, trailing at half-time, equalized through Dejan Kulusevski (46th) just after the locker room, but Wolverhampton won with a double from Joao Gomes (43rd, 64th).
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