Arsenal’s supervisor Mikel Arteta, centre, shakes palms with West Ham gamers on the finish of the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and West Ham United at Emirates stadium in London on December 26, 2022.
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Arsenal opened up a seven-point lead with a 3-1 win over West Ham because the Premier League returned on Monday, whereas Newcastle climbed as much as second because of a formidable 3-0 victory at Leicester.
Liverpool additionally made a successful return from the World Cup break by beating Aston Villa 3-1 and Harry Kane bounced again from his heartbreak in Qatar by scoring in Tottenham’s 2-2 draw at Brentford.
Arsenal’s momentum in the direction of a primary league title since 2004 might have been disturbed by the six-week mid-season break.
But Mikel Arteta’s males handed one other check of their resolve after getting in 1-0 behind at half-time to Said Benrahma’s penalty.
Two objectives in 5 minutes from Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli turned the sport on its head at a jubilant Emirates earlier than Eddie Nketiah stepped up within the absence of the injured Gabriel Jesus to seal the factors.
“I’m delighted with the result and performance,” stated Arteta.
“We scored at the perfect time and the crowd was incredible, also in the moment we conceded the goal. They kept on believing. When we scored it got loud and we generated the momentum we needed.”
Newcastle’s cost in the direction of a return to the Champions League was additionally not halted by the break because the Magpies scored twice within the first seven minutes at Leicester.
Chris Wood opened the scoring from the penalty spot earlier than Miguel Almiron performed a one-two with Bruno Guimaraes and slotted previous Danny Ward for his eighth objective in his final eight league video games.
Joelinton headed residence from a nook within the thirty second minute as Newcastle made it six successive league victories — their finest run within the competitors since 2012.
“We can do anything,” stated Newcastle supervisor Eddie Howe on the potential for a title problem.
“The season is still young enough for all possibilities to exist for us. I want the fans to believe we can do anything.”
In the primary Premier League fixture since mid-November, Tottenham had been at risk of a dangerous defeat after Vitaly Janelt and Ivan Toney put Brentford in command.
But Kane netted with a sixty fifth minute header to start out the Tottenham restoration in his first recreation since lacking an important penalty in England’s World Cup quarter-final defeat in opposition to France.
Brentford haven’t overwhelmed Tottenham since 1948 and their lengthy watch for a victory over the north Londoners goes on after Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg curled residence with 19 minutes left.
Tottenham boss Antonio Conte praised England captain Kane for his contribution following his World Cup disappointment.
“When he came back he was good. We know the importance of Harry for us, his personality, his character. He’s the best player we have. I’m happy that he scored today,” Conte stated..
Tottenham keep fourth within the desk, 4 factors forward of fifth-placed Manchester United within the race to qualify for the Champions League.
Liverpool closed to inside 5 factors of Spurs and with a recreation in hand to come back by inflicting Unai Emery’s first league defeat as Villa boss.
Mohamed Salah swept residence his fifteenth objective of the season in a frantic opening with possibilities aplenty at each ends.
The Egyptian then teed up Virgil van Dijk to present Liverpool respiration house earlier than half-time.
Ollie Watkins gave Villa hope with a towering header halfway by the second half however Stefan Bajcetic’s first senior objective secured a 3rd consecutive league win for Jurgen Klopp’s males.
At the opposite finish of the desk, Everton suffered a dangerous 2-1 defeat in opposition to relegation rivals Wolves as Rayan Ait-Nouri struck in remaining seconds for the guests at Goodison Park.
Everton are actually only one level above Wolves within the remaining relegation place.
“We are in one (relegation battle),” admitted Everton boss Frank Lampard. “We’ve got to fight.”
Fulham gained 3-0 at nine-man Crystal Palace, who had Tyrick Mitchell and James Tomkins despatched off.
Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Tim Ream and Aleksandar Mitrovic scored Fulham’s objectives.
Southampton slipped to the underside of the desk after a 3-1 residence defeat in opposition to south-coast rivals Brighton.
