By STEVE DOUGLAS
Arsenal’s Premier League title problem was dented by an surprising 1-0 dwelling loss to West Ham on Saturday that featured a fifth purple card of the season for Mikel Arteta’s workforce.
Second-place Arsenal squandered an opportunity to trim the hole to Liverpool to 5 factors as Jarrod Bowen’s first-half header secured a win for West Ham, which arrived at Emirates Stadium with only one victory in its final eight video games.
There was worse to return for Arsenal, with left again Myles Lewis-Skelly handed a purple card following a video assessment for his foul because the final man. The workforce’s disciplinary document below Arteta has come below scrutiny this season — and may but value the Gunners the title, together with key accidents to their assault.
With the likes of Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus out injured, Arsenal had solely two photographs on track in opposition to West Ham.
It leaves Liverpool with an eight-point cushion, having performed the identical variety of video games as Arsenal, and that benefit might develop when the leaders play Manchester Metropolis away on Sunday.
United rallies for draw at Everton
Manchester United got here from two targets down earlier than benefiting from a last-gasp video-review name to attract 2-2 at Everton.
Uruguay midfielder Manuel Ugarte grabbed the Eightieth-minute equalizer for United together with his first objective at membership stage in 4 years, eight minutes after Bruno Fernandes began the guests’ fightback at Goodison Park by curling in a free kick.
United had been on target to slide to a 3rd straight loss — and ninth defeat in 15 league matches since Ruben Amorim took cost in November — after first-half targets by Beto and Abdoulaye Doucoure for resurgent Everton.
There was a late scare for United when Everton was awarded a penalty for what seemed to be a foul by Harry Maguire on Ashley Younger, who fell to the bottom dramatically below stress from Maguire and Matthijs de Ligt within the third minute of stoppage time.
“I think it was a soft penalty, it was clear,” Amorim stated.
Champions League-chasing Bournemouth slip up
Fifth-place Bournemouth misplaced 1-0 at dwelling to Wolverhampton to break its bid for a end within the Champions League qualification positions.
Bournemouth defender Illya Zabarnyi’s Thirty first-minute purple card was rapidly adopted by the profitable objective by Matheus Cunha for Wolves.
Tottenham gained 4-1 at Ipswich to additional ease the stress on supervisor Ange Postecoglou, last-place Southampton misplaced 4-0 at dwelling to Brighton, and Crystal Palace gained 2-0 at Fulham.
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