Arsenal beat Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 for the London Derby win for the first time in three years, as Kelichi Ianacho’s hat-trick beat Leicester 5–0 on Sunday to defeat managerless Sheffield United in the Premier League 5–0 . The Spurs lost Son Hyung-min to their hopes of a top-four finish recovering from an injury on an expensive afternoon, but Jose Mourinho’s men found nothing more worth the highly conservative approach over the Emirates.
Arsenal’s start of the afternoon did not start well with captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang back to breach discipline, reportedly after the team woke up late for the pre-match.
Mikel Arteta’s men did not miss their captain as they quickly dominated with the effort of Emil Smith Rowe and crashed back from the crossbar.
Eric Lamela was introduced to replace Son quickly and the Argentine opened the scoring in sensational style as he wrapped his left foot in the fire with a ‘Rabona’ finish in his right corner.
Cedric Soares hit the post as Arsenal back almost immediately and the hosts received their reward just before half-time when Martin Odegaard’s shot was dropped by Toby Alderweireld for his first Premier League goal.
Alexander Lacazette captained the Gunners in Aubameyang’s absence and also took Gabon international duties from the penalty spot after being brought down by Davison Sanchez in the French striker’s zone.
LacJet misplaced his international teammate Hugo Lloris by chance to claim a much-needed victory to keep Arsenal’s slim hopes alive in the top four.
Arteta now has 10 points behind fourth-placed Chelsea with one game in hand, while Spurs are six points behind the Blues in seventh.
Lamela turned from the protagonist to the villain, who was given two unprovoked yellow cards, so that he could be given marching orders for 15 minutes ahead of time.
Despite his numerical loss, however, Tottenham’s best spell came with 10 men as Harry Kane decided to score a goal before the England captain hit the post and saw Sanchez’s follow-up effort removed from Gabriel Magellas’ line Gone.
Fox on the hunt
Leicester showed no mercy at the visitors’ first-match table since Chris Wilder’s departure on Saturday.
Wilder, who led the Premier League from United-Third Tier League One, left with mutual consent after several days of speculation about his future.
The Blades, managed by interim boss Paul Heckingbottom, appear destined for reinstatement, with only 14 points left from safety.
Nigerian striker Ihonacho opened the Floodgate with a finish range from Jamie Verdi’s pass after a sweeping move at the King Power Stadium in the 38th minute.
In his last three matches, Ihnacho scored his third goal in the 64th minute by Ayoz Perez from the edge of the area.
Verdi was the provider again for Ihonacho before a former Manchester City man completed the treedy with Aaron Ramsdale with a 25-yard blast.
Ethan Amappu’s own goal from Verdi’s effort in the 80th minute sealed the route for Brendan Rodgers.
Manchester United could lag behind in the second when they host Old Trafford later in the Champions League-West Ham.
To defeat the drop, Brighton swept the third-bottom Fulham three points with a game in hand, winning a frenzied south-coast derby 2–1 over Southampton.
Brighton took the lead in the 16th minute through captain Lewis Dunk.
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Southampton leveled in the 27th minute when the dunk could only help Ryan Bertrand’s header en route to Ray Adams, who volleyed home at the far post.
But Brighton came out in the 56th minute as Leando Trosser produced a fine finish from Danny Welbeck’s lay-off.
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