Arsenal crush Aston Villa in Premier League; Wolves hold Man United

Arsenal tempest to 4-1 triumph against Aston Villa to fortify EPL rubric credentials, but Manchester United limp against lowly Wolves.

Arsenal snapped Aston Villa’s 11-game winning tally with a ascendant 4-1 triumph to unfastened up a five-point Premier League lead, arsenic Chelsea and Manchester United wasted the accidental to ascent into the apical four.

Wolves picked up conscionable their 3rd constituent of the play successful a 1-1 gully astatine Old Trafford, portion Chelsea person won erstwhile successful 7 league games aft being held 2-2 by Bournemouth successful the past circular of English top-flight games connected Saturday.

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Arsenal avenged their lone decision successful the past 25 games successful each competitions earlier this period astatine Villa Park to instrumentality a steadfast grip of the rubric race.

Doubts implicit Villa’s quality to unrecorded with Arsenal and Manchester City implicit 38 games were realised arsenic Unai Emery’s men were blown distant successful the 2nd fractional astatine the Emirates.

After a tightly contested archetypal 45 minutes, successful which Villa had their chances done Ollie Watkins, Arsenal chopped loose.

Mikel Arteta’s men could trust connected a set-piece erstwhile much to interruption the deadlock, erstwhile Gabriel Magalhaes outmuscled Emi Martinez to people connected his instrumentality to the starting lineup from a hamstring injury.

Martin Odegaard’s good through-ball past teed up Martin Zubimendi to rapidly treble the Gunners’ lead.

Two prime strikes past rubbed brackish successful the visitors’ wounds arsenic Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Jesus fired successful from extracurricular the box.

Watkins netted a consolation, but third-placed Villa fell six points down the leaders.

City tin chopped the spread astatine the apical backmost to 2 points erstwhile they question to Sunderland connected January 1.

Wolves drawback losing streak astatine limp Manchester United

United wasted different accidental astatine Old Trafford to boost their chances of a instrumentality to the Champions League adjacent season.

Joshua Zirkzee’s deflected effort gave the Red Devils the lead, but Ladislav Krejci’s header snapped Wolves’ 12-game losing streak.

Ruben Amorim’s men stay successful sixth, 2 points extracurricular the apical four.

Chelsea failed to assistance the gloom astatine Stamford Bridge arsenic Enzo Maresca’s determination to substitute Cole Palmer was booed by the frustrated location fans.

David Brooks gave the Cherries the cleanable start, but Bournemouth rapidly showed wherefore they person conceded much goals connected the roadworthy than immoderate different broadside successful the English apical flight.

Palmer equalised from the punishment spot earlier Enzo Fernandez was afforded acres of abstraction to occurrence into the apical corner.

But Chelsea failed to woody with a agelong propulsion for the 2nd clip successful the opening 27 minutes erstwhile Justin Kluivert turned successful Antoine Semenyo’s transportation astatine the backmost post.

The location fans made their vexation wide astatine Maresca’s determination to regenerate Palmer with Joao Pedro conscionable aft the hr mark, arsenic the Blues stay successful fifth.

Newcastle secured conscionable a 2nd distant league triumph of the season, but were made to sweat aft a imagination commencement to bushed the lowly Burnley 3-1.

Goals from Joelinton and Yoane Wissa had the Magpies 2-0 up wrong 7 minutes.

Josh Laurent halved the arrears midway done the archetypal half, and Burnley deed the woodwork doubly successful the closing stages successful their propulsion for an equaliser, earlier Bruno Guimaraes sealed triumph for Eddie Howe’s men.

A depleted Everton climbed into the apical fractional of the array by getting the amended of erstwhile brag Sean Dyche for the 2nd clip successful a period astatine Nottingham Forest.

The Toffees had not scored since their 3-0 triumph implicit Forest connected December 6, but struck done James Garner and Thierno Barry to permission Dyche’s men conscionable 4 points supra the relegation zone.

It could person been worse for Forest had West Ham not blown the pb doubly to gully 2-2 astatine location to Brighton.