Arsenal moved eight factors clear on the prime of the Premier League with a 2-0 win over Tottenham within the north London derby as Chelsea eased the stress on supervisor Graham Potter by beating Crystal Palace 1-0.
Newcastle struck late to beat Fulham 1-0 to reclaim third place and hold alive their title aspirations.
But Arsenal will take some stopping if they’re to be denied a primary league title since Arsene Wenger’s ‘Invincibles’ in 2003-04 after a primary league win away to Tottenham in 9 years.
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A dominant first-half show from the guests did the harm as Hugo Lloris palmed Bukayo Saka’s cross into his personal internet earlier than Martin Odegaard’s long-range effort discovered the underside nook.
Aaron Ramsdale denied Spurs their customary comeback from two targets down this season after the break with saves from Harry Kane and Ryan Sessegnon.
A fourth residence defeat in 5 league video games leaves Tottenham 5 factors adrift of the highest 4.
As for Arsenal, Paul Merson advised Sky Sports that it’s their title to throw away at this charge.
“It’s Arsenal’s to throw away now,” he mentioned.
“I do know there’s loads of soccer to go, however that first half was like watching Man City.
“If you lived in New Zealand and also you hadn’t seen soccer for 4 years and so they had been taking part in in gentle blue, you’d have thought you had been watching Man City. That’s how good they had been.”
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CHELSEA’S MUCH-NEEDED WIN, NEWCASTLE’S CLOSE CALL
Elsewhere, Kai Havertz scored the winner for Chelsea with a towering second-half header on the day the Blues introduced the signing of Mykhailo Mudryk for a charge that would rise to 100 million euros ($A155m).
Chelsea additionally paid tribute to former participant and supervisor Gianluca Vialli forward of their first residence recreation because the Italian nice died earlier this month aged 58 from pancreatic most cancers.
The motion on the sphere was additionally overshadowed by the official announcement in the course of the first half that Chelsea had accomplished the signing of Mudryk, taking their spending past £400 million ($A700m) within the first season below Todd Boehly’s consortium.
There has not been a lot to point out for that funding to this point, however Potter’s injury-ravaged squad did sufficient to grind out only a second win in 10 league video games.
Havertz made the breakthrough as he rose highest to energy residence Hakim Ziyech’s cross from a well-worked nook on 64 minutes.
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“The crowd had been nice. They recognised the second we had been in, they recognised the younger gamers on the pitch, and so they caught with the blokes and obtained us over the road,” mentioned Potter.
Despite a much-needed win, Chelsea stay 10 factors off the highest 4 after Newcastle saved their title desires alive at St James’ Park.
The Magpies got an enormous let-off when Aleksandar Mitrovic noticed a second-half penalty dominated out in opposition to his former membership for a double contact of the ball.
The Serbian slipped as he took the spot-kick and his right-footed effort rebounded off his left foot into the online.
Newcastle took full benefit as club-record signing Alexander Isak got here off the bench to go within the winner a minute from time.
Isak has now scored three targets in 4 Premier League appearances, however his final got here again in September on account of damage.
“The aim was a particular second,” mentioned Newcastle boss Eddie Howe.
“So happy for Alex. You wish to hit the bottom working at a brand new membership and he did earlier than the damage. He needed to wait and watch the workforce do properly in his absence. He’s labored laborious. For these moments the work was value it.”
The victory takes Newcastle again above Manchester United into third within the desk on aim distinction.
