Arsenal opened up a seven-point lead with a 3-1 win over West Ham as the Premier League returned on Monday, while Liverpool defeated Aston Villa 3-1.
Premier League: Arsenal Extend Lead At Top, Liverpool Outflank Aston Manor:
Arsenal opened up a seven-point lead with a 3-1 win over West Ham as the Premier League returned on Monday, while Newcastle climbed up to second thanks to an impressive 3-0 victory at Leicester. Liverpool also made a winning return from the World Cup break by beating Aston Villa 3-1 and Harry Kane bounced back from his heartbreak in Qatar by scoring in Tottenham's 2-2 draw at Brentford. Arsenal's momentum towards a first league title since 2004 could have been disturbed by the six-week mid-season break.
But Mikel Arteta's men passed another test of their resolve after going in 1-0 behind at half-time to Said Benrahma's penalty.
Two goals in five minutes from Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli turned the game on its head at a jubilant Emirates before Eddie Nketiah stepped up in the absence of the injured Gabriel Jesus to seal the points.
"I'm delighted with the result and performance," said 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."
No halting Newcastle
Newcastle's
charge towards a re-visitation of the Heroes Association was likewise
not ended by the break as the Jaybirds scored two times in the initial
seven minutes at Leicester.
Chris Wood opened the scoring from
the punishment spot before Miguel Almiron played a one-two with Bruno
Guimaraes and opened past Danny Ward for his eighth objective in his
last eight association games.
Joelinton headed home from a corner
in the 32nd moment as Newcastle made it six progressive association
triumphs - - their best disagreement the opposition beginning around
2012.
"There's really nothing that we can't do," said Newcastle chief Eddie Howe on the chance of a title challenge.
"The
season is as yet youthful enough for all prospects to exist for us. I
maintain that the fans should accept we can do anything."
Liverpool too good for Villa
Liverpool closed to within five points of Spurs and with a game in hand to come by inflicting Unai Emery's first league defeat as Villa boss.
Mohamed Salah cleared home his fifteenth objective of the time in a rushed opening with chances galore at the two finishes.
The Egyptian then, at that point, teed up Virgil van Dijk to give Liverpool breathing space before half-time.
Ollie
Watkins gave Estate trust with a transcending header halfway through
the final part however Stefan Bajcetic's most memorable senior objective
got a third successive association win for Jurgen Klopp's men.
At
the opposite finish of the table, Everton experienced a harming 2-1
loss against transfer rivals Wolves as Rayan Ait-Nouri struck in
definite seconds for the guests at Goodison Park.
Everton are currently only one point above Wolves in the last transfer place.
"We are in one (transfer fight)," conceded Everton supervisor Straightforward Lampard. "We must battle."
Fulham won 3-0 at nine-man Gem Castle, who had Tyrick Mitchell and James Tomkins shipped off.
Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Tim Ream and Aleksandar Mitrovic scored Fulham's objectives.
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Southampton slipped to the lower part of the table after a 3-1 home loss against south-coast rivals Brighton.