This Sunday, Arsenal missed the opportunity to regain leadership of the English Football League, after being defeated at home to Aston Villa (2-0), in a match on the 33rd round.
Os gunners entered the round as leaders, alongside Liverpool, both with 71 points, but both teams fell with a bang in this round and left the way open for a new leader, three-time champions Manchester City, now with 73 points.
In the last game of the afternoon, Mikel Arteta’s team even started better, but the second half showed a lack of capacity to be champions, with the surprising Aston Villa, fourth placed, being on top of the game.
The Birmingham team sealed the game with goals from Leon Bailey, in the 84th minute, and Ollie Watkins, almost immediately, in the 87th, in a move in which the team’s top scorer villans He ran before midfield and finished the ball.
Arsenal, which had been on a very positive run, with 10 wins and just one draw in the championship since the end of December, now remains in second, with the same points as Liverpool, in third.
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Os reds They were also unrecognizable on this journey, with the aggravating factor of losing at home, in what was only their second defeat of the season at Anfield and their first in the championship, against Crystal Palace (1-0).
Aston Villa’s victory has the importance of leaving the team in fourth place, last in the Champions League, now with three more points than Tottenham, fifth, who lost on Saturday, with a rout at Newcastle’s home (4- 0).
The 33rd round of the Premier League concludes on Monday, with the game between Chelsea (ninth) and Everton (16th).