2024-04-07 03:21:48
Arsenal FC is fighting for the championship with Manchester City and Liverpool FC. An important victory followed on Saturday.
Arsenal FC with national player Kai Havertz has taken the lead in the Premier League, at least for one day. The “Gunners” moved past Liverpool FC for the time being and are keeping the title race in England very exciting.
Arsenal beat Brighton & Hove Albion 3-0 (1-0) thanks to a goal from Havertz and are leaders, one point more than Jürgen Klopp’s team. Liverpool can restore their two-point lead with a win at Manchester United. For Arsenal, the 22nd win of the season was a successful introduction to the quarter-final first leg in the Champions League against the stumbling FC Bayern Munich.
Arsenal took the lead thanks to a converted penalty from Bukayo Saka in the 33rd minute. In the second half, 24-year-old Havertz showed why he has been in top form for some time. The former Leverkusen player struck in the 62nd minute when, following Jorginho’s preparatory work, he found the right path against two men and finished from close range. Leandro Trossard (86th) made the final score shortly before the end.
Man City is also holding its own
Manchester City had previously kept the championship three-way tie open with its 21st league win and gained self-confidence for the quarter-final first leg in the Champions League at Real Madrid. The English champions won 4:2 (1:1) at Crystal Palace and, like Liverpool, are third and have 70 points on their account, but have played one game more than the “Reds”.
With his 99th and 100th goals for City, Kevin De Bruyne (13th/70th) was the player of the day. Rico Lewis (47th minute) and Erling Haaland (66th) also scored for coach Pep Guardiola’s team. Crystal Palace had already taken the lead in the third minute through ex-Mainz player Jean-Philippe Mateta. But in the end, despite Odsonne Edouard’s late goal (86th), the deserved defeat for former Bundesliga coach Oliver Glasner was certain on the sidelines.