According to Tasnim news agency, following the matches of the 33rd week of the English Premier League, five games were held last night (Wednesday), and in the last and most important of them in the duel between the main contenders for the championship, the Manchester City football team managed to beat its main rival Arsenal with a score of 4 at the Emirates Stadium. to defeat one Kevin de Bruyne in the 7th and 54th minutes and John Stones in the 45th +1 minute led City with three goals. Arsenal responded with only one goal scored by Rob Holding in the 86th minute, but it was futile and did not prevent Mikel Arteta’s side from losing to former boss Pep Guardiola. The final victory of the defending champions was achieved in the fifth minute of stoppage time, and the top scorer of this season, Erling Holland, scored so that he also registered his name in the list of scorers of this fateful duel.
With this result, although Arsenal remained at the top with 75 points, now Manchester City sees the second place at a distance of two points, while the Manchester team has two games in arrears in which, if they win, they will lead with a difference of four points.
In another match, Chelsea, a team that has not had a good day this season and has changed three coaches, lost to Brentford with a score of 2-0 at their home stadium, Stamford Bridge. In this game, when Saman Qadoos didn’t get a chance to play for Brentford, Cesar Azpliqueta scored an own goal and caused Chelsea to fall behind. The London Blues were not only unable to make up for the lost goal, but in the 78th minute, their goal was opened for the second time, and this time Brian Mbouo scored for Brentford. In this way, Chelsea’s 13th defeat of the season and 22nd game without a win in this English Premier League season took place, and the team remained in the 11th place of the Premier League table with 39 points, albeit with a game in hand. Brentford got 47 points with this victory and climbed to the ninth place in the table.
In the same game, however, Liverpool managed to beat its host West Ham with a result of 2-1 and keep hoping for a quota for the next season’s European competitions. In this game, West Ham scored the first goal by Lucas Paceta in the 12th minute, but only 6 minutes later, Cody Khakpo scored the equalizing goal for Liverpool, and in the 67th minute, Joel Matip scored the second goal for the Merseyside guests.
With their 15th victory in the 32nd game of the season, Liverpool gained 53 points and climbed to the sixth place in the Premier League table. At the same time, Aston Villa is in the fifth place with only one more point and one more game, and Manchester United is in the fourth place with 59 points from 30 games.
In other games, Leeds United settled for a 1-1 draw at home against Leicester City, and Nottingham Forest beat Brighton 3-1.