Chelsea roared again from two objectives right down to beat Tottenham 4-3 on Sunday, shifting simply 4 factors behind Premier League leaders Liverpool after Arsenal had been held by Fulham.
Chelsea’s Enzo Fernandez celebrates along with his teammates after scoring his aspect’s third purpose. (AP Picture/Ian Walton)(AP)
The Gunners and Chelsea each began the day seven factors adrift of Arne Slot’s aspect, whose recreation this weekend was postponed as a result of stormy climate.
Arsenal had been pressured to accept a 1-1 draw however Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea, kicking off later Sunday, mounted a surprising comeback on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Dominic Solanke and Dejan Kulusevski put Spurs two objectives up inside 11 minutes however Jadon Sancho rapidly pulled one again with a tremendous strike and the second half belonged to the guests.
Cole Palmer equalised from the penalty spot within the 61st minute and Enzo Fernandez put Chelsea forward 12 minutes later.
Palmer’s ice-cool “Panenka” spot-kick gave the guests a two-goal cushion earlier than Son Heung-min added a late third for Spurs.
Second-placed Chelsea now have 31 factors after 15 video games, two factors forward of London rivals Arsenal. Liverpool, with a recreation in hand, are on 35 factors.
“The plan or the idea is to not let the players slow down,” Maresca advised Sky Sports activities. “They cannot drop because they know another player is waiting to come in.”
However the Italian, in his first season at Stamford Bridge, performed down his workforce’s title probabilities.
“Arsenal, (Manchester) City and Liverpool probably don’t slide like (Chelsea defender Marc) Cucurella did. To be serious, we are not ready, we are far from these teams but we focus on day-by-day and trying to improve the team.”
The defeat is a disastrous end result for under-pressure Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou, whose aspect hammered champions Manchester Metropolis 4-0 simply two weeks in the past.
“It is a sore one, a painful one,” mentioned the Australian, whose workforce at the moment are eleventh within the Premier League desk after their seventh defeat.
Arsenal held
Earlier, Bukayo Saka had a late winner dominated out for offside by a VAR evaluation because the Gunners’ four-match successful streak was halted in west London.
Raul Jimenez fired Fulham into an early lead earlier than William Saliba levelled after one more Arsenal purpose from a nook.
“We are very disappointed not to win the game — overall we absolutely dominated the game from start to end,” Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta advised the BBC.
“We did all the things that we wanted to do during the game and unfortunately we concede one goal in one shot. The way the team played, the way the team wanted to win, it was unbelievable.”
Arsenal had been nonetheless with out influential defensive pair Gabriel Magalhaes and Riccardo Calafiori by means of damage and Fulham uncovered a makeshift left aspect of the Gunners’ backline to take the lead.
Kenny Tete’s ball in behind was pounced on by Jimenez, who drove ahead and fired brilliantly throughout David Raya into the far nook on 11 minutes.
Arsenal underlined their menace from set-pieces after they scored twice from corners to beat Manchester United 2-0 in midweek.
But for all their preparations, Fulham had been nonetheless powerless to stop the nook kings from hanging once more.
Saliba stabbed residence Kai Havertz’s header from shut vary for Arsenal’s twenty third purpose from corners for the reason that starting of final season.
One other nook ought to have led to the winner however Thomas Partey nodded large when unmarked from one other pinpoint Declan Rice supply.
Saka did head in on the again put up as stoppage time approached, however Gabriel Martinelli had strayed offside earlier than supplying the cross.
Ruud van Nistelrooy’s Leicester struck twice late on to disclaim Brighton in a 2-2 draw on the King Energy.
Tariq Lamptey opened the scoring in spectacular style with a looping effort into the highest nook from exterior the field and Yankuba Minteh regarded to have sealed the three factors for the Seagulls.
However Jamie Vardy began the comeback on 86 minutes earlier than teeing up Bobby De Cordova-Reid to grab a degree in stoppage time.
Bournemouth additionally scored twice within the dying minutes to disclaim struggling Ipswich a primary residence win within the prime flight for 22 years in a 2-1 win at Portman Street.