Premier League: Manchester City maintain stress on Arsenal with Bournemouth win, Crystal Palace maintain Liverpool

Manchester City saved the stress on Arsenal with a 4-1 win over Bournemouth on Saturday as Erling Haaland was again on the scoresheet. Arsenal had defeated Leicester City 1-0 due to a fantastic strike from Gabriel Martinelli.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 26, 2023 08:38 IST

Haaland was again on the scoresheet as City saved the stress on Arsenal (Courtesy: Reuters)

By India Today Sports Desk: Erling Haaland was again on the scoresheet as Manchester City saved the stress on Arsenal by smashing Bournemouth 4-1 on Saturday.

Apart from Haaland, Julian Alvarez and Phil Foden had been on the scoresheet as Chris Mepham was unlucky to attain an personal purpose to present Pep Guardiola’s crew all three factors.

City had began the brighter of each groups and took the lead within the fifteenth minute by way of Alvarez. 14 minutes later, Haaland made it 2-0 to present City full management of the sport.

Foden scored simply earlier than half-time to seal the deal for the reigning Premier League champions. Mepham then put the ball by way of his personal internet within the 51st minute.

Bournemouth did get a comfort purpose within the 83rd minute of the match by way of Jefferson Lerma.

Liverpool’s current woes continued on Saturday as they had been held to 0-0 draw by Crystal Palace as their prime 4 hopes took one other hit. It has been a depressing week for Jurgen Klopp’s males as they had been thrashed by Real Madrid at house.

Palace had two good possibilities within the first half, with Marc Guehi heading large and Jean-Philippe Mateta hitting the crossbar. Mohamed Salah hit the woodwork for the guests within the second half however Palace held on to choose up a well-deserved level on the day.

The draw meant that Liverpool moved as much as seventh within the desk they usually’re six factors behind fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur.

Earlier on within the day, Arsenal defeated Leicester City on the King Power Stadium to maintain themselves on prime of the Premier League desk. The first half noticed Leandro Trossard’s fantastic strike get dominated out by VAR.

In the tip, Gabriel Martinelli’s forty sixth minute strike proved to be the distinction because the Gunners moved to 57 factors, two forward of Manchester City. Arsenal do have a recreation in hand and might lengthen the lead within the desk to 5 factors.

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Feb 26, 2023