🚨 Arsenal edge 10-man Leeds, Everton stun Leicester to inch closer to safety

Arsenal moved inside some extent of Chelsea in third within the English Premier League standings with a hard-fought 2-1 win over 10-man Leeds on Sunday afternoon. 

The Gunners watched as their London rivals misplaced a 2-0 lead on Saturday to attract 2-2 towards Wolves, and knew a win would transfer them nearer to 3rd place and an automated Champions League spot.

Mikel Arteta’s costs received off to an ideal begin when Eddie Nketiah gave them the lead after simply 5 minutes. 

Goalkeeper Illan Meslier completely miss-kicked his clearance straight to Nketiah, who rifled the ball again into the online from shut vary. 

The hosts made it 2-0 5 minutes later, and it was Nketiah as soon as once more, discovering the again of the online after he received to the tip of a Gabriel Martinelli ball. 

Leeds’ hopes of an unlikely comeback received a success within the twenty fifth minute after Luke Ayling, making his five hundredth Premier League look, was proven a straight purple card for a foul on Martinelli. 

Diego Llorente nevertheless halved the guests’ lead simply after the hour-mark, but it surely proved to be only a comfort as Arsenal held on for the win. 

The win means the Gunners are on 66 factors, one behind Chelsea in third, with three extra matches to go. 

In one other match, Everton moved near security because of a deserved 2-1 win over Leicester Metropolis. 

The Toffees beat Chelsea 1-0 final week and had been in good spirits on the King Energy Stadium. 

Vitali Mykolenko gave the guests the lead after simply six minutes, and regardless of Patson Daka equalising for the hosts within the eleventh minute, It was Frank Lampard’s costs that had the final snigger as Mason Holgate scored what proved to be the winner on the half-hour mark. 

The win moved Everton sixteenth on the standings on 35 factors, and have two matches at hand over their closest rivals.