Arsenal maintain stay atop EPL table with win against Villa
Arsenal beat Aston Villa 2-1 at the Emirates Stadium in the midweek English Premier League game to maintain their top spot on the EPL log.
The Gunners got a deserved victory with dominant display which saw them trump Aston villa on all critical match statistics. With 60 per cent of the ball, the highflying London side fired nine shots on target as against Villa’s three.
Gabriel Jesus continued his blistering start to life at the Emirates with another goal on the 30th minute.
Villa went into first half break behind home team, but returned into the second half with better resolve.
For the second time this season, Douglas Luiz scored directly from a corner, levelling up for Villa in 74th minute.
Arsenal however bounced back barely three minutes later to retake the lead through a Gabriel Martinelli shot.
The Gunners’ perfect start to the season leaves them sitting pretty atop the Premier League, with maximum 15 points from five wins.
Manchester City, Arsenal’s closest challenger, have garnered 13 points from the same number of matches.
City mauled Nottingham Forest 6-0 on Wednesday.
New talisman Erling Haaland netted his second consecutive hat-trick.Julian Alvarez scored a brace, while Joao Cancelo got one goal.
We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.
More from Peoples Gazette
Agriculture
FG tasks ECOWAS on leveraging financing strategies for agroecology
The federal government has urged stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors in the West Africa region to leverage financing strategies to enhance agroecology practices
Politics
Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku
“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”
Economy
Banks’ assets hit N180.37 trillion: Report
The report said deposit money banks in Nigeria contributed 41.8 per cent to the country’s nominal gross domestic product (GDP).
States
Troops kill terrorist commander, foil attacks in Zamfara, Katsina
Troops killed a notorious terrorist commander and foiled attacks in two states.
World
Woman suspected in Monaco bomb attack found dead near Kyiv
Ukrainian prosecutors said her body was found near Kyiv, with a gunshot wound to the head.
Africa
Xenophobic Attacks: Ghana govt defers Ramaphosa’s planned state visit
”We sent them a communication indicating that it would be best to defer the visit in view of the present climate around xenophobia,” Mr Ofosu said.
Abuja
ICPC arrests El-Rufai’s doctor over alleged abuse of court approved medical visit
Mr Odey said the doctor was arrested because he allegedly made false statements regarding a court-approved medical visit.
World
UNHRC adopts first-ever resolution linking human rights, neglected diseases
The landmark move is expected to strengthen global efforts to eliminate the diseases and improve the lives of more than one billion affected people.
