Arsenal drew with Nottingham Forest with 0-0 scoreline and Liverpool secured a 2-0 victory over Newcastle that increased the point gap by 13 with second positioned Gunners.
Arsenal Dropped A Point Against Nottingham And Liverpool Increased Its Lead By Winning Against Newcastle
Arteta’s chance to compete for the Title is becoming harder due to a lack of finisher in the team letting the Gunners draw with Nottingham on Wednesday. The draw increased the gap with Liverpool and created scope for Manchester City to climb up in third position by winning against Nottingham Forest next week.
Arteta Worsen Gunner’s Situation In League By Dropping Points In Crucial Game
Arsenal dominated the game with the majority of possession but registered only one shot on target showing the absence of a striker in the team. Arteta Played Nwaneri and Merino in the front with Trossad but all the players failed to position themselves to take a proper shot on target.
The Gunner Boss commented, “Very disappointing not to win it. Today, the standards were very different to the previous game; the energy, the willingness to make things happen. We certainly tried many different ways, we dominated the game apart from one spell in the second half after one or two direct free-kicks”. “I know that what’s lacking is that piece up there and I just said, there’s a lot to play for and we need to find the solution to unlock it, ” he added.
Liverpool Is Reducing Their Gap With PL Trophy Day By Day
Liverpool secured an easy win against Newcastle with Szoboszlai and Mac Allister’s goal in two halves of the game. In the 14th minute, Szoboszlai finished a cut-in given by Luis Diaz to open the score. Mac Allister increased the lead replicating the same goal from the same position just from a different wing as this time the ball was delivered by Salah from the right.
Salah became the first player in EPL to register 25 goals and 15 assists in a single season which made him a cardinal player for Slot’s team. Liverpool has now 67 points in 28 games and Arsenal has 54 points in 27 games. Arsenal have a big match against Manchester United next week that can help them to reduce some point gap with league leaders.
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