FOOTBALL – Leandro Trossard rekindled Arsenal’s Premier League title hopes with the winner as they came from a goal down to beat north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 at home last night.
Starting the derby seven points behind leaders Liverpool in third place, things looked bad for the hosts when Son Heung-min’s deflected volley gave Tottenham a 25th-minute lead against the run of play.
The mood changed quickly before halftime though as Gabriel’s header from a Declan Rice corner deflected in off Tottenham forward Dominic Solanke in the 40th minute.
Four minutes later Arsenal went ahead when Trossard fired a left-foot shot past the dive of Spurs keeper Antonin Kinsky.
Arsenal failed to take several chances to finish off Tottenham after the break and were never entirely comfortable but they did enough to earn the win that lifted them back into second place with 43 points from 21 games. Liverpool have 47 from one game fewer.
Tottenham, now without a win in five league games, are 13th with 24 points.
Earlier, Alexander Isak scored for the eighth Premier League game in a row with a brace of goals as Newcastle United eased to a 3-0 home victory over struggling Wolverhampton Wanderers at St James’ Park.
Anthony Gordon netted the third as Newcastle moved into fourth place with 38 points from 21 games. Wolves remain in the relegation zone with 16 points from the same number of matches.
Crystal Palace kept up their impressive away form in the Premier League as second half goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta and Marc Guehi handed them a 2-0 win at struggling Leicester City.
Palace extended their unbeaten run away from home in the league to six matches with victory at the King Power Stadium and moved up one place to 14th in the standings.
Hosts Leicester lost a sixth successive league game and remain second from bottom, paying the price for squandering chances to take a first half lead.
Mateta’s opener came seven minutes into the second half in Palace’s first effort on target while Guehi added the second 12 minutes from time.
The second coming of David Moyes failed to inspire Everton as they lost 1-0 at home to Aston Villa and, though they might not need a miracle to avoid relegation, the returning manager will at least have to find a way for them to score.
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