With his ninth consecutive victory among all competitions, the Arsenal extended this Saturday in Burnley (0-2) their streak and increased their distance from the lead to seven provisional points, while the Manchester Unitedwhich had just had three wins in the Premier League, did not go beyond a draw against Nottingham Forest.
The Swedish attacker Vyktor Gyokeres He opened the scoring with a header, taking advantage of a corner kick and ending a scoring drought in Premier League since mid-September.
Declan Rice He also defined with his head a counterattack perfectly executed by Mikel Arteta’s team, which has 25 points and distances itself from Bournemouth, current second place, who will visit Manchester City on Sunday, which today occupies sixth position.
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With another clean sheet, the Gunners They once again showed their defensive solidity, since they have only conceded three goals in the first ten rounds of Premier League.
Arsenal’s next match will be in Champions League on Tuesday, when they travel to the Czech Republic to face Slavia Prague on matchday 4 of the single group stage, a competition in which they have three wins in as many games.
For its part, Burnley, which had just chained two consecutive victories in the Premier League, remains out of the relegation zone with 10 points, four behind Nottingham Forest, which drew 2-2 against Manchester United.
Manchester United rescues the tie
Los Red Devils of Ruben Amorim had chained a streak of three consecutive victories in the championship, and seemed headed for a fourth after taking the lead at the City Ground stadium thanks to the Brazilian Casemiro.
But Forest, who had not scored a goal in the Premier League since September 20, scored two in just two minutes: Morgan Gibss-White y Nicolo Savona They gave an account of the reaction after the break, to turn the score around.
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Near the end, the Ivorian Amad Diallo (81′) he equalized with a beautiful volley from the edge of the area, and thus managed to rescue a point for his team.
In upward progression after a poor start to the season, Manchester United provisionally occupies 5th position with 17 points before the rest of the matches on matchday 10.