EPL MATCHES RESULTS:
-- Chelsea 3-0 Leicester City
-- Stoke 2-0 Sunderland
-- Bournemouth 6-1 Hull City
Mesut Özil scored the winner as 10-man Arsenal go second on EPL table with Swansea win.
Arsenal team scorers
Theo Walcott 26
Theo Walcott 33
Mesut Ozil 57
Swansea team scorers
Gylfi Sigurdsson 38
Gonzalez Borja Baston 66
This was a game that Arsenal might have won several times over. Theo Walcott scored two, missed a golden chance from close range and twice hit the woodwork. And yet there could be no mistaking the sense of relief from those with Arsenal in their hearts when it was over.
Xhaka was the player who made things more difficult for his team. The Switzerland international had been at fault for Sigurdsson’s goal, having tried to beat him in his own defensive third only to lose possession to him but it was his challenge on Barrow that turned the closing stages into an ordeal.
Arsenal’s second came when Jack Cork stooped to head Santi Cazorla’s corner clear only for the ball to ricochet back to Walcott, who had the time to take a touch, spin and beat Fabianski. Shkodran Mustafi had earlier hit the top of the crossbar with a header while Alexis Sánchez and BellerÃn had gone close.
Walcott fluffed a volley for his hat-trick before Özil decided to show him how it was done, from a much more difficult chance. Sánchez’s cross was looped high to the back post and Özil cut across the ball beautifully with his left foot to send it screaming into the roof of the net.
Bradley – the new Swansea manager- used a 4-4-2 formation, with Sigurdsson and Leroy Fer as the starting strikers, but his team were undermined by defensive errors. Jordi Amat took a heavy touch following Héctor BellerÃn’s headed cross and he was then levered off the subsequent chase for the ball by Walcott. Lukasz Fabianski was not convincing when he left his line and Walcott squeezed home.
City 1-1 Everton
Manchester City were held 1-1 by Everton at the Etihad Stadium.
De Bruyne and Aguero - who started the game on the bench - were the culprits from the spot and Everton made the most of their goalkeeper's brilliance by taking the lead through Romelu Lukaku (64).
Nolito equalised (72) within a minute of coming off the bench before Steklenburg pushed a stunning late De Bruyne effort onto the post as Pep Guardiola lost his 100 per cent home record as City manager.
Sergio Aguero and Kevin De Bruyne both had penalties saved by Maarten Stekelenburg as Premier League leaders failed to convert to take all three points.
-- Chelsea 3-0 Leicester City
-- Stoke 2-0 Sunderland
-- Bournemouth 6-1 Hull City
-- West Brom 1-1 Tottenham (Alli, 89)
-- Manchester City 1-1 Everton
-- Arsenal 3-2 Swansea
-- Bournemouth 6-1 Hull City (Wilson, 83)
-- Crystal Palace 0-1 West Ham
Arsenal 3-2 Swansea-- Manchester City 1-1 Everton
-- Arsenal 3-2 Swansea
-- Bournemouth 6-1 Hull City (Wilson, 83)
-- Crystal Palace 0-1 West Ham
Mesut Özil scored the winner as 10-man Arsenal go second on EPL table with Swansea win.
Arsenal team scorers
Theo Walcott 26
Theo Walcott 33
Mesut Ozil 57
Swansea team scorers
Gylfi Sigurdsson 38
Gonzalez Borja Baston 66
This was a game that Arsenal might have won several times over. Theo Walcott scored two, missed a golden chance from close range and twice hit the woodwork. And yet there could be no mistaking the sense of relief from those with Arsenal in their hearts when it was over.
Xhaka was the player who made things more difficult for his team. The Switzerland international had been at fault for Sigurdsson’s goal, having tried to beat him in his own defensive third only to lose possession to him but it was his challenge on Barrow that turned the closing stages into an ordeal.
Arsenal’s second came when Jack Cork stooped to head Santi Cazorla’s corner clear only for the ball to ricochet back to Walcott, who had the time to take a touch, spin and beat Fabianski. Shkodran Mustafi had earlier hit the top of the crossbar with a header while Alexis Sánchez and BellerÃn had gone close.
Walcott fluffed a volley for his hat-trick before Özil decided to show him how it was done, from a much more difficult chance. Sánchez’s cross was looped high to the back post and Özil cut across the ball beautifully with his left foot to send it screaming into the roof of the net.
Bradley – the new Swansea manager- used a 4-4-2 formation, with Sigurdsson and Leroy Fer as the starting strikers, but his team were undermined by defensive errors. Jordi Amat took a heavy touch following Héctor BellerÃn’s headed cross and he was then levered off the subsequent chase for the ball by Walcott. Lukasz Fabianski was not convincing when he left his line and Walcott squeezed home.
City 1-1 Everton
Manchester City were held 1-1 by Everton at the Etihad Stadium.
De Bruyne and Aguero - who started the game on the bench - were the culprits from the spot and Everton made the most of their goalkeeper's brilliance by taking the lead through Romelu Lukaku (64).
Nolito equalised (72) within a minute of coming off the bench before Steklenburg pushed a stunning late De Bruyne effort onto the post as Pep Guardiola lost his 100 per cent home record as City manager.
Sergio Aguero and Kevin De Bruyne both had penalties saved by Maarten Stekelenburg as Premier League leaders failed to convert to take all three points.
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