Arsenal kept up their top-four chase as a late
Robert Huth own-goal gave them a lone goal victory over defending champions,
Leicester City.
The home supporters at Emirates Stadium seemed set
for a deflating evening before Nacho Monreal’s shot found the bottom corner via
the German defender’s chest four minutes from time.
Alexis Sanchez had rattled the bar and been denied
by Huth’s last-ditch challenge in the Gunners’ best chances before the goal.
But, Leicester also threatened, with Riyad Mahrez
bringing a superb save out of Petr Cech in the first half, and then had penalty
appeals turned down.
Arsenal are now three points behind Manchester
United and four behind fourth-placed Manchester City, having played the same
number of games – at least one of the Manchester pair will drop points when
both meet on Thursday.
Liverpool, in third, are six points ahead of the
Londoners having played two more games.
Meanwhile, Tottenham kept up the pressure on the League
leaders, Chelsea, as Christian Eriksen’s superb long-range strike secured a
hard-fought victory at Crystal Palace on Wednesday.
Spurs had struggled to break down a disciplined
Palace side for much of the game and it looked like they would have to settle
for a point.
But Eriksen fired into the bottom corner from 30
yards late on to keep Spurs within four points of Chelsea with five games
remaining.
Also, Sunderland were left on the brink of
relegation after losing to fellow strugglers, Middlesbrough, in the Tees-Wear
derby, who registered their first victory of 2017.
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