Roundup of the latest Premier League action ahead of March’s international break.
With league leaders, Liverpool not in action as they instead lost the Carabao Cup Final to Newcastle, Arsenal cut their title deficit down to 12 points as Mikel Merino’s 20th-minute header proved enough to beat fourth-placed Chelsea.
Anthony Elanga’s brace plus goals from Nikola Milenkovic and Jota Silva saw third-placed Nottingham Forest tighten their grip on a top-four finish with a 4-2 win at third-bottom Ipswich, despite Jens Cajuste and George Hirst netting for the Tractor Boys.
Manchester City missed a chance to climb to fourth after Abdukodir Khusanov’s own-goal gifted Brighton a 2-2 draw, having twice led through Erling Haaland and Omar Marmoush either side of Pervis Estupinan’s equaliser.
Bournemouth’s top-four dreams suffered a blow with a 2-1 home defeat to Brentford, having led through Vitaly Janelt’s own-goal, before Yoane Wissa’s header and Christian Norgaard’s strike secured the Bees’ comeback.
Fulham consequently took advantage of Bournemouth’s loss to climb to eighth with a 2-0 win over Tottenham, as Rodrigo Muniz put them in front before Ryan Sessegnon scored against his former team to seal the victory.
Elsewhere, Jorgen Strand Larsen’s brace moved Wolves nine points clear of the drop with a 2-1 win at rock-bottom Southampton, despite Paul Onuachu’s consolatory effort for the Saints.
Leicester remain second-bottom and nine points from safety after a 3-0 loss at home to Manchester United, in which Bruno Fernandes provided assists for Rasmus Højlund and Alejandro Garnacho, before the Portuguese midfielder added Utd’s third goal himself.
Finally, Jake O’Brien’s injury-time equaliser rescued David Moyes’ Everton a 1-1 draw against his former team, West Ham who had led through Tomas Soucek’s goal.
