Arsenal recovered from conceding the second quickest purpose in Premier League historical past as Reiss Nelson‘s stoppage-time strike gave the Premier League leaders an exhilarating 3-2 win over Bournemouth after title rivals Manchester City beat Newcastle 2-0 on Saturday.

Mikel Arteta‘s aspect had been trailing by two objectives with simply over half an hour left.

But the Gunners confirmed they’ll deal with the stress of the title race with a outstanding comeback that stored them 5 factors forward of second positioned City.

“I’m incredibly happy. It was just mad. It was a really special win and it took until the last second to earn it,” Arteta stated.

Arsenal hadn’t even touched the ball when Philip Billing gave second-bottom Bournemouth the lead after simply 9.11 seconds with a scientific end from contained in the Gunners space.

The quickest purpose in Premier League historical past was scored by Shane Long after 7.69 seconds for Southampton in opposition to Watford in 2019.

Arsenal fell additional behind within the 57th minute as Marcos Senesi escaped Thomas Partey to look a header previous Aaron Ramsdale from a nook.

Partey made amends for his slack marking 5 minutes later when he diminished the deficit with a close-range end from Emile Smith-Rowe’s header.

Underlining their need to win a primary title since 2004, Arsenal seized the momentum and equalised by way of Ben White’s highly effective end from Nelson’s cross within the seventieth minute.

Nelson accomplished Arsenal’s unimaginable revival within the seventh minute of stoppage-time when the substitute produced an excellent end from 20 yards to spark scenes of untamed celebration throughout the Emirates Stadium.

“They never gave up. We want to stay there (at the top) for as long as possible,” Arteta stated.

Earlier on Saturday, City rode their luck in a 2-0 win over Newcastle on the Etihad Stadium.

Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva scored the objectives for the champions, who had been let off the hook by a sequence of obvious misses from the guests.

Sean Longstaff, Callum Wilson and Joelinton had been all responsible of not even forcing Ederson right into a save as fifth positioned Newcastle suffered one other blow to their hopes of a top-four end.

“It was an incredibly good result for us because it was a tricky game,” City boss Pep Guardiola stated.

Wesley Fofana eased the stress on Chelsea boss Graham Potter because the French defender sealed a 1-0 win in opposition to Leeds at Stamford Bridge.

Fofana put Chelsea in entrance together with his first league purpose for the membership seven minutes after half-time, the previous Leicester centre-back rising to go dwelling from Ben Chilwell‘s nook.

It was Chelsea’s first purpose in 396 minutes and simply their second in seven video games in all competitions.

The tenth positioned Blues held on for simply their third win of their final 16 video games in all competitions.

Ending a run of three successive defeats will give Potter somewhat respiratory area forward of Chelsea’s bid to overturn a 1-0 deficit within the second leg of their Champions League final 16 tie in opposition to Borussia Dortmund.

“We’ve had to suffer. It’s been a challenging period. We were a team who had something to lose so it was great character from the players. It gives us something to build on,” Potter stated.

Fourth positioned Tottenham’s hopes of qualifying for the Champions League was rocked by a 1-0 defeat at Wolves.

Just days after shedding 1-0 at second tier Sheffield United within the FA Cup fifth spherical, the north Londoners had been crushed once more as Adama Traore struck within the 82nd minute, driving the rebound in off the bar after Raul Jimenez‘s effort was saved.

Brighton stored West Ham in relegation bother with a 4-0 victory on the Amex Stadium.

Aston Villa beat Crystal Palace 1-0 at Villa Park, with Eagles defender Andersen scoring a twenty seventh minute personal purpose earlier than Palace’s Cheick Doucoure was despatched off for 2 bookings within the second half.

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