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Arsenal kept their Premier League rubric destiny successful their ain hands arsenic they eked out a nervy 2-1 derby triumph against Chelsea connected Sunday (March 1, 2026) with their country routines again coming to the rescue.
Jurrien Timber's second-half header ensured Arsenal restored their five-point pb implicit Manchester City who had upped the ante with triumph implicit Leeds United the time before.
Manchester United returned to the Premier League's apical 3 for the archetypal clip since May 2023 arsenic they came from a extremity down to bushed Crystal Palace 2-1 astatine Old Trafford.
United are present unbeaten successful 7 games nether interim manager Michael Carrick whose sanction was chanted loudly astatine the end.
Arsenal's triumph took them to 64 points from 29 games with Manchester City connected 59 having played 1 crippled fewer. United person 51 points, moving up of Aston Villa connected extremity difference.
"The feeling that you person to proceed to triumph and triumph and win, but it is not capable to unfastened a gap," Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said. "This is the quality and the level of this league."
Chelsea are sixth connected 45 points aft lone 2 points from their past 3 league games. Defeat was their archetypal successful 7 league games nether caller manager Liam Rosenior and was a stroke to their hopes of a top-five finish.
They were hardly helped by Pedro Neto picking up 2 yellowish cards in 3 minutes aft Timber's extremity and becoming the seventh Chelsea subordinate to beryllium red-carded this season.
"It's thing that we request to address, not conscionable Pedro but arsenic a squad to marque definite we person 11 men connected the pitch," Rosenior, whose broadside were besides beaten by Arsenal successful the League Cup semi-finals past month, said.
Corner routines
Arsenal got up erstwhile skipper Bukayo Saka's heavy corner was headed crossed the six-yard country by Gabriel and chap defender Saliba nodded goalwards with the shot going successful disconnected Chelsea's Mamadou Sarr, though Saliba was credited with the goal.
Chelsea levelled successful first-half stoppage clip arsenic a teasing Reece James country skimmed disconnected the caput of Piero Hincapie and into the net.
The nerves were fraying aft the interruption but Declan Rice's transportation was met by Timber who restored Arsenal's pb with their 16th league extremity from a country this play — the joint-most by immoderate broadside successful a azygous Premier League campaign.
Bruno to the rescue
United trailed to a extremity by Palace's Maxence Lacroix aft lone 4 minutes -- the earliest they person conceded each season.
But skipper Bruno Fernandes equalised from the punishment spot aft Matheus Cunha was dragged down by Lacroix who was red-carded. Fernandes past delivered the escaped footwear that Benjamin Sesko nodded location successful the 65th minute.
"It feels similar a large result, we were down and had to amusement immoderate character," Fernandes told Sky Sports. "There are a batch of games to spell inactive (in the pursuit for a top-four finish) and it is important that we don't feel that we are successful the presumption that we request to be. We request to marque arsenic galore points arsenic we can."
Tottenham successful trouble
At the other extremity of the table, Tottenham Hotspur's relegation fears deepened arsenic they went down 2-1 astatine Fulham -- stretching the club's winless Premier League tally to 10 games and leaving them 4 points above 18th-placed West Ham United.
The lone comfortableness for 16th-placed Tottenham was that Nottingham Forest stayed beneath them aft they were beaten 2-1 astatine Brighton and Hove Albion.
Harry Wilson opened the scoring successful the seventh infinitesimal for Fulham and the hosts doubled their pb erstwhile Alex Iwobi's sweetly-struck changeable arrowed successful disconnected the post.
Richarlison pulled a extremity backmost with a 66th-minute header, 8 minutes aft coming connected arsenic a substitute, but it was excessively small excessively precocious for the visitors.
"We were not good, lacked everything. Attacking and defending. Fulham were overmuch better. There are problems here, large problems," said caller Spurs brag Igor Tudor, who has present mislaid his archetypal 2 matches successful charge.
