Arsenal, Spurs grab late winners against EPL title rivals

The past year in which Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City did not feature in the top two of the table after 26 games.

Wenger said it was a relief to see Welbeck return from a knee injury and he only made a decision to include him in the squad on Saturday. “That s an eternity for a player”. “That is a great change”. The hosts then capitalised on Danny Simpson’s red card as Theo Walcott volleyed in the equaliser.

Instead, Welbeck’s intervention left Ranieri and his men desolate after an outstanding backs-to-the-wall performance, exemplified by the brilliance of keeper Schmeichel as he kept Arsenal at bay, with one late save from Giroud world-class especially notable. The two yellows for Simpson, both yellows for Simpson were fouls, but they were not yellows.

“We knew a draw was not good enough, and in the end it paid off, down to the mental desire of the team”, he said, explaining that the team had not seen Vardy’s penalty award coming in a first half they had dominated in terms of possession. “We didn’t win but I enjoyed it. But nothing will break me”.

Tottenham underlined their title credentials by completing the double over Premier League rivals Manchester City to move to within two points of leaders Leicester.

City cancelled out Harry Kane’s spot-kick through substitute Kelechi Iheanacho but crashed to a fourth home defeat of the season.

Spurs have been in fine form all season and have now win five Premier League games on the trot.

“It was a big mental hurdle for us because we were in shock at being behind at half-time”. For that we feel very pleased for the players.

“This result shows that we’ve got great character, great mentality our morale is superb and we’ve got a great manager”.

Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini will not face action from the Football Association over his comments about referee Mark Clattenburg. In the 53rd minute, and Danny Rose’s cross is handled in the area by Raheem Sterling. “It was the key moment that decided the game”.

“We responded well, but we needed to get the three points”.

“If it’s a plus or minus that we’re going under the radar, I don’t know”. We need to be really sharp and continue what we’re doing. “The spirit of the team is very good”.

At Villa Park, Liverpool crushed Aston Villa 6-0, pushing the league strugglers even closer to relegation.

Daniel Sturridge, starting his first game under Juergen Klopp because of injury, opened the scoring with a header after 16 minutes. Everything starts from training, everything on the pitch comes from training and how well we work. “You saw that today”.