Arsenal beat Everton to join Man City atop Premier League table
Arsenal secured a hard fought victory against Merseyside club, Everton on Saturday in a nerve-wracking English Premier League (EPL) match played at the Emirates Stadium in North London.
The Gunners which started the game in second place on the EPL table defeated Everton by a 2-0 score margin to move level on points with league leaders Man City.
Ezri Konsa scored Arsenal’s first goal of the game in the 7th minute when he was set up by Swedish striker Victor Gyokeres to give the home side the lead in the fiesty fixture.
Despite missing top scorer Bukayo Saka in the game, Arsenal dominated proceedings and were rewarded for their industry when Gabriel Magalhaes scored the second goal of the game via an assist delivered by Ben White.
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Arsenal went to secure a clean sheet and all three points in the match as Mikel Arteta’s side took advantage of Manchester City’s earlier slip up against Aston Villa.
In another weekend EPL game, Fulham defeated newly-promoted Coventry City 1-0 at the Coventry Building Society Arena in their Gameweek 8 Premier League match-up.
The game looked destined for a scoreless stalemate until Oscar Bobb broke the deadlock in the 80th minute to give Fulham a 1-0 lead and a crucial away victory which lifts the club tutored by Alvaro Arbeloa out of relegation zone and up to 12th place.
