Erling Haaland was on target twice as Premier League champions Man City embraced a dominant 3-1 victory over relegation-threatened Leicester City, while Enciso’s stunner gave Brighton a 2-1 victory against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
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Haaland found the back of the net twice against Leicester City to extend his goal tally to 32 in the top flight, drawing closer to Mohamed Salah’s record in a 38-game season with eight games still to play.
Manchester City cut the gap to league leaders Arsenal to just three points, but Mikel Arteta’s men can steady their advantage when they play West Ham on Sunday.
Arsenal is in serious trouble as ‘beast’ frontman Haaland, continues with his goalscoring record, taking his tally to 47 in 40 games in all competitions after netting twice on Saturday.
It was a good day in the office for Pep Guardiola’s men, who scored twice in the first 13 minutes through John Stones’ effort and Haaland’s penalty.
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The 22-year-old Norwegian goal machine added his second with a delightfully dinked finish 12 minutes later, but could not add to his tally after being substituted at half-time.
Arsenal is in a tight spot; on 26 April comes the huge clash between Man City against Arsenal
On 26 April comes the huge clash for Man City against Arsenal, which could potentially be a title decider at Etihad Stadium.
Arsenal is aiming to end their long top-flight trophy as The Gunners are on course to win their first Premier League title in 19 years and stop their opponents Man City from claiming three in a row.
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Guardiola’s side is ominously bearing in on Arsenal, and the Londoners cannot afford any slip-ups knowing City are hitting form at the right time by putting together a 10-game winning streak.
Man City are on course to reach the last four of the Champions League after taking apart Bayern Munich in the first leg of the quarter-finals on Tuesday and facing Sheffield United in the semi-finals of the FA Cup next Saturday.
“It’s a real tough opponent,” Guardiola told BBC Match of the Day when asked about their trip to Bayern in the Champions League second leg this week.
“We go there to achieve something unique, to reach a semi-final… We have to play with the right mentality and be stable in the bad moments that we will have – and go for it.”
Enciso stunner gives Brighton win at Chelsea
Teenager Julio Enciso netted a stunning winner as Brighton came from behind to beat Chelsea 1-2 in the Premier League, in what is called Frank Lampard’s first home match since being reappointed as Blues manager.
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Paraguayan forward Enciso, 19, blasted into the top corner from 35 yards to help Brighton continue their European qualification push.
Substitute Danny Welbeck had levelled at Stamford Bridge after Conor Gallagher’s deflected strike gave Chelsea a fortunate lead.
Brighton remains seventh in the table and Chelsea 11th.
Chelsea fall to defeat despite ending a goal drought
Chelsea’s opener from Conor Gallagher ended a run of four games without a goal.
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However, it was fortunate to strike too as Gallagher’s shot deflected wickedly off defender Lewis Dunk and wrong-footed Brighton keeper Robert Sanchez.
Chelsea made six changes from their Champions League first-leg quarter-final loss to Real Madrid on Wednesday.
Chelsea, who had never lost a home match to Brighton, find themselves 17 points off the top four, closer to the relegation zone than the Champions League spots.
They face Real in the second leg on Tuesday.
Tottenham lose 2-3 after Dango Ouattara scored a stoppage-time winner
Relegation-threatened Bournemouth boost their way towards Premier League survival as substitute Dango Ouattara scored a stoppage-time winner in a stunning finish at Tottenham.
Kick-off was delayed by 15 minutes after Bournemouth’s coach got stuck in traffic following a crash. However, the Cherries were fully prepared to fight back
Son Heung-min opened the scoring for the hosts in the first half before Uruguay left-back Matias Vina marked his first Premier League start with a deserved equaliser for Bournemouth.
The Cherries looked set to clinch all three points after Dominic Solanke put them in front early in the second half, only for Arnaut Danjuma to come off the bench and equalise against his former club on 88 minutes.
Fellow Spurs substitute Richarlison then sent a free header wide deep into stoppage time and, moments later, the visitors went up the other end and Ouattara netted a dramatic winner.
After winning at relegation rivals Leicester last week to climb out of the bottom three, the Cherries are now six points clear of the drop zone in 14th.
Manager Gary O’Neil said:
“To come here and win is one thing, to come here and be as dominant as we were is impressive,” said O’Neil, whose side next face relegation rivals West Ham, Southampton and Leeds in the space of seven days.
“We’ll enjoy this one but we try not to get too carried away. There’s a huge week coming next week as well so we’ll make sure the lads are ready.”
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Saturday, April 15, 2023, English Premier League Results
Aston Villa 3- 0 Newcastle United
Chelsea 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion
Everton 1- 3 Fulham
Southampton 0-2 Crystal Palace
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2- 0 Brentford
Tottenham Hotspur 2- 3 AFC Bournemouth
Manchester City 3-1 Leicester City
