Chelsea reduced the gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool to six points by beating Leicester 2-1 on Saturday.
Nicolas Jackson and the Argentine Enzo Fernandez led the London club to victory at the King Power Stadium. Jordan Ayew scored for Leicester in the 95th minute with a penalty in second-half stoppage time.
Liverpool play until Sunday, when they travel to last-place Southampton, and their rivals took the opportunity to keep the pressure on Arne Slot’s team.
Jackson showed good close control in the box before putting Chelsea ahead with a clever finish in the 15th minute. It was the Senegalese striker’s seventh goal in 13 appearances this season.
Fernandez headed Chelsea’s second goal in the 75th after Jackson’s header was saved by goalkeeper Mads Hermansen. Ayew’s penalty came too late for Leicester to mount a comeback.
Third-place Chelsea was one point behind second-place Manchester City and later faced Tottenham in Saturday’s closing match, having a chance to move within two points of Liverpool.
Fourth-placed Arsenal beat Nottingham Forest 3-0 and fifth-placed Brighton beat visiting Bournemouth 2-1 to maintain their excellent start to the season under new manager Fabian Hurzeler.
Mikel Arteta celebrated his 250th game in charge of Arsenal with a victory against Forest. This was also his 147th win in all competitions, more than any other Arsenal manager with the same number of games. The great Arsene Wenger won 136 of his first 250 games.
Bukayo Saka put Arsenal ahead after 15 minutes at the Emirates Stadium and Thomas Partey added a second seven minutes into the second half. 17-year-old Ethan Nwaneri scored his first Premier League goal for the club in the 86th minute.
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This story was translated from English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool.
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