‘Grude mistake’ by Hugo Lloris condemns Tottenham to defeat against Arsenal, who is the leader of the Premier League

A rude mistake by Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris at the start of the game buried Tottenham’s options in the north London derby that made Arsenal more leader than they ended up winning 2-0.

An own goal from the world champion goalkeeper in 2018 (14) and another from the Norwegian midfielder Martin Odegaard (36) decided the duel in favor of the men coached by the Spanish Mikel Arteta, who seems closer than ever to returning the ‘Gunners’ a title that resists them since 2004.

With this victory, Arsenal reaches 47 points, compared to City’s 39, which in the other derby of the day, that of Manchester, lost 2-1 against United (4th) on Saturday.

When the game had not yet reached a quarter of an hour, a play on the right by Bukayo Saka ended the cross-shot from the international winger and Lloris, who this week announced his retirement from the ‘Bleus’ at the age of 36, he put the ball into his own goal after it hit him in the chest (14).

Arsenal was much superior in the first half and was close to widening the gap with a tremendous shot from Ghana’s Thomas Partey that crashed into the woodwork.

The goal came 10 minutes from the break, with a low and tight shot from the Norwegian Martin Odegaard against which Lloris (36) could do nothing.

With the changes in the second half, Tottenham began to dominate and create several scoring chances, but ‘Gunner’ goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale was imperial against shots from Harry Kane (50) and Ryan Sessegnon (52) to avoid any kind of of suspense in the final stretch.

Newcastle regains their place on the podium, tied on 38 points with United, after beating Fulham (6th) by a minimum this Sunday.

After Manchester United placed third following their derby win, Newcastle needed victory to return to podium places.

Against a Fulham team that had beaten Chelsea a few days ago, Newcastle took all three points thanks to a solitary goal in the last minutes (89) by the Swede Alexander Isak, the former Real Sociedad player signed by the ‘Urracas’ this season , but who has hardly played after being injured shortly after landing at St James Park.

Fulham had a great chance to have taken at least one point, but a penalty goal was disallowed after the kicker, Serbian Aleksandar Mitrovic slipped and hit the ball twice (minute 65).

With this victory, Newcastle continues to take steps towards qualifying for the next Champions League, the great goal of the Saudi owners who bought the club last season.

At Stamford Bridge, two pieces of good news for the ‘Blues’ fans who are suffering so much this season: the club announced the signing of the young Ukrainian midfielder Mykhailo Mudryk, for whom it could pay 100 million euros to Shakhtar Donetsk, and the team returned to winning ways.

After four games without victory (one draw and three losses), a goal by German Kai Havertz gave victory to a Chelsea that remains in the middle zone of the standings (10th with 28 points), far from the zone Champions, which closes United with 38 units.

Graham Potter’s men’s game, however, was in line with recent weeks, far from the level that one of England’s greats should give.

And in a week they will face Liverpool at Anfield, the other big disappointment of the season, in a duel in which the loser will practically say goodbye to any chance of playing in the Champions League next year. (D)