The NHA top spot changed hands again, Man City announced good news to race for the top 4 for MU

Arsenal won 2-0 against Luton to rise to the top of the table, Man City won 4-1 against Aston Villa in round 31 of the Premier League.

After successfully holding Man City to a draw last weekend, Arsenal returned home to welcome Luton in round 31 of the Premier League. Coach Arteta’s team successfully completed the task of gaining all 3 points with an easy 2-0 victory over the opponent who is in the bottom group of the rankings.

After the opening whistle, Arsenal took the initiative and created an overwhelming position against away team Luton. The constant pressure from the Emirates Stadium team helped the home team score the opening goal in the 23rd minute. Havertz crossed smoothly for Odegaard to finish with one touch from the top of the penalty area, sending the ball close to the left corner of the goal. . The Danish player’s shot was so difficult that goalkeeper Kaminski couldn’t stop it.

Having scored a goal, Arsenal played somewhat laxly. However, the home team’s attacks were still much sharper than Luton’s. In the last minutes of the first half, Kaminski’s goal continuously faced dangerous situations and the home team also scored a second goal before the break. In the 44th minute, Odegaard’s return pass near the goal caused Hashioka to score an own goal while the Japanese midfielder was busy marking the Arsenal player.

After scoring two goals in the first half, Arsenal did not attack too aggressively in the second half, it seemed like the home team did not want to use their strength to find a bigger victory. Even so, Arsenal did not let Luton rise up, the “Gunners” still held the initiative.

Luton’s counter-attack ability was not impressive, the away team sometimes had attacks approaching Arsenal’s goal but did not cause goalkeeper Raya many difficulties. Not scoring any more goals in the second half, Arsenal ended the match with a score of 2-0.

While Arsenal gently overcame Luton 2-0, Man City even crushed unpleasant opponent Aston Vila 4-1 thanks to Phil Foden’s hat-trick.

Thus, the “Gunners” temporarily occupy the top spot (68 points), while the representative of Manchester is still ranked 3rd (67 points) but both have played 1 more match than Liverpool. Most likely, the “Red Brigade” will soon reclaim the No. 1 position because they will only meet the bottom team Sheffied United tonight.

In the next week, the real challenge will come to Arsenal and Man City as they continuously “plow” in the Premier League and the quarterfinals of the Champions League. Without a reasonable calculation of personnel, they could completely “run out of breath” against Liverpool.

Besides the championship race, the top 4 race also has a turning point. Not long after 5th place team Tottenham (57 points/30 matches) was held to a draw, it was the turn of 4th place team Aston Villa to have nothing (59 points/31 matches). Faced with that situation, MU (48 points/29 matches) suddenly benefited.

Notably, opponents chasing MU such as West Ham (7th place), Newcastle (8th place), and Brighton (9th place) simultaneously stumbled. Now, the mission of coach Erik Ten Hag and his team is to defeat Chelsea in the great match at Stamford Bridge (2:15 a.m., April 5) to rekindle hopes of competing in the top 4.