Arsenal win and strengthen their bid for the Premier League title – Premier League

Arsenal reinforced their candidacy for the Premier League title, by winning against Bournemouth (3-0), on a day in which they are still waiting for three-time champions Manchester City to enter the field.

With today’s victory, the Gunners now have four points more than City, who, even so, continue to depend on them, having played two fewer games, the first today against Wolverhampton.

Pep Guardiola’s team, and the Portuguese Bernardo Silva, Rúben Dias and Matheus Nunes, also have a game overdue from the 34th round, to be played at Tottenham’s home, on May 14th.

In the 36th round, which takes place this weekend, Arsenal, which had Fábio Vieira on the bench, fulfilled what was expected and secured the victory with goals from Bukayo Saka, in the 45th minute, from a penalty, from Leandro Trossard, in the 70th minute. , and Declan Rice, at 90+7.

Arsenal has 83 points, followed by Manchester City, with 79 (minus two games), Liverpool, with 75 (minus one game), and Aston Villa, with 67 (minus one game), with the top three already in place. guaranteed in next season’s Champions League.

For the Gunners, the importance of having the best attack (88 goals) and the best defense in the League (28), when the first tiebreaker, in the case of equal points, is the difference between goals scored and goals conceded. .