Arsenal are back at the top of the Premier League table after beating Aston Villa 4-2 at Villa Park. Manchester City face Nottingham Forest, meaning Arsenal are two points ahead of skyblue in the Premier League table. However, Arsenal's next ten matches in the Premier League will determine whether they continue to top the Premier League table.
Five of Arsenal's next ten Premier League matches will take place at Emirates Stadium and those will be against Everton, Bournemouth, Crystal Palace, Leeds United and Southampton. These are matches they can easily win thanks to home advantage and Arsenal will most likely win 15 out of 15 possible points in the next 5 home games in the Premium League. However, the same cannot be said for away matches as Arsenal will have difficulty away for the next 10 Premier League matches.
These matches include Leicester City, Fulham, Liverpool, Manchester City and West Ham. Based on the performance of these teams, it is very likely that Arsenal will drop points against 5 of these teams. They can get 5/15 points in the next 5 away games. However, Arsenal may not be able to keep the top spot in the Premier League when they have very difficult matches away.
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The good, the bad and the ugly:
Liverpool won Newcastle thanks to the attack starting to work together. Darwin Núñez scored brilliantly and Cody Gakpo impressed.
ST JAMES' PARK, NEWCASTLE // Liverpool have not completely turned their backs and are not back to their best yet, but it is another step in the right direction.
Jürgen Klopp's onslaught is ongoing, especially before Nick Pope's banishment after Mohamed Salah freaked him out with a mistake, and while they could have controlled things better, there's still plenty positive signs to take.
Goals from Darwin Núñez and Cody Gakpo were enough to secure three points as Liverpool continued their fine form, following their win over Everton earlier in the week. Here are three moments that Liverpool.com picked out from the Reds' all-important win at St James' Park that put them back in the race for the top four.
Good
Several times this season, Liverpool have seemingly failed to score a single goal. Just a few weeks ago against Chelsea, they could have played for hours before someone scored.
On this occasion, however, it was an early quality performance with a three-pronged play from the start that really shone against a team that simply didn't concede a goal very often.
Newcastle have only scored 15 goals in the Premier League this season and four have now come against Liverpool. Eddie Howe's team lost only 2 times:
both times against the Red Devils.
Núñez was excellent and Gakpo played Roberto Firmino very well, with an energetic Mohamed Salah by their side.
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Encouragingly, Trent Alexander-Arnold is also very special. Every ball he put into the box was superb and he could easily provide more assists than the sublime pass that Núñez finished in the net.
When Luis Díaz returns, it will be interesting to see where the Uruguayan will play, but for now Núñez's best position is clearly on the left.
With him plunging inside the wing and Alexander-Arnold finally finding his passing range on the opposite side, this emerging exciting partnership could pose a real danger for Real. Madrid and many other teams in the coming weeks.
Bad people
There are two major negatives. The first was that Núñez was injured and was sent off shortly after, although he is likely to be substituted with half an hour left and Firmino and Diogo Jota as substitutes. Klopp provided a post-match update on Núñez, which you can read in full here, but it doesn't look all that bad. Hopefully it will be sore and nothing more than that, but another update is coming in the next few days.
Liverpool striker Darwin Nuñez.
Another minus point is that Liverpool are not completely in control of the game. Easier said than done away against Newcastle, even against 10 men, but Tuesday's game at Anfield will be the big test of whether the Reds midfielders can do enough to put them in. European race or not. knockout round. Just as Newcastle overtook Everton, Real Madrid will be another big step up in quality.
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