LONDON (AP) — Unai Emery damaged his former team’s title hopes again as Aston Villa beat Arsenal 2-0 on Sunday to leave Manchester City top of the Premier League. Both goals came late after Villa had soaked up Arsenal’s pressure for much of the game, with Leon Bailey putting his team ahead in the 84th and Ollie Watkins adding the second on a counterattack two minutes later. Arsenal became the second title challenger to falter at home in the span of a few hours after Liverpool lost 1-0 to Crystal Palace at Anfield earlier in the day. That leaves defending champion Man City in full control of the title race as it leads both its rivals by two points with six games left to play. Emery replaced Arsene Wenger at Arsenal in 2018 but lasted just 18 months before being fired. His Villa has now held Arsenal’s high-flying attack scoreless in two games this season after a 1-0 win at home, a double that could well end up costing Mikel Arteta’s team the title. |
Hong Kong to hold historical French fashion exhibitionTrump, 78, suffers embarrassing wobble at Minnesota rally, with campaigners for 81 yearHeartbreak as Tyson Fury is defeated by Oleksandr Usyk in the fight of the centurySuzhou Symphony Orchestra embarks on Algeria tourJury finds Honolulu's former top prosecutor and 5 others not guilty in a federal bribery caseBell hits tying homer as Marlins score 4 in 9th off struggling Díaz and rally past Mets 10Over 4,000 species affected by wildlife trafficking: UN reportOpenAI announces GPTBrits face summer holiday chaos as Majorcans crank up their antiChinese FM spokesperson briefs on new round of China