London (AFP)

Beaten at Everton (2-1) on Wednesday for the 32nd day of the Premier League, Leicester sees their 3rd place threatened by Chelsea who travels to West Ham in the evening, while Arsenal insured against the Norwich red lantern (4- 0).

. Leicester can't do it anymore:

With two points taken against misclassified Watford (16th) and Brighton (15th), an elimination in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup at home against Chelsea (1-0) and this defeat, Leicester is tarnishing very successful first two thirds of the season.

With 55 points, the Foxes are only one unit ahead of Chelsea (4th) who visits 17th West Ham a little later in the evening (19:15 GMT).

They are also only 3 lengths ahead of Manchester United (5th) and Wolverhampton (6th), which display a sparkling shape. The European qualification of the Foxes, which seemed almost to be taken for granted before the interruption of the matches because of the Covid-19, is clearly called into question.

Symbol of this helplessness, Jamie Vardy, co-top scorer of the championship with 19 achievements, has not found the net since the recovery.

Faced with Everton, 12th with 41 points and who has nothing more to play this season, it was enough two goals by Richarlison (10th) and by Gylfi Sigurdsson on penalty at the end of the first quarter of an hour to settle the case (2-0, 16th).

Kelechi Iheanacho gave hope to Leicester at the start of the second half, on a gag goal, by countering a clearance from a defender (2-1, 51st), but the Foxes lost their magic.

. Aubameyang wears Arsenal:

It is undoubtedly too late to hope to catch Europe by the championship, but Arsenal (7th with 46 points) at least refueled by taking advantage of the gifts of Norwich, last and which justified its place Wednesday.

After half an hour to give almost illusion, the Canaries conceded a perfectly avoidable goal, their goalkeeper Tim Krul trying a hook in his area in front of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (1-0, 33rd).

The Gabonese man recovered the ball and scored in the empty cages his 50th league goal for Arsenal in his 79th game, 4 less than it took Thierry Henry.

This match was a little Christmas in the spring for Arsenal, who had already taken advantage of a goalkeeper error against Southampton, two days ago, to open the scoring (2-0).

Aubameyang even went there with his double on a new opposing gift: a hazardous pass in the axis of a central defender, which he converted for his 19th accomplishment of the season, catching up with Vardy at the top of the scoring charts.

Even the second goal, intervened in the 37th minute, was not of the best effect, the cross strike of Granit Xhaka passing between the legs of the doorman, who perhaps still rehashed his error four minutes earlier (2-0, 37th ).

If Norwich strives to develop a pleasant game, it lacks a lot of "fighting spirit": it is the only Premier League team to have scored no points after being led this season.

The Portuguese side Cédric closed the mark nine minutes from the end (4-0, 81st) and the Canaries seem promised to relegation. Like Bournemouth (19th), streaked at home by Newcastle (4-1) and who has lost 16 of his last 21 matches.

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