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Tottenham hold

After 4 wins in a row, the Spurs were surprised by Brighton who however have nothing more to hope for or fear from the season.

With this defeat, Tottenham still retains 4th place with 57 points, but it is only 3 points ahead of the Gunners, who have one game less, and Manchester United.

Antonio Conte's men were particularly laborious in their attacking animation and their midfielder was much less efficient in ball recovery and transitions.

Harry Kane was completely transparent in this match and Son Heung-min, apart from two strikes in the box, blocked by opponents, never weighed much either.

They were finally trapped on an inspiration from the Belgian Leandro Trossard who recovered a dragging ball in the area.

The joy of Brighton players after the goal of Leandro Trossard, on the lawn of Tottenham, April 16, 2022 Tolga Akmen AFP

He chained a feint of strike which turned into an inside hook and an outside of the foot at the corner of six meters which left no chance for Hugo Lloris (0-1, 89th) to revive the suspense at the top of the classification .

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Arsenal fails

The Gunners had the opportunity to return to level on points with Tottenham in the event of victory at Southampton, atomized (6-0) last week by Chelsea, but they missed this chance.

However, they largely dominated the match, with 75% possession, 23 shots and big chances like that of Bukayo Saka against Fraser Foster (18th).

But the offensive impotence, which had already slowed down the team at the start of 2022, seems to have made a comeback with this second setback in a row after the one at home against Brighton (1-2), decidedly in verve in the English capital.

All it took was a moment of deconcentration and an overly lax defense on a corner just before the break for Jan Bednarek (1-0, 44th) and the Saints (11th, 39 points) to offer themselves a prestigious success.

His late match being against Chelsea, we can consider that Arsenal has just grilled a good joker in the race for the C1 and he could think back with bitterness to this meeting at the end of the season.

Arsenal's Spanish coach Mikel Arteta, during the defeat, 1-0 on the lawn of Southampton, during the 33rd day of the Premier League, April 16, 2022 Daniel LEAL AFP

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Manchester United: Ronaldo to the rescue

While we feared that the Red Devils would end the season in freewheeling after three disastrous performances in a row, Cristiano Ronaldo, with his 50th club hat-trick of his career, put them back in the running for the C1.

Manchester almost ruined everything after a superb start to the match.

While a few hundred supporters had decided to demonstrate near Old Trafford against the owners, the Glazer family, only entering the stands at the 17th minute, like the 17 years of the Americans at the head of the club, " CR7" did not wait for them.

From the 7th minute of play, he only had to push the ball offered by Anthony Elanga who had recovered it from the opposing feet in the box (1-0).

Shortly after half an hour, from a corner and a header, Ronaldo doubled the bet, seeming to place his people on the royal road.

But the Red Devils completely got out of their match and the Canaries came back to score through Kieran Dowell (2-1, 45 + 1) and Teemu Pukki (2-2, 52nd).

A tactical change with the exit of Paul Pogba, aligned as a guard, to bring in Nemanja Matic allowed Manchester to regain control of the match and Ronaldo, with a master free kick, gave hope to Old Trafford (3 -2, 76th), even if the next trip will take them to Anfield Road on Tuesday to challenge Liverpool.

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