Arsenal defended their lead in the English Premier League.
At the relegation candidates Leicester City, the team of team boss Mikel Arteta struggled to a 1-0 (0-0). Defending champions Manchester City reduced the gap to two points a little later with a safe 4-0 (3-0) win at newly promoted AFC Bournemouth.
Liverpool FC, led by team manager Jürgen Klopp, suffered another setback and four days after the 5-2 defeat in the Champions League round of 16 first leg against Real Madrid, they drew 0-0 at Crystal Palace.
Argentinian world champion Julian Alvarez (15th), ex-Bundesliga star Erling Haaland (29th), Phil Foden (45th) and Chris Mepham (51st) with an own goal decided the game in favor of the Citizens around national player Ilkay Gündogan, Jefferson Lerma (83rd) operated result cosmetics.
Haaland set a record with his goal on matchday 25: Never before has a City player scored at least 27 goals in a Premier League season, and the Norwegian still has 13 games to extend the record. Gündogan was on the field for 55 minutes.
Previously, Gabriel Martinelli (46th) had ensured with his goal that the Gunners finally overcame their mini-crisis with the second win in a row. Arsenal dominated from the start without initially developing any real goal threat. The team of referees denied the alleged opening goal by Leandro Trossard because of a previous foul play (26th).
From the perspective of the Londoners, a game of patience developed – until shortly after the restart: The Brazilian Martinelli used a quick counterattack to give the guests a deserved lead. In the chaotic final phase, there was hardly any flow of the game.