Arsenal captain, Martin Odegaard fired the North London side back to the top of the Premier League as the Norway midfielder’s double inspired a 3-1 win against a horrible Chelsea on Tuesday night.
Africa Today News, New York recalls that Mikel Arteta’s side had lost control of the title race following last week’s 4-1 defeat at Manchester City.
However, the Gunners registered their intention to push City all the way to the wire with a much-needed first win in five games.
Odegaard’s brace was followed by a Gabriel Jesus strike as the hosts raced into a three-goal before half-time at the Emirates Stadium.
Noni Madueke’s second half goal was no consolation for Chelsea’s wretched performance.
Arsenal are now two points clear of second placed City and while Pep Guardiola’s men remain favourites to win the title, the north Londoners have at least applied a little pressure on the champions.
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Meanwhile, City will return to first place if they beat West Ham at home on Wednesday in the first of their two games in hand on Arsenal.
After 10 weeks at the top, Arsenal were knocked down to second place by City’s win at Fulham on Sunday.
Three successive draws, including two blown two-goal leads, and the calamitous loss at City have led Arsenal to be written off as title race chokers.
But Arteta insisted this week that the title was still winnable and his players responded to the Spaniard’s rallying cry.
Troubled Chelsea were the ideal opponents for Arsenal to get back on track before a tricky trip to Newcastle on Sunday.
Africa Today News, New York reports that the loss means that the Blues have lost all six games since Frank Lampard returned as caretaker boss to replace the sacked Graham Potter.
Languishing in 12th place, Chelsea are on an nine-game winless run in all competitions and face the prospect of failing to finish in the top half of the table for the first time since 1996.