Premier League: Arsenal, Man City both win

Gabriel Martinelli’s goal at the start of the second half gave Arsenal a 1-0 win away to Leicester City, which was probably easier than the final score suggests. Martinelli latched onto Leandro Trossard’s through ball to beat Danny Ward, which will have been some consolation to Trossard after the midfielder had a spectacular first-half goal disallowed after a VAR review, due to a foul on the Leicester keeper, by Ben White. Once Arsenal got ahead, they were able to control the play and held into their lead with few problems. Manchester City remain two points behind in the second after an easy 4-1 win away to Bournemouth. Julian Alvarez on 15 minutes, Erling Haaland on 29 minutes and Phil Foden on the stroke of halftime put Pep Guardiola’s side 3-0 up at the break, with Alvarez and Foden both answering doubts over why they haven’t started recently. An own goal made it 4-0 early in the second half before Jefferson Lerma netted a consolation goal for Bournemouth with just seven minutes left to play. The rest of the day’s games saw some important results in the battle to avoid relegation, with Leeds United and West Ham climbing out of the bottom three with vital home wins. Javi Gracia’s debut at Leeds ended 1-0 to bottom-of-the-table, Southampton, thanks to Junior Firpo’s 77th-minute goal, which went under the body of Southampton keeper, Gavin Bazunu.