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Arsenal Thump Man City To Boost Title Hopes

Feb 03, 2025

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Arsenal have given their Premier League title hopes a boost with an emphatic 5-1 win over Man City at the Emirates.

It moves them to within six points of leaders Liverpool, although the Gunners have played a game more.

Defending champions City, meanwhile, are in fourth, a massive 15 points off the summit.

Meanwhile, Tottenham ended their four-game losing streak in the league with a 2-0 victory away to Brentford.

While Man United suffered their fifth home defeat in six EPL matches, going down 2-0 to Crystal Palace at Old Trafford.

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Meanwhile, United’s Marcus Rashford has completed his loan move to Aston Villa for the remainder of the season.

Villa also have the option to sign the player permanently at the end of the current campaign.

The 27-year-old has not featured in a matchday squad for United since mid-December due to poor performances on the pitch and in training.

This will be the first time in 20 years that Rashford will be playing for another club, having started out with United’s youth team back in 2005.

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In selected Serie A results…leaders Napoli and Roma played out a 1-1 draw.

AC Milan and Inter also drew 1-1

While Juventus thrashed Empoli 4-1.

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Over in La Liga…Barcelona moved to within four points of leaders Real Madrid thanks to a 1-0 win over Alaves.

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Back home…Sri Pahang defeated Sabah 2-1 last night and 3-2 on aggregate to book a place in the Malaysia Cup final against holders JDT.

Meanwhile, Selangor FC pulled off a 1-nil win over Penang to complete a 2-0 aggregate victory in the semi-final of the Challenge Cup.