On Saturday, Chelsea defeated Leicester 2-1 to move up to third place, while Arsenal defeated Nottingham Forest 3-0 to get their Premier League championship challenge back on track. After placing second in both of the previous seasons, Arsenal was predicted to be a strong candidate to unseat City. The Gunners began the weekend nine points behind leaders Liverpool, who will visit bottom-of-the-table Southampton on Sunday after losing their last four league games.
Arsenal's chances of winning a first title in more than 20 years have significantly increased with Martin Odegaard's injury comeback, and his ball set up Bukayo Saka to score the game-winning goal at the 15-minute mark. Early in the second half, Saka helped the home team double their lead by setting up another exceptional goal, this time from Thomas Partey. With his sixth goal of the season, Nicolas Jackson gave the visitors the lead in the first half.