Nov 30 : Arsenal missed a chance to tighten their grip on the Premier League title race with a 1-1 draw at 10-man Chelsea on Sunday, while Liverpool's Alexander Isak scored his first league goal in a 2-0 win over West Ham United that halted their worst run in more than 70 years.
Manchester United ended Crystal Palace's nine-month unbeaten home run with a 2-1 comeback victory, Aston Villa climbed to fourth with a 1-0 victory over lowly Wolverhampton Wanderers, and Brighton & Hove Albion won 2-0 at Nottingham Forest to go fifth.
At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea held the Gunners to a draw in a highly charged top-of-the-table London derby, with Mikel Merino cancelling out Trevoh Chalobah's Chelsea opener.
Chelsea were already a man down when defender Chalobah flicked a header into the net from a pinpoint corner by captain Reece James three minutes after the break.Moises Caicedo had been sent off in the 38th minute after a VAR check for landing a crunching tackle on Merino's ankle. Arsenal replied when Merino rose to meet a Bukayo Saka cross in the 59th minute.
"A really tough one," Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta told Sky Sports. "Two teams that play with a lot of intensity and aggression, you could sense it in every tackle.
"Two top teams fighting for the Premier League so it's normal. We scored a brilliant goal. We had two or three big chances."
Arsenal sit five points clear at the top of the table on 30 points ahead of Manchester City, who beat Leeds United 3-2 on Saturday, with Chelsea third on 24.
Champions Liverpool had lost nine of their last 12 games in all competitions, and manager Arne Slot took drastic measures, leaving Mohamed Salah out of his starting lineup for the first time in a league game.
Isak, who had looked short of form
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