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EPL: Arsenal top league again after walloping Brighton 3-0
Arsenal football Club moved to the top of the premier League after an walloping 3-0 Brighton on Saturday evening.
Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz and Leandro Trossard scored as Arsenal continued their dominant run of form in the year 2024.
Upon resumption of the second half, Kai Harvetz latched on a loose ball from Jorginho and slotted the ball past Brighton goalie in the 62nd minute for the visitors second goal of the night.
Former Brighton player, Leonardo Trossard scored Arsenal’s third goal of the evening to secure all three points for the Gunners in a very thrilling encounter.
The result meant that Arsenal have leapfrog both Liverpool and Manchester City to climb to the top of the premier league log.
Meanwhile, Liverpool will play its 31st game of the season against Manchester United at Old Trafford tomorrow.
Newcastle on Sunday pummeled Manchester United 4-1.
Newcastle to chance as they dealt a terrible blow on former league toppers.
Arsenal draw Brentford as hope of making it to the top continues to dwindle.
Arsenal after a superlative display against Real Madrid could not pull a win against Brentford at Emirates.
Most popular ex-captain and head coach of the Super Eagles, Christian Chukwu, is dead.
He was 74.
The football legend reportedly passed away in the early hours of Saturday though the exact circumstances surrounding the situation remain unclear as of the time of filing this report.
His longtime teammate and friend, Dr. Olusegun Odegbami, confirmed the development.
Odegbami, who won the 1980 Africa Nation Cup with Chukwu, said: ‘I just received the news that between 9:00 and 10:00 this morning, “Chairman” Christian Chukwu, MFR, my bosom friend and teammate, one of the greatest football players in Nigeria’s history, has passed on’.
Born 4 January 1951, Chukwu had an illustrious career with Rangers captaining them to many laurels on the domestic football scene and led the Flying Antelopes to continental glory by winning the now rested African Cup Winners Cup in 1977.
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