LONDON:
Arsenal fought back from a goal down to beat Bournemouth 3-2 on Saturday and stretch their lead at the top of the Premier League as Aston Villa extended their winning run at home.
Goals from Gabriel Magalhaes and two from the returning Declan Rice sent the Gunners six points clear of second-placed Villa and seven ahead of Manchester City, in third spot.
“I am so happy,” he said. “We had to recover our energy and our confidence. Here, at Villa Park, the energy we create was really important.
“Forest are competitive. After the Arsenal match we met — the players and staff — (and discussed) how we are doing this season, how we are feeling, how we needed to keep the same consistency as before, how we needed to be together and strong.”
Sean Dyche’s Forest, who have now suffered four straight league defeats, remain one place above the relegation zone, four points clear of West Ham, who slumped to a damaging 3-0 loss at Molineux.
Relegation-threatened West Ham travelled to face winless basement club Wolves in desperate need of a victory.
Jhon Arias gave the home side an early lead and Hwang Hee-chan doubled their advantage from the penalty spot shortly after the half-hour mark.
Teenager Mateus Mane drilled in his first Premier League goal shortly before half-time, all but guaranteeing Rob Edwards’s team a first league win of the season.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s Hammers are in danger of being cut adrift at the bottom of the Premier League along with Wolves and Burnley.
“Everybody needs to think and reflect and question ourselves,” Nuno said. “It’s about actions. It’s been very bad, very bad.”
Wolves, who drew with Manchester United in midweek, remain 12 points from safety.
“We have been improving and progressing and you saw that today,” Edwards told the BBC. “It is another step in the right direction, that is all it was and it is nice it has culminated in a win.”
Elsewhere on Saturday, Brighton beat Burnley 2-0 to end a six-match winless run, courtesy of goals from Georginio Rutter and Yasin Ayari.
Teenager Mateus Mane drilled in his first Premier League goal shortly before half-time, all but guaranteeing Rob Edwards’s team a first league win of the season.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s Hammers are in danger of being cut adrift at the bottom of the Premier League along with Wolves and Burnley.
“Everybody needs to think and reflect and question ourselves,” Nuno said. “It’s about actions. It’s been very bad, very bad.”
Wolves, who drew with Manchester United in midweek, remain 12 points from safety.
“We have been improving and progressing and you saw that today,” Edwards told the BBC. “It is another step in the right direction, that is all it was and it is nice it has culminated in a win.”
Elsewhere on Saturday, Brighton beat Burnley 2-0 to end a six-match winless run, courtesy of goals from Georginio Rutter and Yasin Ayari.
