to restore their five point lead at the top. they beat fulham 3 0 at craven cottage with all of arsenal s goals coming in the first half. gabriel, gabriel martinelli and martin 0degaard the scorers for the away side, who continue to edge towards their first league title in 19 years. elsewhere in the premier league, manchester united missed the chance to strengthen their grip on the top four as they drew 0 0 with bottom of the table southampton. although, united did play over an hour with ten men after casemiro was sent off. west ham moved out of the bottom three with a draw against aston villa whilst newcastle are taking on wolves right now 1 0 alexander isak. in spain, la liga leaders barcelona restore their nine point advantage later if they beat athletic bilbao. mallorca drew 1 1 with real sociedad and sevilla got the better of almeria to lift themselves out of the drop zone. in germany freiburg are into the top four ahead of union berlin, after beating hoffenheim 2 1. wer
a significant step would start with a leap. gabrielle headed in through a leap. gabrielle headed in through a crowd of filling players. it would be the theme of a one sided first half. five minutes later, a second cross, a second header. gabriel martinelli had jumped clear with barely a challenge. what had looked a stiff test was now a stroll by the thames for the third time in this match, leandro trossard passed and found a scorer. this time martin 0degaard scored to seal it by the break. for fulham, this was a blip in a breakthrough season. they came close of the crossbar, but this match had slipped away. the perfect end for arsenal would have been a gabrieljesus column. gabriel jesus cool. arsenal had their fifth win any row. keep this form and they will rise to the title.
over manchester city. and a boost too for mikel arteta, with his star striker returning. joe lynskey reports. out the form guide. for fulham to beat arsenal, they would have to block out the form guide. now the team from north london are rising. a significant step would start with a leap. gabrielle headed in through a crowd of fulham players. it would be the theme of a one sided first half. five minutes later, a second cross, a second header. gabriel martinelli had jumped clear with barely a challenge. what had looked a stiff test was now a stroll by the thames for the third time in this match, leandro trossard passed and found a scorer. this time martin 0degaard scored to seal it by the break. for fulham, this was a blip in a breakthrough season. they came close of the crossbar, but this match had slipped away.
along with captain martin 0degaard. everton remain in the relegation place. in the night s other match liverpool beat wolves 2 0 to move up to sixth. in the scottish women s premier league glasgow city stay three points clear at the top of the table after a 3 0 win against motherwell. davidson with the pick of the goals. former cricketer azeem rafiq spoke today in central london at a disciplinary hearing two and a half years after he first made claims of racism at yorkshire, later calling english cricket institutionally racist. today evidence was given surrounding members of staff allegedly using racist slurs. matt graveling has more. it s been a damning day after hearing racist abuse aimed at the former spinner. the panel heard
and there ll be an increased police presence in the area. matt graveling. it has been a busy day of sport. hello, thank you very much. arsenal extended their lead at the top of the english premier league to eight points, with a 2 nil win in the north london derby at tottenham. mikel arteta s side took full advantage of title rivals manchester city s defeat to manchester united on saturday in impressive fashion to claim a vital three points. hugo lloris fumbled bukayo saka s cross into his own net after 1a minutes, and martin 0degaard added a second for arsenal s first victory at spurs since 2014. great to watch, i think it was a terrific match. i think we had some very good moments. i think we showed a lot of belief and determination, but as well, a lot of quality to play the way we wanted to play, to dominate the game. and it is never easy to play this way against this