Arsenal won Everton 2-0 and matched Manchester City in the Premier League after City suffered a home defeat at Aston Villa.
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24/10/2026
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O Arsenal today equaled Manchester City in the lead of the English Football League, after winning Everton, by 2-0, and benefit from the defeat of the ‘citizens’ at Aston Villa’s home by 2-1 on the eighth day.
After 13 games without scoring any stop ball goal, so decisive in the title in 2025/26, Arsenal inaugurated the marker in this way, by Ezri Konsa (07 minutes), doing the 2-0 for another defense, Brazilian Gabriel (68 minutes).
With this triumph, the gunners began to add 21 points, the same as Manchester City, which had earlier suffered the first defeat in the English League, while Everton is ninth, with 10.
Earlier, the Aston Villa had imposed the first defeat on Manchester City by 2-1, with two goals from Senegalese Nicolás Jackson, at six and 60 minutes, with the ‘citizens’, with the Portuguese Ruben Dias the titular and Matheus Nunes from outside, by injury, still being able to stall, by the inevitable Norwegian Erling Haaland, at 52 minutes.
The Aston Villa, which won for the third consecutive time the City, added the second straight win and the fourth win without losing in the English League, temporarily rising to the sixth with 11 points.
On the other date of the day, Fulham added the second consecutive win, winning at Coventry's home for 1-0, thanks to a goal by Norwegian Oscar Bobb at 80 minutes.
The Londoners have risen to 12th place, with eight points, while the newly promoted Coventry is in a demotion zone at 19th rank, with six.