nacho monreal scored his first arsenal goal in nearly five years, while alex iwobi got the second onenal for 21 yesterday. -- 21 —— 21 years today. and against opponents brighton, playing in the top flight for the first time since 1984, there was no substitute for experience. the home side continued their fine recent form straightaway. alexandre lacazette hitting the post inside a minute, and the pressure kept coming, with the ball being cleared off the line before eventually falling to nacho monreal. brighton have been finding their feet over the past few weeks in the premier league, and they almost found a fantastic equaliser. the brighton goalkeeper had a busy afternoon. a stunning stop to keep it at one, yet the second would come. a beautiful touch from alexis sanchez, the finish from alex iwobi. there might have been more for arsenal. ryan, again excellent. with some help from his defender. but 2—0 was how it ended. a decent 21st for wenger, don‘t party too hard tonight. we lost for the bit in our concentration. —— we eased off a bit in our concentration and our decision—making.

nacho monreal gave the gunners the lead afterjust 16 minutes.doubled their advantage in the second half through alex iwobi. it's win that sees wenger‘s side move up to fifth, equal on points with fourth—placed chelsea. meanwhile liverpool endured yet another frustrating afternoon in front of goal as they were held to a 1—1 draw at newcastle. the reds once again dominating possession and creating plenty of chances, but unable to find a winner. philippe coutinho giving the away team the lead before an equaliser from joselu. jurgen klopp's liverpool side have now won just one of their last seven games in all competitions and are seventh in the premier league. while the pressure is ramping up on everton manager ronald koeman. the toffees beaten i—o at home to burnley. jeff hendrick with the only goal of the game at goodison park. everton have now lost four of their past five premier league games and sitjust two points and two places above the relegation zone. things seem to be going from bad to worse for perrenial bundesliga winners bayern munich af

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nacho monreal put the gunners ahead early on arsenal added a second after half—time through alex iwobiin the chasing pack behind premier league leaders manchester city. they are equal on points with fourth placed chelsea. liverpool endured another frustrating afternoon in front of goal as they were held to a 1—1 draw at newcastle. managerjurgen klopp once again saw his side dominate possession and create chances but they couldn't find a winner. philippe coutinho gave liverpool the lead with a 25—yard strike butjoselu was able to equalise with a fortunate finish before the break. klopp's side have now won one of their last seven games in all competitions and are seventh in the premier league. disappointment for us, of course. away at newcastle will be a difficult place, you need luck in this situation, then the game opens and you can maybe use it. we scored and you can maybe use it. we scored a wonderful goal and created wonderful chances. not all of them we re wonderful chances. not all of them were shots on target because we shot the ball over the goal even when it was empty, and that

goals from nacho monreal, his first in five years, and alex iwobi secured the points for arsenal andix in a thrilling race in sa—pang. in a thrilling race in sapang. verstappen, who turned 20 yesterday, took control of the race after passing lewis hamilton at the start of the 11th lap. hamilton finished second but extends his lead in the championship standings. his title rival sebastian vettel started at the back of the grid but fought his way through to take 4th. daniel ricciardo was 3rd. one game in rugby union's premiership today. bath have spoiled wasps‘ 150th anniversary celebrations with a 25—9 victory at the ricoh arena. the sides were level at the end of the first half on 9points a piece, but bath pulled away after the break. semesa rokodeguni raced onto a jonathanjoseph chip kick late on to grab the game's only try and seal victory. it's the first time wasps have lost three in a row in the premiership since january 2016. ireland's paul dunne shot a nine—under—par 61 on the final day of the british masters to hold off rory mcilroy and win his first european tour title. despit

nacho monreal putting the gunners ahead. everton monreal putting the gunners ahead. goodison park and burnley travel to newcastle. they will be hoping to put their frustrating run of september results behind them. there are some teams obviously flying. does not mean the others teams should not try to fly, as well. we all do not give up and say, that is so all do not give up and say, that is so good, oh, my god. have a season ticket for manchester, whichever stadium. but we really still try to sort out things and to improve. with all the problems we have had so far, we are still with points. i have no problem with criticism. i only have a problem if people think we cannot sort out our things. moeen ali said he is excited about playing in australia in the ashes series and he thinks they can win even without ben stokes. following the arrest of ben stokes last week after an incident in bristol, the ecb said he would not be considered for selection until further notice. meaning stokes might not travel to australia. we know how good a cricketer he is. and what he can bring

that was as good as it got for the home side, nacho monreal al reacting quickest to equalise for arsenalg offa arsenal. then at mesut ozil rounding off a slick move to put them ahead. a red card for a red card for airdrie said dea swung further in the gunners feather and they capitalised when alexandre lacazette made it 3—1 before aaron ramsey got the fourth. everton fans were now voting with their feet, in the meantime, the deficit was reduced but arsenal had the final say. alexis sanchez completing the rout and leaving the under pressure ronald koeman with a bitter taste. the day's second meeting of north london and merseyside started how the first ended. harry kane punishing liverpool's ponderous defence to give tottenham an early lead and from scorer came soon turned provider. he timed his run and finished to perfection. attacking football of the highest order, diego maradona watching on and no doubt approving. at the other end, spurs were not quite so sharp. mohammed al fayed taking advantage to give liverpool and the manager fresh hope. hope that would fade when dele alli struck on

nacho monreal scored his first arsenal goal in nearly five years, while alex iwobi got the second — ons manager. tim hague reports. arsene wenger has been coming into work here the 21 years today. against opponents brighton playing in the top flight the first time since 1984, there was no substitute for experience. the home side continued their fine recent form straightaway hitting the post inside a minute and the pressure kept coming with the ball being cleared off the line before eventually falling to monreal. biden have been fighting their feet over the last few weeks and almost found a fantastic equaliser. the brighton goalkeeper also had a busy afternoon. the second would come. a beautiful touch from alexis sanchez. the finish from iwobi wasn't bad either. they might have been more for arsenal, matt ryan again excellent with some help from his defended, but it ended 2—0. a decent 215t defended, but it ended 2—0. a decent 21st full of anger. don't party to ha rd 21st full of anger. don't party to hard tonight. —— 21st for arsene wenger. republic of ireland midfielder scored the onl

wayne rooney had put them in front, but goals from nacho monreal and this one from mesut ozil gave the not the position that everton should be on. everybody know that is, but we had a lot of expectation after last season and that expectation is not filling in at the moment and that makes the situation really difficult. congratulations this morning to motherwell. they've have reached the scottish league cup finalfor the first time in more than a decade. they beat rangers 2—0 at hampden park. louis moult with both goals. they'll take on current holders celtic in the final next month. it has been called one of exeter‘s greatest ever european wins they beat montpellier to make it two wins from two in rugby union's champions cup. 27—24 the final score and they won the premiership title in may — and now look ready take on the continent‘s leading sides. meanwhile, wasps got their campaign back on track with a comprehensive 41—10 win over harlequins. christian wade scored two of their tries including this long—range interception. it was a bad day though for ulster as they were thrashed 41—17 a