Arsenal Open 5-Point Gap At EPL Summit, Chelsea Blues Continue In Newcastle Loss

Arsenal opened up a five-point gap lead at the top of the English Premier League table after a convincing 2-0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday.

Martin Odegaard scored a second half brace to ensure the Gunners take full advantage of Manchester City's shock defeat to Brentford earlier in the day.

Arsenal are sitting pretty at the top with 37 points, five more than City and they have ensured that they will remain top during Christmas.

Odegaard turned home Fabio Vieira's low cross from close range 10 minutes after the restart and then drilled in the rebound after Jose Sa had kept out Gabriel Martinelli's low effort 15 minutes from time.

It meant there was no slip-up for the Gunners, who watched City's defeat on the team coach as they travelled to the Midlands and celebrated when Ivan Toney scored in injury time.

In contrast, Wolves are now bottom of the pile with 10 points from 15 games as new manager Julen Lopetegui prepares to take charge.

The former Spain, Real Madrid and Sevilla boss was introduced 15 minutes before kick-off at Molineux and watched the game from the stands.

At St. James' Park, Newcastle continued their dream campaign in the English top flight with a morale boosting 1-0 win against Chelsea earlier in the night.

Having slipped to fourth following Tottenham's win over Leeds earlier in the day, Joe Willock's delightful goal moved the Magpies back to third meaning they will be in a Champions League place at Christmas for the first time since 2001.

A fifth successive Premier League victory, against an admittedly out-of-form Chelsea, sees them retain third place with 30 points.

Bournemouth made it two wins against Everton in the span of a week with a convincing 3-0 victory at the Vitality Stadium.

The visitors, who were thrashed 4-1 by the Cherries in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday, have now lost five of their last seven Premier League games to slip to 17th in the table.

The defeat raised plenty of questions about the future of coach Frank Lampard and whether he will remain in charge will be seen during this World Cup break.