The party, presumably, is still on going. While Bayer Leverkusen are the clear german champions, the English Premier League title race is a far tighter affair and there were a couple of slip ups over the weekend. Liverpool were defeated by Crystal Palace and arsenal lost 2 0 to aston villa at home. Its their first defeat in the league since new years eve. Arsenal could have returned to the top of the table, but remain in second, two points behind manchester city. Leon bailey and Ollie Watkins scored villas goals inside the final ten minutes at the emirates stadium. That gives them a three point cushion in fourth. Arsenal saw their title Challenge Unravel at around the same time last season, and they also have to win at Bayern Munich on wednesday to stay in the champions league. But arteta says this loss is a blip. We should have scored three, four, five goals and it would have been a completely different game. The impact is now how you react to that. It was going to be always a bump in
competition in saudi arabia. prosecutors are seeking a two and a half yearjail term for mr rubiales, who denies any wrongdoing. separately, he s also due to go on trial for sexual assault for kissing playerjenni hermoso on the mouth after last summer s world cup final. to the premier league, where there are three fixtures on wednesday which will have an impact on both the title race and the relegation battle. 18th placed luton travel to arsenal in second, brentford host brighton while in the day s late game third placed manchester city host aston villa in fourth. unia emery s side won the return fixture at villa park 1 0 back in december. meanwhile, burnley boss vincent kompany has been charged with misconduct by the football association after he was sent off during saturday s 2 2 draw at chelsea. the manager was dismissed by referee darren england for protesting against a penalty decision that led to a red card for defender lorenz assignon. kompany has until friday to respon
arsenal manager mikel arteta says that his luton counterpart rob edwards deserves more praise for the job he has done so far this season. the two sides played out a seven goal thriller at kenilworth road in december with arsenal coming out 4 3 winners courtesy of a 97th minute declan rice winner. arsenal currently sit two points behind leaders liverpool and arteta called on his players to make the most of the remainder of the campaign. the end is coming. nine games is still a lock. just embrace the moment. make sure we fully prepare for tomorrow to perform well. big compliments to the coaching staff. it is an amazing journey. they deserve more credit than any other team in the league. they generated. what they generated. kaiserslautern await the winners of wednesday s second german cup semifinal between bayer leverkusen and dusseldorf after ending the dream of third tier saarbrucken on tuesday. saarbrucken of the third tier of german football had knocked out three bundesli
nato leaders descend on brussels for a key summit, with support for ukraine a central topic of conversation british foreign secretary lord david cameron has called on members to ensure they spend at least 2% of their gross domestic product. and we will be live in the capital of haiti with a state of emergency set to lapse today, there are concerns an already dangerous situation could spiral out of control again. we start in the middle east and israel is under growing international pressure after the deaths of seven aid workers, three of them british, killed in an israeli air strike on gaza. president biden has said he s outraged and heartbroken by what happened. the british foreign secretary lord cameron called it a dreadful event, and he paid tribute to those killed, saying they were brave, humanitarian workers . their charity, world central kitchen, released these pictures of the aid workers, who died when their convoy was hit on monday. the seven staff were from
Diego costa then extended chelseas lead with his 50th Premier League goal. He added a 51st in the 89th minute before another ex Chelsea Player Ryan Bertrand gave the scoreline an air of respectability in added time. Contes men coping perfectly with the psychological pressure of a title run in. We are playing with this pressure from a long time, but its normal because when you play and when you have to fight, and you are fighting for the title, its normal to have this type of pressure. You must be ready for this mental effort also, not only physical effort but also mental effort. But, yeah, its not easy, not easy, but we are fighting and we are ready to fight from now until the end. Over in spain, Atletico Madrids Faint Title Aspirations have surely been snuffed after they were beaten 1 0 at home to villareal. They stay seven points behind the top two having played two games more than real madrid and one game more than barcelona. Former england captain tony adams Battle To Keep Granada