In the early morning of December 16, Beijing time, the 17th round of the 2021-22 Premier League season continued, and there were 4 games today, but Burnley's home game against Watford was postponed. After some battles, Wolves won 1-0 away to Brighton Hove, Arsenal beat West Ham 2-0 at home and Southampton drew 2-2 with Crystal Palace.
The most focused battle of this round is the four battles between Arsenal and West Ham United, and after the postponement of the Manchester United match, who wins on both sides today is in the top four. In the first half, the two sides fought fiercely, but there was no good opportunity to break the goal. In the 40th minute, Tierney's peripheral world wave was blocked by the crossbar and the half was tied 0-0. Just 2 minutes into the opening of the yibian rematch, Lacazette should have sent a subtle straight plug in the middle of the field, and the young man Martinelli inserted a single knife at high speed to calmly push the shot, and Arsenal broke the deadlock 1-0.
In the 65th minute, Lacazette entered the penalty area and was shoveled down by Cao Fa'er, referee Taylor issued a yellow dot package, and Cao Faer was sent off with two yellows and one red. Lacazette's penalty was saved by goalkeeper Fabianski. In the 87th minute, Arsenal counter-attacked with a broken ball, Saka burst into the front and went straight to the front, Andesilo followed up with a powerful low shot from the defense, the ball went straight into the bottom left corner of the goal, and Arsenal sealed the win 2-0.
Wolves' previous wave of 4 wins and 1 draw gave them hope in the European zone, but in the past 10 days they have encountered the Devil's schedule, encountering the top 2 Liverpool and Manchester City in a row, and suffering two consecutive 0-1 defeats. Today's away game against Brighton, although the scene was not dominant, Wolves seized the set-piece opportunity. In the first half of stoppage time, Wolves did not have a chance to land on the right corner, Neves at the top of the arc of the penalty area received the ball, he very calmly adjusted and sent a scalpel-style over-the-top pass, Seth inserted a volley in the back row to sweep the ball, the ball went straight into the net, Wolves broke the deadlock 1:0. A minute later Brighton hove almost seized the set-piece opportunity, but it was better than The Sumer goal in front of the goal line to make up for the empty goal. Yi Bian never had such a good chance to play Brighton hove again, and finally Wolves won 1 goal away from home to stop the decline of 2 consecutive defeats.
In terms of the standings, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea compete for the top three of the championship can not be shaken, the other strongs are basically to fight for four, Arsenal today won the battle for west ham united to win the four battles, not only surpassed Manchester United, but also surpassed West Ham United to squeeze into the top ten, the four crazy devils finally returned to the position. West Ham were squeezed out to 5th and Manchester United 6th. Wolves won to stop the decline and narrowed the gap with Tottenham Hotspur in three games to just one point in 8th place.
In terms of top scorers, Salah tops the list with 14 goals, five more than second-place Vardy. Jota is ranked 3rd with 8 goals, while Ronaldo, Mane and others are tied for 4th with 7 goals. SmithRo scored off the bench, and he also became arsenal's top scorer, catching up with Son Heung-min and others on 6 goals just squeezed into the top ten.