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10/10 12:52 CDT Arsenal roars back to beat Leeds as substitute Guimaraes scores
on home debut
Arsenal roars back to beat Leeds as substitute Guimaraes scores on home debut
BY DANIELLA MATAR
AP Sports Writer
Bruno Guimaraes came off the bench to score on his home debut as defending
champion Arsenal recovered to beat Leeds 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday.
Guimaraes netted just four minutes after being sent on. It was the Brazil
midfielder's second goal for Arsenal --- he scored against Sunderland last
month --- after joining from Newcastle in the offseason, and he celebrated by
diving into the crowd.
It was the perfect flourish for Arsenal to celebrate coach Mikel Arteta signing
a contract extension this week and bounce back from a hefty defeat at Brighton
before the extended three-week break for internationals.
"This is the level for Arsenal, every week, every game, every minute, every
action that you have to be at," Arteta said. "Against Brighton (Guimaraes)
wasn't at that level, and today he was much better, and he can still be much
better, and that's what we have to demand.
"He's still not in the best condition because he did not have a preseason. But
he's done it twice, (scoring from the bench) against Sunderland and now against
Leeds, and that's the quality needed at this level to continue to win."
Arsenal moved level on points with Manchester City at the top of the table
ahead of City's tricky trip to Liverpool on Sunday. The game at Anfield is
City's first since being found guilty of large-scale financial wrongdoing in
the biggest scandal in Premier League history. City is appealing.
It was a first defeat for Leeds, which was hoping to leapfrog Arsenal into
second --- courtesy of a better goal difference --- with a win.
Gunners fire up after conceding The visitors frustrated Arsenal for large swathes of the match, defending well and looking dangerous on the counterattack. Leeds scored in the 55th minute. Gabriel Gudmundsson rolled the ball across the area and it went past the flailing hand of a sprawling David Raya and through to James Justin, who blasted it into the roof of the net. That seemed to spark Arsenal into life and it equalized just seven minutes later as Ben White headed a cross back to Riccardo Calafiori, who bundled in from close range. The sixth Arsenal goal for Calafiori, who joined the club in 2024, was the defender's first at home. Arteta made a triple change moments later, sending on Guimaraes, Victor Gyokeres and Jurrien Timber and the comeback was complete in the 70th with a lovely team goal. A free kick was taken quickly and it was flicked between several players before Declan Rice teed up Guimaraes to drive into the bottom left corner from outside the area. Manchester United was playing Tottenham later.
Super fast start for Chelsea Jordan Henderson became Chelsea's oldest English goal-scorer as the 36-year-old netted a brace in a 5-1 win over Bournemouth. Henderson scored after just 66 seconds and turned provider almost immediately, setting up Morgan Rogers for a deflected shot that put Chelsea 2-0 up after just 149 seconds. Joao Pedro added another in the opening minute of the second half and Evanilson grabbed one back for Bournemouth. Chelsea hadn't kept a clean sheet in the Premier League since Jan. 21. Joao Pedro settled any nerves in Stamford Bridge with Chelsea's fourth before Henderson also doubled his tally with a superb free kick.
Fulham denied first win Brighton consolidated third place with a 2-0 win at Sunderland, despite playing most of the second half with 10 men after Pascal Struijk was shown a straight red card for denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity. Maxim De Cuyper scored moments before Struijk's dismissal and Jaouen Hadjam sealed the match in stoppage time. Fulham appeared set for its first win in the Premier League but two very late goals --- from Abdoul Ouattara and Dara O'Shea --- saw Ipswich snatch a 2-1 victory. Brentford remained unbeaten after drawing at Aston Villa 2-2. ___ See AP's full soccer coverage here
Gunners fire up after conceding The visitors frustrated Arsenal for large swathes of the match, defending well and looking dangerous on the counterattack. Leeds scored in the 55th minute. Gabriel Gudmundsson rolled the ball across the area and it went past the flailing hand of a sprawling David Raya and through to James Justin, who blasted it into the roof of the net. That seemed to spark Arsenal into life and it equalized just seven minutes later as Ben White headed a cross back to Riccardo Calafiori, who bundled in from close range. The sixth Arsenal goal for Calafiori, who joined the club in 2024, was the defender's first at home. Arteta made a triple change moments later, sending on Guimaraes, Victor Gyokeres and Jurrien Timber and the comeback was complete in the 70th with a lovely team goal. A free kick was taken quickly and it was flicked between several players before Declan Rice teed up Guimaraes to drive into the bottom left corner from outside the area. Manchester United was playing Tottenham later.
Super fast start for Chelsea Jordan Henderson became Chelsea's oldest English goal-scorer as the 36-year-old netted a brace in a 5-1 win over Bournemouth. Henderson scored after just 66 seconds and turned provider almost immediately, setting up Morgan Rogers for a deflected shot that put Chelsea 2-0 up after just 149 seconds. Joao Pedro added another in the opening minute of the second half and Evanilson grabbed one back for Bournemouth. Chelsea hadn't kept a clean sheet in the Premier League since Jan. 21. Joao Pedro settled any nerves in Stamford Bridge with Chelsea's fourth before Henderson also doubled his tally with a superb free kick.
Fulham denied first win Brighton consolidated third place with a 2-0 win at Sunderland, despite playing most of the second half with 10 men after Pascal Struijk was shown a straight red card for denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity. Maxim De Cuyper scored moments before Struijk's dismissal and Jaouen Hadjam sealed the match in stoppage time. Fulham appeared set for its first win in the Premier League but two very late goals --- from Abdoul Ouattara and Dara O'Shea --- saw Ipswich snatch a 2-1 victory. Brentford remained unbeaten after drawing at Aston Villa 2-2. ___ See AP's full soccer coverage here
