Arsenal and Tottenham win in Premier League, Manchester City book FA Cup final berth

Manchester City faces another FA Cup final. Arsenal are back at the top of the Premier League. Tottenham, on the other hand, continues to remain in the relegation zone despite ending its losing streak.

City will seek a record fourth straight cup final after overcoming a scare to beat second-tier Southampton 2-1 at Wembley on Saturday. Nico Gonzalez’s winner in the 87th minute led to a comeback with a goal in the second half.

Victory continued City’s bid to win a treble domestic title by winning the English League Cup and entering the race with Arsenal for the Premier League title.

City manager Pep Guardiola told the BBC: “No team has ever made four finals in a row. It’s extraordinary and hopefully we can build some good momentum.”

Arsenal took advantage of City’s commitment to beat Newcastle 1-0 to move three points clear at the top. Eberechi Eze’s superb first-half strike helped Mikel Arteta’s side bounce back from last week’s defeat against City.

Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice said: “We knew what we had to do after last week, we have to win every game. We can’t focus on others, we can only focus on ourselves.”

At the bottom of the table, a first league win of 2026 was not enough to lift Tottenham out of the relegation zone.

Spurs beat relegated Wolves 1-0, giving Roberto De Zerbi his first victory as a manager. However, they remained in the relegation zone, two points behind West Ham; West Ham secured a 2-1 win against Everton at the London Stadium with Callum Wilson’s goal in stoppage time.

Liverpool beat Crystal Palace 3-1 and rose to fourth place with goal difference. The reigning champions edged out Aston Villa, who lost 1-0 to Fulham.

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Guardiola is chasing English domestic trophies for the second time, following his success in 2019. The semi-final against Championship team Southampton was not expected to lift the City team.

However, the famous Cup disappointment emerged in the 79th minute when Finn Azaz turned his shot from outside the penalty area towards the top corner.

Instead he opted for the City style. Jeremy Doku equalized with a deflected shot three minutes later and Gonzalez slotted a long-range effort past Daniel Peretz shortly after.

Gonazlez told the BBC: “It was amazing to finally score. It was an incredible feeling in this amazing stadium, in this atmosphere.” “It’s been a really important week for us. We’re alive in the league and one more final.”

Despite being series Cup finalists, City’s only win in that run was in 2023 and they have also lost in the last two seasons.

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An early goal was just what Arsenal needed to ease the nerves in a crucial title clash against Newcastle. Eze did just that in the ninth round, sending the ball into the net from outside the box.

But it was another tense day for Arsenal fans at the Emirates Stadium as Arsenal secured victory.

Arsenal are three points ahead of second-placed City, having played one game more.

“We got to this point for a reason,” Rice said. “There will always be noise from home fans, away fans and people outside. The important thing is to prevent that and believe in what we can do and that is just to win football games.”

Tottenham’s relegation process continues

For a brief moment, everything seemed to be going Tottenham’s way.

First, midfielder Joao Paulinha managed to stay offside and Spurs took the lead against Molineux in the 82nd minute.

A few minutes later Everton’s Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall equalized against West Ham; He canceled out Tomas Soucek’s first goal and temporarily helped Spurs move out of the relegation zone.

But Wilson’s winner for West Ham in the 92nd – after coming on as a late substitute – saw the fight for survival reach another level.

Spurs’ victory was their first in the league since December 28 and further evidence that De Zerbi, who was appointed last month, is in fine form.

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