Premier: Tottenham beaten 2-0, 2023 starts badly for Conte

Arsenal won 4-2 in Brighton and pulled ahead of City who drew 1-1 at home with Everton.

The Gunners rise to 43 points, +7 over Guardiola's Citizens.

Manchester United's 2022 ends well.

Wolverhampton only needed a goal in the 76th minute from Rashford, who came on at half-time and authored the decisive kick for the Red Devils.

The English attacker is also canceled the doubling for touch of hand.

Ten Hag's team remains in the Champions League zone, while Lopetegui's continues to sail in the relegation zone.

De Gea miraculous recovery on Jimenez to secure the result.

The new year opens with a 2-0 defeat at home by Aston Villa to Antonio Conte's Tottenham

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Fresh from the draw with Brentford on Boxing Day, when the Premier League resumed after the break, Spurs played badly and suffered their fifth defeat in 17 days, missing the possible link to fourth place, occupied by Manchester United.

At the London Stadium, Unay Emery's Villa scored his two goals in the second half, with the Argentinean Buendia and the Brazilian Douglas Luiz, but in the first place much of the responsibility falls on the Blues goalkeeper, Hugo Loris, returning to the field after the World Cup final.

His short clearance from a Douglas Luiz shot gave the ball to Buendia who only had to put it into the net.

Tottenham are fifth in the table at 30 but have Liverpool just two points behind and could now be overtaken.

Nottingham Forest came close to the feat against Chelsea in their second and final Premier League game on New Year's Day which finished 1-1 at the City Ground

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The Londoners already took the lead in the 16th minute through Sterling, but then they were unable to secure the result against the penultimate in the standings and in the 18th minute of the second half they conceded the equalizer, scored by Aurier, then risking several times to suffer another network.

The home team, which on the eve would have signed for a draw, therefore found themselves recriminating because despite the point conquered they always remain in the relegation zone, Chelsea languish in eighth place after failing to win for the sixth time in the last seven league matches.

Despite last Monday's success against Bournemouth, in fact, Graham Potter is still struggling to get a team going that boasts many excellent players, the Blues are seven points behind Manchester United, fourth in the standings,

Overview of the 18th day (RESULTS AND STANDINGS)

West Ham 0-2 Brentford

Liverpool 2-1 Leicester 2

Wolves 0-1 Manchester Utd 0-1

Bournemouth 0-2 Crystal Palace

Fulham 2-1 Southampton

Manchester City 1-1 Everton

Newcastle 0-0 Leeds

Brighton 2 Arsenal -4

Tottenham 0-2 Aston Villa

Nottingham 1-1 Chelsea