Arsenal beat Forest to move second, Newcastle stun Villa

Arsenal moved closer to leaders Liverpool in the Premier League after a 2-1 victory over Nottingham Forrest on Tuesday thanks to a goal from Gabriel Jesus and another which he set up for Bukayo Saka.

The home side defended solidly for 65 minutes until a loss of concentration from a long throw that allowed Jesus to collect the ball, turn and score from a narrow angle. Only seven minutes later, Martin Odegaard started a move following a poor clearance, which allowed Jesus to set up Saka to give his side a second consecutive win after a winless run of three games, which sends them above Manchester City with 46 points, two short of Liverpool after 22 fixtures.

Forest offered very little going forward until the last minute when Taiwo Awoniyi fired a close-range shot into the bottom corner. Their relegation fears, nevertheless, grew as they now sit on the 16th position with 20 points, only two points above the drop zone.

Liverpool, who have a game in hand, will meet mid-table Chelsea at Anfield on Wednesday when champions City, who have 43 points from 20 matches, host lowly Burnley.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta revealed that Jesus had fought hard to be fit for the game after struggling with fluid in his knee. "When someone has the desire with the ability he has, good things are going to happen," said the Spaniard.

Elsewhere, Anthony Gordon inspired Newcastle United to an impressive 3-1 win away to Aston Villa, with the winger involved in all of his side's three goals.

Fabian Schar scored twice for Newcastle, heading in from a corner that Gordon had won, and then reacting to turn in a powerful shot from the former Everton winger before halftime.

Alex Moreno then turned Gordon's low shot into his own net. Although Ollie Watkins gave Villa hope with a 71st minute strike from Leon Bailey's cross, Newcastle hung on to move up to seventh.

Luton Town produced a stunning display to move out of the bottom three with a 4-0 home win over Brighton.

Elijah Adebayo opened the scoring in the first minute and it was 2-0 just two minutes later thanks to Chiedozie Ogbene. Adebayo scored his second of the night in the 42nd minute and finished off an impressive hat-trick 10 minutes into the second half.

The win lifted Luton above Everton, despite Everton's solid defensive display to earn a 0-0 draw away to Fulham in a game where Fulham had the best of possession and chances.

Michael Olise hit an impressive 67th minute winner from a ball bouncing at the edge of the penalty area as Crystal Palace twice came back from behind to win 3-2 at home to the bottom side Sheffield United.

(With input from Xinhua, Reuters)