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BIRMINGHAM, England -- Arsenal scored two goals in the space of 59 seconds on its way to a 2-1 win over Aston Villa that put the visitors back on top of the
Premier League on Monday.
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Wilsheres 34th-minute opener was quickly followed by a well-taken goal by
Olivier Giroud, which proved to be enough to lift Arsenal back above Manchester
City and Chelsea after their victories at the weekend. Belgium striker Christian
Benteke scored his first goal since mid-September to give Villa hope in the 76th
minute but the home side couldnt find an equalizer despite late pressure. "The
first half was more about playing, and the second half was more about fighting,"
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said. With its fourth straight league win, Arsenal
restored its one-point lead over City after 21 matches. To cap another
disappointing result at Villa Park for the mid-table hosts, Villa defender
Nathan Baker was carried off on a stretcher in the 21st minute after briefly
losing consciousness when he was hit straight in the face by a shot from Arsenal
winger Serge Gnabry. Baker required oxygen and a neck brace after being treated
on the field for seven minutes. He was later diagnosed with mild concussion,
according to broadcaster Sky Sports. The pressure was on Arsenal after seeing
the rest of the top seven all pick up victories by two-goal margins over the
weekend. However, save for a worrying last 15 minutes when Villa rallied gamely,
the Gunners passed the ball much better and always looked the likely winners.
Wilsheres goal came when he ran onto a cut-back from left back Nacho Monreal,
took a touch and shot low in to the bottom corner to the left of goalkeeper Brad
Guzan. Just seventeen seconds after the restart, the ball hit the back of the
net again. This time Wilshere was the provider, the England midfielder
collecting a loose ball and playing a sublime pass through to Giroud, who
brought the ball down well and fired across Guzan into the corner. It was the
France strikers ninth league goal of the season on his return to the first team
after a spell out through injury and illness. Villa had only scored seven goals
in its previous 10 home games this season so a comeback was unlikely, even if
memories were relatively fresh of a surprise win at Arsenal on the first day of
the season. However, when Benteke stooped to head in Matthew Lowtons fine cross
at full stretch after Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla sloppily gave possession
away, it was all to play for with 14 minutes left. Bentekes downward header,
saved comfortably by Wojciech Szczesny, was the closest Villa came to earning a
point. "Its a massive three points, especially because we dropped a bit in the
second half," Wilshere said. "We have done that a few times, letting teams come
on to us, but we dealt well with it."
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before being substituted with the calf problem, and Chelsea manager Jose
Mourinho believes he will be without his star winger for at least the next two
weeks.
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with Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo as the leagues leading scorers with 17
goals apiece through 16 rounds. "The important thing is to help the team win,
not the goals," Diego Costa said. After a first half dominated by defence,
Atletico pressed Valencia into its area and Diego Costa did the rest.
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Division opponents when they visit the Minnesota Wild for Tuesdays battle at
Xcel Energy Center.PITTSBURGH, Pa. - With their captain under fire and their
season on the brink of collapse, the Pittsburgh Penguins responded with a
crackling show of force. Of course, having the New York Rangers look like a team
only too happy to get back home with a split helped. Kris Letang broke a
scoreless tie in the second period, and Marc-Andre Fleury made 22 saves for his
franchise-record seventh playoff shutout to lift the Penguins to a 3-0 victory
on Sunday night, tying the second-round series one game apiece. Letangs 15th
career postseason goal matched Larry Murphys record for Penguins defensemen.
Jussi Jokinen scored during a third-period power play, and Evgeni Malkin added
an empty-net goal for the Penguins, who pushed around the suddenly weary
Rangers. Fleury earned his 50th career playoff victory. "I thought to a man our
players were extremely good all night," Pittsburgh coach Dan Bylsma said. "It
was a huge win for us." Game 3 is Monday night in New York. Henrik Lundqvist
made 32 saves for New York, but the Rangers mustered little offense while
playing their fourth game in six days. Not that coach Alain Vigneault wanted to
blame fatigue for a listless performance. "Did my goaltender look tired? He was
on top of his game," Vigneault said. "If hes not tired, nobody else should be."
The Rangers have lost eight straight Game 2s and have dropped 13 consecutive
games when leading in a series. They had their chances to jump ahead early, only
to be let down again by an anemic power play. Three times in the first 10
minutes a Penguins player skated to the penalty box, and three times the Rangers
spent two minutes milling about as though they were killing time before getting
back to even strength. The Rangers finished 0 for 4 with the man advantage and
havent scored the last 29 times theyve had an extra skater on the ice. "It could
have given us some momentum, and we didnt finish," Vigneault said. "Ive got to
find the right trigger points here to make it work. Well spend the night trying
to figure it out." Only Lundqvist seemed interested in sending the Rangers back
to New York with a commanding 2-0 lead. He was typically brilliant, particularly
when Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby was on the ice. The NHLs leading scorer
and Hart Trophy finalist is in the midst of a lengthy postseason scoring funk.
He began the night without a goal in 12 straight playoff gaames, a span that
included 327 shifts and 275 minutes of ice time.
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seeing Crosby at his "best" with the season possibly at stake. Though Crosby
failed to score, it was the only thing he didnt do. For the first time in weeks,
he looked like himself. Relentless at both ends of the ice, the jump in his game
that was missing at times during a listless performance in Game 1 returned. "To
see Sid play like that tonight was really inspiring for everybody in our
dressing room," Letang said. "He was really dangerous." Crosby finished with a
game-high six shots. During one stretch at the end of the first period he
produced a pair of scoring opportunities, including a nifty deke around two
defenders, before he ripped a wrist shot that just missed the net. Each time
Crosby appeared poised to end the drought, Lundqvist found a way to get a piece
of the puck. He made a sprawling leg save on a tip-in attempt by Crosby, though
Lundqvist wasnt so fortunate the next time the Penguins came at him.
Chris Kunitz began a breakout by feeding Malkin at the New York blue line.
Malkin slipped the puck over to Letang, who flipped it toward the net. Rangers
defenseman Dan Girardi dived headfirst to block the attempted pass to Kunitz,
but the puck deflected off Girardis stick and past a surprised Lundqvist to give
Pittsburgh the lead. "They just spent a lot of time in our own end," Lundqvist
said. "That was the biggest difference." Fleury had little problem letting the
one-goal advantage stand up. The Rangers rarely challenged him over the final 30
minutes, and Jokinen and Malkin removed any remaining drama by scoring twice in
the last 5 minutes. Jokinen banged in a rebound off a shot by James Neal for his
fourth goal of the playoffs with 3:30 remaining. Malkin beat two Rangers to tap
in an empty-net goal with 54 seconds left as the Penguins exhaled. "Now the
series is tied 1-1, and two games in their building," Jokinen said. "Im sure
theyre going to be better. We need to keep playing the way were playing." NOTES:
Lundqvist made his 75th career playoff appearance. He will tie Mike Richters
club record for games played if he starts, as expected, on Monday night. ...
Pittsburgh D Brooks Orpik missed his fourth straight game with an undisclosed
injury. ... The Penguins are 2-6 in their last eight Game 2s.
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