Gunners’ horror run continues
Petr Cech’s howler rocked Arsenal as they crashed to a shock 3-1 defeat at Swansea City, while Liverpool cruised to victory over Huddersfield Town yesterday.
A miscued attempt to clear by Cech (pictured) allowed Jordan Ayew to slot home Swansea’s second goal at the Liberty Stadium.
It was the killer blow for Arsenal, who had already seen Sam Clucas equalise just one minute after Nacho Monreal put the visitors ahead from Mesut Ozil’s pass in the 33rd minute.
Clucas claimed his second four minutes from time to finish off Arsenal, who have now won just once in their past five league games.
The Gunners are in sixth place, trailing eight points behind fourth-placed Liverpool in the race to qualify for the Champions League, while Swansea are out of the relegation zone after back-to-back victories over Liverpool and Arsenal.
The Swans have transformed their season with three wins in five league games under new boss Carlos Carvalhal.
At the John Smith’s Stadium, Liverpool got back on track in emphatic fashion thanks to goals from Emre Can, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah in a 3-0 win.