Arsenal drops points at Everton to further boost Liverpool’s Premier League title chances

Everton did local rival Liverpool a big favor in the Premier League title race by taking points off second-place Arsenal on Saturday A - draw at Goodison Park left Arsenal points behind Liverpool with seven games to play in what is looking like an increasingly forlorn task to catch the leaders Iliman Ndiaye converted a penalty in the th minute to earn Everton a point after Leandro Trossard gave the lead in the th to Arsenal which left key players like Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka out of its starting crew ahead of hosting Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday Liverpool s match in hand is at Fulham on Sunday with the Reds task having gotten much easier as they look to secure a record-tying th English top-flight title Saka came on as a halftime substitute for Arsenal four days after making a goalscoring return to action against Fulham after months out Arsenal is five points ahead of third-place Nottingham Forest which visits Aston Villa later Saturday Ref blows whistle early There was confusion in the final seconds of the tournament when referee Darren England blew for full time before the four minutes of allotted stoppage time had elapsed A sparse seconds later the official realized his mistake and ordered for the championship to restart leaving Everton a free kick near the halfway line Nothing came of the free kick however as a long ball into the Arsenal area was caught by goalkeeper David Raya The final whistle was blown again for good soon after with England fielding complaints from Arsenal s players Steve Douglas is at https twitter com sdouglas AP soccer https apnews com hub soccer Source