Arsenal's hopes in the fight for the Premier League title suffered a new blow after a goal by Jared Bowen just before half-time gave West Ham United a 1-0 away win in a match from the 26th round of the championship, BTA reported.
Bowen scored with a close-range header in the 44th minute, and Arsenal suffered their first home defeat of the season. The hosts hardly troubled the visitors' goalkeeper Alphonse Areola, having fired two shots on goal. They played the last 20 minutes with 10 men after substitute Miles Lewis-Skelly received a red card for a foul on Mohamed Qudus. Mikel Arteta's team has 53 points from 26 games and is in second place, 8 points behind leaders Liverpool, who face champions Manchester City on Sunday.
Tottenham defeated Ipswich 4-1 away in another match of the round and achieved a third consecutive success in the championship. In the 19th minute, "Spurs" took the lead through a goal from Brennan Johnson. In the 26th minute, Heung-Min Son passed to Johnson, who scored the second goal.
In the 36th minute, Omari Hutchinson pulled one back for the hosts. In the second half, Luke Wolfenden scored for Ipswich, but the goal was disallowed for offside. In the 77th minute, Jed Spence decided the match, scoring the third goal for the guests after an assist from James Maddison. Dejan Kulusevski scored the final goal for Tottenham in the 84th minute.
Tottenham are 12th in the standings with 33 points, while Ipswich are 18th with 17.
Brighton defeated relegation-threatened Southampton 4-0 at St Mary's Stadium, giving the Saints a 4-0 win. eighth consecutive home defeat in the Premier League.
Brazilian Joao Pedro gave the team the lead in the 23rd minute, and the other goals were scored by Jorginho Rueter, Kaoru Mitoma and Jack Hinshelwood.
Southampton remain bottom of the table with just nine points from 26 games, while Brighton climb to eighth place with 40 points ahead of the remaining matches of the weekend.
Crystal Palace won away to Fulham 2-0 with an own goal from defender Joakim Andersen and a goal from Daniel Munoz.
Fulham fell to ninth place in the table with 39 points after the defeat, while a fourth consecutive away win lifted Crystal Palace to 13th place with 33.
Matheus Cunha's 14th goal in the Premier League of the season gave Wolverhampton a 1-0 victory over Bournemouth, lifting Vitor Pereira's side five points above the relegation zone.
Bournemouth's fourth home defeat of the season came after they were reduced to 10 men after defender Ilia Zabarni was sent off in the 31st minute.