Second-placed Manchester City cannot catch up before 2025 rings in, as their next match is not played until New Year's Day.
Aston Villa can move up to the same point - they face Arsenal on Tuesday - but have a goal difference twelve goals worse.
Victor Nilsson Lindelöf's Aston Villa, however, impressed and took their eighth straight victory when they overturned a 0–1 deficit away to Chelsea to win 2–1. Substitute Ollie Watkins became the match winner and scored both goals for an Aston Villa that was completely outplayed in the first half. It was the fourth away match in a row that the Birmingham team had turned a deficit into a victory.
Ødegaard's first
Martin Ødegaard opened Arsenal's scoring at home to Brighton on Saturday. The Norwegian smashed home a 1-0 lead from distance in the 14th minute, his first league goal of the season.
Arsenal, with Viktor Gyökeres starting, dominated the game. It was a one-goal game for long periods and when Brighton's Georginio Rutter unfortunately headed in an own goal to make it 2–0 in the 52nd minute, it looked all but over.
But the guests sprang into action, and Diego Gomez reduced the deficit to 1–2 after capitalizing on a rebound from Swedish national team midfielder Yasin Ayari's fine shot.
It was a nervous finish at the Emirates Stadium - David Raya was forced to make a masterful save with fifteen minutes left - but Arsenal held on.
Cherki match hero for City
A couple of hours earlier, Manchester City had put pressure on the league leader with their 2-1 away win against Nottingham.
Rayan Cherki was City's hero. The Frenchman first played Tijani Reijnders through to make it 1-0 in the 48th minute and then scored with his weaker right foot with ten minutes left to play.
A corner was headed to Josko Gvardiol at the far post and the Croatian headed it down to Cherki. With a distinctive finish, he pushed it past Nottingham goalkeeper John Victor to make it 2-1.
