Arsenal re-established their five-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a 2-0 home win against Brentford on Wednesday and for the second evening running the goals flowed as Aston Villa won 4-3 in a thriller at Brighton and Hove Albion, Reuters reported. 

Mikel Merino's 11th-minute header gave Arsenal the lead but they needed a stoppage-time goal by substitute Bukayo Saka to make the points safe on a night of hard graft in which they stretched their unbeaten run in all competitions to 18.

Manchester City had cut the advantage to two points on Tuesday with a wild and wacky 5-4 victory at Fulham but Arsenal responded in calm fashion to move to 33 points from 14 games, according to Reuters.