Arsenal gained a five-point advantage over Leicester at the top of the Premier League on Saturday thanks to a 1-0 victory. Leeds defeated Southampton by the same score to give new manager Javi Gracia a successful debut.
With two late goals scored last week at Aston Villa, Arsenal ended a four-game losing streak and regained control of the title chase after Manchester City momentarily displaced them at the top of the standings.
Mikel Arteta's team didn't need such drama at the King Power and ought to have won with much greater assurance.
Showing their backing for Ukraine on the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of the defender's country, Arteta gave Oleksandr Zinchenko the captain's armband.
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In Arteta's other significant call, Eddie Nketiah was on the bench, but the Spaniard's choice to start Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard proved successful.
As a result of a disputed VAR review for a foul by Ben White on Leicester goalkeeper Danny Ward, Trossard's superb first-half strike into the top corner did not count.
Nonetheless, Martinelli was unstoppable and scored from Trossard's pass one minute into the second session.
As a result of the offside, Bukayo Saka's second goal was disallowed. They could not increase the margin of victory despite their dominance.
Nonetheless, they did enough to put pressure on City, who are now in second position, before they go to Bournemouth later on Saturday.
Leeds ends a Long Winless Streak.
Jesse Marsch was fired from Leeds because the team still needed to win a league game before the World Cup break.
Yet before kickoff at Elland Road, they ended that streak in a match between the bottom two.
Thirteen minutes later, Junior Firpo scored the lone goal to help Leeds escape the drop.
West Ham were the other significant winners of the day in the fight against the drop, as their 4-0 victory over Nottingham Forest may have saved David Moyes' job thanks to four goals scored in the final 20 minutes.
This week, rumours claimed that the former Manchester United manager would face the axe if the Hammers lost.
Danny Ings' two goals in three minutes at the London Stadium drastically changed the atmosphere before Declan Rice and Michail Antonio completed West Ham's second league victory since October.
Everton lost 2-0 to Aston Villa at home, dropping them back into the bottom three.
Emi Buendia's goal and Ollie Watkins' penalty handed Sean Dyche his first home loss as the Toffees' manager.
On the other hand, Manchester City got the best of Bournemouth by thrashing them 4-1.
Liverpool's bad streak continues as they fail to secure a win at Crystal Palace.
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