To add to the pain for Norris, the Briton finished under investigation for a procedural infringement at the initial aborted start
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The title race is on.
Arsenal beat Brentford to go top of the Premier League for first time in 2024 as Kai Havertz heads late Gunners winner after Yoane Wissa pounced on an error from goakeeper Aaron Ramsdale error to equalise
Havertz scored in his fourth consecutive game to put Arsenal a point clear of Liverpool and two ahead of Manchester City.
It led to joyous celebrations at Emirates Stadium, although the Gunners know their title rivals have the chance to go back above them when they meet at Anfield on Sunday.
Earlier, Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford fired in penalties to give Manchester United a 2-0 win over Everton on Saturday, their first Premier League victory in three games and one that will no doubt fan the embers of their top-four hopes.
Erik ten Hag's team remain sixth but with 47 points they crept closer to fourth-placed Aston Villa on 55 with a game in hand. Fifth-placed Tottenham, who host Villa on Sunday, have 50 points and two games in hand. Sean Dyche's Everton -- winless in 11 straight league games -- are 16th on 25 points, five points above the drop zone.
Both penalties came courtesy of clumsy tackles in the box on Alejandro Garnacho and both were against the run of play, with Everton the dominant team for long stretches against a United midfield that repeatedly gave away the ball.
"We have to win every single game," Garnacho told TNT Sports. "The manager wants me to go one V one, to shoot, to dribble. I won two penalties. It's important.
"It's like a dream with my age. A full Old Trafford stadium chanting my name is incredible. I am very proud and happy," said the 19-year-old Argentina national team player.
Fernandes fired in the first from the spot in the 12th minute, and United's captain then handed the ball to Rashford to take the second in the 36th minute. Rashford stutter-stepped before sending keeper Jordan Pickford the wrong way.
Fernandes became the club's all-time leading scorer from penalties with 29 conversions, ahead of former striker Ruud van Nistelrooy's 28.
The Portuguese international almost had a second goal with a beautiful free kick in the first half that Pickford had to leap high to bat away.
Garnacho almost had a goal of his own when Fernandes played him in in the second half, but the 19-year-old launched it just over the bar.
Everton had 23 shots to United's 15 but squandered their chances with poor finishing touches, including a terrific late chance that saw Lewis Dobbin send a pass across goal that a sliding Dominic Calvert-Lewin was just a step too slow to connect with.
Everton are now one defeat or draw away from tying their record for consecutive Premier League games without a win (12 in 1994).
United were coming off successive league losses, to Fulham and Manchester City, that had ended an unbeaten run of four league games.
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"We lost the last two games, it's important to be there," Garnacho said. "We want to be in the Champions League next season so I am very happy (with this win)."
United were missing several key players including Rasmus Hojlund, who had scored in six consecutive games before suffering a muscle injury that has sidelined him since he netted two in United's 2-1 win at Luton Town on Feb. 18.
Results
Manchester United 2 Everton 0
AFC Bournemouth 2 Sheffield United 2
Crystal Palace 1 Luton Town 1
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 Fulham 1
Arsenal 2 Brentford 1
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