The Gunners setidaknya akan menduduki posisi tersebut sampai Minggu malam, ketika tim peringkat kedua Liverpool bertemu dengan tim peringkat ketiga Manchester City.
Manchester United menang 2-0 atas tim papan bawah Everton, sedangkan satu tim lagi yang meraih kemenangan adalah Wolverhampton Wanderers yang menang 2-1 atas Fulham.
Dua laga lainnya berakhir imbang, yakni Bournemouth imbang 2-2 dengan Sheffield United dan Crystal Palace bermain imbang 1-1 dengan Luton Town.
Hasil-hasil pertandingan Liga Inggris:
Sabtu (9/3):
Manchester United 2 (Bruno Fernandes (P) 12’, Marcus Rashford (P) 36’) Everton 0
Bournemouth 2 (Dango Quattara 74’, Enes Unal 90+1’) Sheffield United 2 (Gustavo Hamer 27’, Jack Robinson 64’)
Crystal Palace 1 (Jean-Philippe Mateta 11’) Luton Town 1 (Cauley Woodrow 90+6’)
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 (Rayan Ait-Nouri 52’, Tom Cairney (OG) 67’) Fulham 1 (Alex Iwobi 90+8)
Arsenal 2 (Declan Rice 19’, Kai Havertz 86’) Brentford 1 (Yoane Wissa 45+4’)
Klasemen Liga Inggris:
| Nomor | Tim | Main | Menang | Seri | Kalah | Memasukkan gol | Kemasukan gol | Selisih gol | Poin |
| 1 | Arsenal | 28 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 70 | 24 | 46 | 64 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 27 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 64 | 25 | 39 | 63 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 27 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 62 | 27 | 35 | 62 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 27 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 59 | 37 | 22 | 55 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 55 | 39 | 16 | 50 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 28 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 47 |
| 7 | West Ham United | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 43 | 47 | -4 | 42 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 44 | -2 | 41 |
| 9 | Newcastle United | 27 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 57 | 45 | 12 | 40 |
| 10 | Brighton | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 49 | 44 | 5 | 39 |
| 11 | Chelsea | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 44 | 43 | 1 | 36 |
| 12 | Fulham | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 40 | 44 | -4 | 35 |
| 13 | Bournemouth | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 49 | -12 | 32 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 48 | -15 | 29 |
| 15 | Brentford | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 40 | 52 | -12 | 26 |
| 16 | Everton | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 39 | -10 | 25 |
| 17 | Nottingham Forest | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 49 | -15 | 24 |
| 18 | Luton Town | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 38 | 55 | -17 | 21 |
| 19 | Sheffield United | 28 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 74 | -50 | 14 |
| 20 | Burnley | 27 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 60 | -35 | 13 |
