Aston Villa moved level with fifth-placed Manchester City in the battle for Champions League places with a 2-1 win over high-flying Nottingham Forest.
Two goals in three minutes from Morgan Rogers and Donyell Malen had Villa cruising inside the opening quarter of an hour. Forest made them sweat after substitute Jota Silva pulled one back just before the hour but could not take a win that would have moved them within two points of Arsenal. This is Villa's seventh successive win in all competitions.
Crystal Palace hung on with nine men to dent the European hopes of their rivals Brighton with a 2-1 win in a match that saw three red cards – all of them for second bookable offences.
Jean-Philippe Mateta's third-minute strike was cancelled out by Danny Welbeck but Daniel Munoz struck again early in the second half.
Palace were reduced to 10 when Eddie Nketiah saw red with 12 minutes to go, and Marc Guehi then followed in the 90th minute before Brighton had Jan Paul van Hecke sent off early in more than 12 minutes of stoppage time.
Wolves pushed Ipswich closer to the Championship as they came from behind to beat the Tractor Boys 2-1 and leave them 12 points adrift of safety.
Liam Delap prodded Ipswich in front early on but Pablo Sarabia equalised in the 72nd minute before Jorgen Strand Larsen won it with six minutes left to play.
Everton helped their old rivals Liverpool move a step closer to the Premier League title as they held Arsenal to a 1-1 draw at Goodison Park.
A poor Gunners performance did little to suggest they can close what is now an 11-point gap to the summit, unable to build on Leandro Trossard's first-half opener and then allowing Everton – beaten by Arne Slot's men at Anfield on Wednesday – back into it after the break.
Iliman Ndiaye marked his first league start in two months after injury with a goal from the penalty spot after England left-back Myles Lewis-Skelly brought down Jack Harrison just inside the box early in the second half.
Brighton, eighth, stay above Bournemouth, who were held to a 2-2 draw at West Ham as Evanilson scored twice.
His first opened the scoring but two goals in eight minutes from Niklas Fullkrug and Jarrod Bowen turned it around in the second half before Evanilson’s second in the 79th minute earned a point.
