{"id":3986,"date":"2018-01-31T11:58:47","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T11:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=3986"},"modified":"2018-01-31T13:34:17","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T13:34:17","slug":"reds-record-easy-win-swans-shock-gunners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/reds-record-easy-win-swans-shock-gunners\/","title":{"rendered":"Reds record easy win, as Swans shock the Gunners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Premier League returned to action on Tuesday night and there were big wins for both Swansea City and Liverpool, while West Ham were held by Crystal Palace. Here is what happened on an action-filled night:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2018\/jan\/30\/arsene-wenger-arsenal-swansea\"><strong>Swansea 3-1 Arsenal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sam-clucas-scores-a-brace-vs-arsenal-jan30th2018.jpg\" alt=\"Sam Clucas scores a brace vs Arsenal: January 30th 2018\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4001\" \/>Swansea recovered a potentially massive victory in the fight for survival at the Liberty Stadium, as it took the catapulted the Welsh side from the bottom of the table to out of the relegation zone.<\/p>\n<p>The home side dominated the first half hour of this game. However, the visitors drew first blood. Mesut Ozil crossed to the far post and Nacho Monreal poked the ball home beyond Lukasz Fabianski.<\/p>\n<p>The lead last just a few minutes, though. Centre-back Alfie Mawson stepped out of defence and played a superb ball through the centre of the Arsenal defence to midfielder Sam Clucas, who fired beyond the out coming Petr Cech.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal started the second period on the front foot. However, the Gunners gifted the Swans the lead just after the hour mark. Shkodran Mustafi\u2019s played a poor back pass to Cech, who cleared the ball straight to the feet of Jordan Ayew, who had the simple task of rolling the ball into the net. The home side sealed the victory with four minutes left on the clock. Ayew again ran at Mustafi, only for the defender to tackle the forward and Clucas to collect the rebound and fire home.<\/p>\n<p>The victory is potentially massive for the home side. The Swans are only outside the relegation zone on goal difference. However, it is a start to a team who were previously written off. Arsenal are now a massive eight points behind fourth-placed Liverpool in the race for the Champions League spots.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/42784103\"><strong>Huddersfield 0-3 Liverpool<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool bounced back from consecutive defeats to record a very comfortable victory over struggling Huddersfield at the John Smiths Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The Merseysiders took the lead on 26 minutes. Christopher Schindler cleared Andrew Robertson\u2019s cross only for the ball to fall to Emre Can, who volleyed home via a deflection off Town midfielder Philip Billing. The visitors doubled their lead in first-half stoppage-time. Sadio Mane produced a brilliant flick to put Roberto Firmino in on the left side of the area and the Brazilian forward managed to squeeze the ball past Jonas Lossl at his near post.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool dominated for long periods of the second half and the third goal arrived on 78 minutes. Billing brought down Can in the penalty area and Mohamed Salah made no mistake from the spot to confirm maximum points for Jurgen Klopp\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p>The win consolidated the Reds position in the top-four and the visitors are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/reviews\/bet365\"><strong>one of the favourites to seal a Champions League spot for next season<\/strong><\/a>. At the other end of the table, Huddersfield are just one point above the drop zone after a terrible run of form.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/west-ham-vs-c-palace\/373339\"><strong>West Ham 1-1 Crystal Palace<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two teams just above the relegation zone, West Ham and Crystal Palace played out a tight draw at the London Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The visitors took the lead on 24 minutes. Winger Andros Townsend produced a pinpoint cross to Christian Benteke at the far post and the striker headed home from close-range. However, the home were level just before the break. James Tomkins upended Javier Hernandez in the Eagles penalty area and Irons captain Mark Noble kept his cool to fire home with the spot kick.<\/p>\n<p>The point moved the home side into the top half of the table. However, such is the congested nature of the bottom half, <strong>David Moyes side are just four points clear of the relegation zone<\/strong>. Palace are 12<sup>th<\/sup> place and just three points above the drop zone.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Who recorded the most important Premier League win on Tuesday night?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Premier League returned to action on Tuesday night and there were big wins for both Swansea City and Liverpool, while West Ham were held by Crystal Palace. Here is what happened on an action-filled night: Swansea 3-1 Arsenal Swansea recovered a potentially massive victory in the fight for survival at the Liberty Stadium, as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","category-uk"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Reds record easy win, as Swans shock the Gunners -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/reds-record-easy-win-swans-shock-gunners\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reds record easy win, as Swans shock the Gunners -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Premier League returned to action on Tuesday night and there were big wins for both Swansea City and Liverpool, while West Ham were held by Crystal Palace. 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My name is David Nugent and I am editor-in-chief of LegalGamblingAndTheLaw.com. I have always enjoyed various sports, primarily soccer, as I am a die-hard Everton fan. Over time, I learned more about sports betting and discovered the fascinating online gambling industry. Eventually, I decided to turn this passion of mine into a project, and that\u2019s how this platform came to be. I am excited to share my story with you and talk about this platform that\u2019s a result of over 20 years of experience I have in the industry. My Beginnings My love for sports has always been a big part of my life. It all started with my dad and me playing in the backyard, but I continued to play sports throughout both elementary and high school. At that time, I knew very little about sports betting since it wasn\u2019t legal in Pennsylvania, but I quickly learned that other states have different laws and that sports betting was legalized in some of them. When the time to pick a college came, everyone thought I was going to do something sports-related. However, that wasn\u2019t my plan. Since there are many lawyers in my family, I decided to follow in their footsteps. I studied law at the University of Pennsylvania, and during that time, my passion for sports only grew bigger. I would watch various sporting events with my friends and attend all matches and games that were happening in the area. On one occasion, I decided to go on a road trip to Vegas with my friends, and, needless to say, I fell in love with the bright lights, humongous buildings, and fantastic casinos. That\u2019s when I discovered the whole gambling scene I knew nothing about. Of course, I knew how to play some games, such as poker and blackjack, but I never realized how well-developed this industry actually was. That trip changed my perspective on what I wanted to do with my life. After I graduated, I took some time off and I traveled through the US, exploring various casinos and land-based sportsbooks. I also spent one year in the UK, where my dream of watching Everton play finally came true. There, I realized how advanced the whole gambling industry is and that the legal aspect of it was quite different than in the US. I spent that time writing for various online platforms where I had the opportunity to share my extensive knowledge about sports. When I came back to the US, I was given a chance to write for an international soccer magazine where I covered the Premier League \u2014 which I was crazy about \u2014 Bundesliga, and other international tournaments. After having written hundreds of sports-related articles, I knew what I wanted to do \u2014 create my own platform and share my knowledge with others. How LegalGamblingAndTheLaw.com Came to Life Once I set the goal, I started doing extensive research on the online gambling industry and the laws surrounding it. I wanted to combine my background in law and the passion I have for sports and create a high-quality online platform. While the online gambling industry was flourishing in Europe, the exact opposite was happening in the US. That is, until 2018 when PASPA (Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act) was overturned. After that, every US state was allowed to introduce new laws and provide operators that wanted to offer various online gambling opportunities with licenses. That was the start of the online gambling industry in the US. Since I knew how online gambling worked thanks to the experience I gained when I was in the UK, I was extremely excited to have the opportunity to introduce US players to the best online gambling platforms and show them that online sportsbooks and casinos can offer an immersive gambling experience, just like their land-based counterparts. Why I Do This What attracted me to online gambling was the possibility of placing bets on my favorite teams from the comfort of my home. I wanted to be able to do that using safe platforms and secure payment options to fund my betting account. And that is exactly what I want for my fellow bettors, too. Naturally, I was a bit of a skeptic myself at first when it came to online gambling simply because I knew how unsafe some sites can be. But once I did some research and talked to fellow European experts, I realized that there is a way to find perfectly safe online gambling platforms. Every gambling site you find on this platform has gone through extensive and rigorous testing to ensure its safety and reliability. Additionally, I have studied the laws of each state in the US, as well as of other countries worldwide, to gain a deeper understanding of how online gambling works in different parts of the world. I\u2019d like to note that the online gambling industry has just begun its journey and we are yet to see its significant growth and improvement in the future. It will be my pleasure to witness all of that with you. I Couldn\u2019t Have Done This on My Own Of course, none of this would have been possible if it weren\u2019t for the amazing team of people I gathered for this project. Since I have only basic knowledge of web development, I started working with some experienced developers who have helped me build this platform. Today, they are here to make sure everything runs smoothly. Also, I knew from the beginning that I wouldn\u2019t be able to take care of all the content on my own, which is why LegalGamblingAndTheLaw.com has an incredible team of experienced gamblers, writers, and people with a background in law. They help me conduct in-depth research and find all the necessary information. Naturally, since this industry is still new in the US, we are all learning a lot, and we will continue to do so in order to improve our platform and make your experience better. 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