Brighton and Hove, March 5 -- Arsenal strengthened their Premier League title charge with a narrow 1-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion at the American Express Stadium on Thursday. Manchester City, on the other hand, were held to a 2-2 draw by Nottingham Forest at the Etihad Stadium, according to the Premier League website.

The only goal of the game came in the ninth minute. Bukayo Saka marked his 300th appearance for Arsenal with a low shot that took a deflection off Carlos Baleba and beat goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen.

Brighton tried to respond and created several chances. Gabriel Magalhaes produced an important defensive intervention early on, while David Raya later made a key save to deny Brighton's Georginio Rutter in the second half....