Arsenal will remain at the top of the table for one more date after beating Wolverhampton (2-1) in London this Saturday, the tenth victory in 14 games that allows the ‘Gunners’ to have four more points than their immediate pursuer , Manchester City, who visits Tottenham on Sunday.
The ‘Gunners’ show they still have reserves of energy three days after the defeat inflicted on Lens (6-0) in the Champions League. And like against the French, it didn’t take them long to open the scoring.
Bukayo Saka put Mikel Arteta’s team ahead in the 6th minute, scoring Arsenal’s 100th goal in 2023, according to the Opta statistics portal, and then Norwegian captain Martin Odegaard doubled the lead after a great combinative play between Oleksandr Zinchenko and Gabriel Jesus (13).
But from that moment on, and despite a shot against the post by Brazilian Gabriel Martinelli, it was difficult for the locals to establish their dominance and the Wolves, 13th in the table, caused the Emirates public to break out in cold sweats by getting within a goal thanks to the Brazilian Matheus Cunha (86).
– “We made a mistake and they took advantage of it” –
“Football is not perfect, but I am very happy with the way we played,” Arteta told the BBC. “It should have been a much bigger score. We made a mistake and they took advantage of their opportunity,” explained the Basque coach.
After 14 games played in the Premier League, Arsenal has 33 points (10 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss) and continues to be the best defense in the championship, with only 11 goals conceded, the same as Liverpool, who will host the team on Sunday. Fulham.
Manchester City, for their part, will not have an easy duel against Tottenham (5th) on Sunday at the Etihad, who must win to follow in the footsteps of the until now solid Arsenal.
– Burnley take it out at home –
Also this Saturday, the newly promoted Burnley achieved their first victory of the season at home in the Premier, and they did so by endorsing a 5-0 win over Sheffield United (19th) – another recently promoted team – after not having added a single point in their seven previous matches at Turf Moor, resulting in a record of 20 goals against and only 5 in favor.
The victory began to take shape 15 seconds into the game, with the fastest goal of the season, scored by Jay Rodriguez.
With this first victory in front of their fans, Vincent Kompany’s ‘Clarets’ give up the last place to Everton (who visit Nottingham this Saturday) and are placed in 18th place, two points behind Luton, the first out of relegation, defeated 3-1 this Saturday in Brentford.
The prospects of reaching Christmas without relegation are encouraging for Burnley, given that Luton will host Arsenal and Manchester City in the next two days at their small Kenilworth Road stadium.
In the last match on Saturday Newcastle and Manchester United will star in a direct duel at St James’ Park whose winner will place fifth to the detriment of the ‘Spurs’.
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2023-12-02 18:33:10
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