Buts : Timber (54e) & Lintasa (73e) for the Gunners
If you resist him in the game, Arsenal will punish you from set pieces. This is how the Gunnersirresistible at the moment, blew up Manchester United (2-0)who had not yet lost with Rúben Amorim at his head, the Portuguese having had a rather honest start (a draw at Ipswich then two successes, against Bodø/Glimt and especially the 4-0 against Everton). Like Chelsea a little earlier in the evening (1-5 at Southampton), Mikel Arteta's team is therefore getting closer – everything is relative – to the Liverpool leader, held in check at Newcastle at the same time (3-3): the two clubs in the capital, seven points from the throne, have not yet surrendered.
Too imprecise – or nice – to hole Andre Onana in their possession phases, the Canonniers used another weapon this evening: corner kicks. Of the thirteen they benefited from, many gave the Emirates a thrill, and two were converted, although it took until midway through the second half for that to happen. The first, kicked by Declan Rice, allowed the vicious Jurriën Timber to deflect at the near post (1-0, 54e). The second, brushed by Bukayo Saka, brought a billiard shot to the far post and the goal from the back of William Saliba, well “served” by Thomas Partey (2-0, 73e).
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