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Another away day, another six goals. This is becoming something of a habit, but what a very nice habit it is.
Arsenal deserve so much credit for this recent run, I think our performances have been excellent with a pleasing ruthlessness in front of goal. That was the same last night, but more than any other game in this recent run – even Burnley – we were given a helping hand by just how bad the opposition were.
Shifting from his favoured back five to a back four was an interesting tactical choice from Chris Wilder, and one that backfired spectacularly. The deployment of centre-half Auston Trusty at left-back was clearly designed to try and thwart Bukayo Saka, but it did not work. It only made him stronger. Trusty was spinach, Saka became Popeye and ate him all up.
He hit the bar in the opening minutes, a sign of what was to come. Arsenal bossed it from the start, and much like at Burnley it was captain Martin Odegaard who put us ahead with an early goal. Declan Rice made a nice run into the box, he pulled it back and the Norwegian was unmarked to slot home. Saka forced an own goal after burning beyond Trusty with ease, his low cross turned into his own net by Jayden Bogle. Lovely play from back to front saw us go 3-0 up in the 15th minute. Gabriel Martinelli took it on, played a one-two with Jakub Kiwior and his shot deflected into the net.
Let the record show that the Kiwior assist was no-look. pic.twitter.com/zXKLEsOLzR
— Billy Carpenter (@billycarpy) March 4, 2024
That prompted Wilder to make a change, just 16 minutes in. It’s always tough for the player who has to come off so early in the game, but as an opposition fan you love to see it. They changed to their more familiar back five, but the goals kept coming. Kai Havertz made the most of an opportunity when the ref played advantage after a ridiculous foul on Martinelli (the bloke basically hauled him off his feet by his jersey and…
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Publish date : 2024-03-05 07:30:03
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