Arsenal are used to scoring goals and their desire to win the Premier League is even stronger. After 0-6 against West Ham, a 0-5 against Burnley and a 4-1 against Newcastle, now the team Mikel Arteta they endorsed bottom team Sheffield United 0-6.
Four consecutive displays of offensive power, a run of seven wins in their seven games since the start of 2024, keep the Gunners in third place, two points behind leaders Liverpool and one behind Manchester City before the Reds and ‘citizens’ face each other on Sunday at Anfield.
Waiting for Liverpool-City on Sunday
A great game, eleven days from the end, from which you can benefit Arsenal, who host Brentford on Saturday. Now they came out in a rush, ready to show their unending superiority over their rivals from the start and within a quarter of an hour they were winning 0-3. And at half-time it was 0-5.
It’s been 2 minutes, Bukayo Saka hits the crossbar with a shot and, on the rebound, defender Jack Robinson cleared Gabriel Martinelli’s attempt under the sticks.
0-3 at quarter of an hour
But Declan Rice immediately put in a low pass Martin Odegaard, who crossed the net on arrival from the second line (5′). Arsenal never took their foot off the accelerator. Bukayo Saka drove the opposing defense crazy and, after reaching the kitchen from the left, his middle ended up pushing him Jayden Boglie towards his goal (13′).
The lowest player is run over by the ‘Gunner’ steamroller In the rain that fell in Sheffield and after a quarter of an hour it was 0-3. Martinelli led a counterattack, relying on Jakob Kiwior and defined by Brazilian with a shot that deflected off a defender and dislocated goalkeeper Ivo Grbic, formerly of Atlético.
The fans left and it was incredible in return
At that moment some fans left their seats to avoid witnessing a historic embarrassment, while Chris Wilder replaces Oliver Norwoodwho didn’t like the change when directed by his coach, in an attempt to stop the bleeding.
But Arsenal were not at the mercy of the defensive fragility of a Sheffield United team that had conceded five goals in three previous home games and He has already conceded 72 goals in the Premier.
Havertz and Rice went 0-5
After Martinelli’s recovery, Havertz made it 0-4 in the 25th minute with a cross shot. Declan Rice joins the party by taking advantage of a delayed pass from Saka who again exploded unchecked on the baseline after receiving from Odegaard (39′).
At half-time, Arteta substituted Saka and Arsenal slowed down, but were not giving a down-and-out and hopeless opponent a break. The revived Havertz, besides scoring, also provided an assistafter control and cutting, so that the defender Ben White He made it 0-6 with a left-footed cross that hit the post (58′).
Thomas Partey returned five months later
Grbic avoided a record defeat on a good night for Arsenal as Thomas Partey reappears middle of the second half after a five-month vacation.
match lineup
13
twenty
5
16
fifteen
19
28
22
9
twenty-one
8
22
4
fifteen
twenty
2
6
8
41
29
7
Eleven
Bramall Lane
David Raya22
12′
28′
Ben White4
57′
64′
Jakub Kiwiorfifteen
16′
Jorginhotwenty
64′
63′
William Saliba2
Gabriel Magalhães6
Four. five’
Martin Odegaard8
4′
Four. five’
Declan Rice41
38′
73′
Four. five’
Kai Havertz29
24′
Bukayo Saka7
Four. five’
Gabriel MartinelliEleven
14′
63′
Replacements
Aaron Ramsdale1
Four. five’
Cedric Soares17
64′
Thomas Party5
64′
16′
Emile Smith Rowe10
63′
Fabio Vieiratwenty-one
Four. five’
Four. five’
Gabriel Jesus9
63′
Eddie Nketiah14
Leandro Trossard19
73′
Four. five’
Reiss Nelson24
coach
Chris Wilder
Mikel Arteta
Source: La Verdad
I’m Rose Herman and I work as an author for Today Times Live. My expertise lies in writing about sports, a passion of mine that has been with me since childhood. As part of my job, I provide comprehensive coverage on everything from football to tennis to golf.
