2024-03-05 20:10:14
Arsenal remained in the race to win the English Premier League title. They had a goal celebration against Sheffield United on Monday night. Lost by 6-0.
With this victory, Garners also survived with Liverpool and Manchester City in the fight for the title. Arsenal’s collection from 27 matches is now 61 points. Man City is second with 62 points from equal matches and Liverpool is at the top with 63 points. However, Arsenal is ahead of Liverpool and Man City in terms of goal difference. Sheffield is at the bottom of the table with 13 points from a draw.
On this day, Arsenal scored 5 goals in the first half of the Sheffield field. Another goal after the break. It was the biggest away win in the club’s history. It was the seventh consecutive victory for Mikel Arteta’s side this season. Apart from them, no other Premier League team has won in seven consecutive matches.
Not only that, they became the first team in the history of the Premier League to win three consecutive away matches by a margin of 5 or more goals. They became the first team since Burnley in 1961 to score at least five goals in three away matches.
Arsenal did not take time to get a goal against Sheffield. Martin Odegaard scored a goal in the fifth minute of the match to lead the team. Sheffield’s Jayden Bogle doubled the lead in the 13th minute through an own goal.
After 15 minutes, Gabriel Martinelli’s goal gave Garners a 3-0 lead. Kai Havertz scored in the 25th minute to make it 4-0. And in the 39th minute, Declan Rice scored. Arsenal went into the break with a 5-0 lead.
Ben White scored in the 58th minute after the break. The difference is 6-0. However, no more goals were scored during the rest of the match. However, credit must go to Sheffield goalkeeper Ibo Grbic. He stopped seven of Arsenal’s great chances. Otherwise, the goal difference could have been much higher.