O Arsenal extended its lead in the English Championship🇧🇷 This Saturday, for the 16th round, the Gunners beat Wolverhampton away from home by 2-0, with two Odegaard goals, and are now five points above manchester city in the table.
Earlier this Saturday, Manchester City lost 2-1 at home to Brentford and had 32 points. Thus, Arsenal reached 37 points and thus extended the distance at the top of the table. On the other hand, Wolves are in the last position, with only 10 points added in the competition.
Now, the Premier League will be stopped due to world Cup, which starts on the 20th of November. In this way, the teams return to the field only at the end of December.
Arsenal’s victory
In the first half, the Granit Xhaka steering wheel felt and had to be replaced prematurely. The news worries the Swiss national team eight days before the start of the World Cup, but it could be good for the Brazilsince the two countries are in the same group.
In the 35th minute, Gabriel Jesus received a good pass from Saka, cut the defense, but hit the crossbar by José Sá. For Wolverhampton, Gonçalo Guedes had a great opportunity to put the home team in front, but Saliba deflected the finish outside. Thus, the first half ended goalless.
On the way back from the break, Arsenal needed less than ten minutes to open the scoring. Jesus received on the left and gave a great pass to Fábio Vieira, in the back of the defense. The Portuguese went to the back of the area and passed to Odegaard, who only needed to push towards the open goal and put the Gunners ahead.
In the 30th minute, Odegaard took advantage of the left after hitting and rebounding inside the area and hit a beautiful volley, in the low corner of José Sá. One more from the Norwegian and 2 to 0 for Arsenal.
The home team tried to reduce the score until the final minutes, but the scoreboard did not change.
Other round results:
- Manchester City 1 x 2 Brentford
- Liverpool 3 x 1 Southampton
- Bournemouth 3-0 Everton
- West Ham 0 x 2 Leicester City
- Tottenham 4-0 Leeds United
- Nottingham Forest 1-0 Crystal Palace
- Newcastle 1-0 Chelsea
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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