Seeking to reconnect with the leadership of the Championship Englisho Arsenal received Brighton, this Sunday, at the Emirates Stadium, in London (ING), for the 36th round, and lost by 3 to 0. Julio Enciso, Undav and Estupiñán were the authors of the goals of the game.
Thus, the Gunners remain with 81 points, in second place, and see the national title become much further away. With four points behind Manchester City, the team coached by Mikel Arteta still has one more game than the rival. With that, the championship can be defined in the next round.
On the other hand, the visitors triumph again after defeat in the previous match. With the result, it reaches 58 points and rises from eighth to sixth place, entering the Europa League classification zone.
In the next round, therefore, Arsenal will visit Nottingham Forest, at 1:30 pm (Brasília time) on Saturday, at the City Ground stadium, in Nottingham (ING). In turn, Brighton enters the field on Thursday, when they face Newcastle, starting at 3:30 pm, in a delayed match for the 25th round, at St. James’ Park, in Newcastle upon Tyne (ING).
The match between Arsenal and Brighton
The match started busy, and, in the 11th minute, Brighton was in danger for the first time in the 11th minute. Enciso received a long throw, swung in front of the marker and hit hard, forcing Ramsdale to make a good defense. Arsenal’s response came in the 15th minute, with a shot by Odegaard from the edge of the area, but which went wide of Steele’s goal.
At 30 minutes, Trossard advanced with the ball and took a chance from the edge of the area, but it went up a little too much and left close to the crossbar. Six minutes later, Brighton were very close to opening the scoring. Mitoma received on the left, made an individual play and crossed to the small area. Ramsdale deflected the ball, which came clear to Enciso, free. However, the attacker knocked out.
Even before the end of the first half, the Gunners were in danger in the 46th minute, in a strong shot by Saka, who went through the opponent’s goal, and in the 48th minute, in a shot from inside the area by Odegaard, who also missed the target.
On the way back from the break, Arsenal’s life got more complicated. That’s because Brighton needed five minutes to finally open the Emirates Stadium scoreboard. Mitoma received a long throw on the left and passed to Estupiñán, who overtook him. The Ecuadorian, then, tried the cross, was stopped and, on the rebound, sent it to the area again. The ball found Enciso’s head, who didn’t need to leave the ground, to test the back of the net.
At 17, Saka opened on the right for Reiss Nelson, who cut to the middle and hit with danger, but the ball went out. At 30, Welbeck made a good individual move and advanced the ball, which was left for Mac Allister. The Argentine corrected at first, but it left close to Ramsdale’s crossbar.
In the 41st minute, Trossard missed the ball, the ball hit Gross and left for Undav inside the area. The striker, who had just come on, made a nice touch over Ramsdale to make it 2-0. Finally, in stoppage time, at 50 minutes, Estupinán took advantage of Ramsdale’s rebound in a shot by Undav and gave final numbers to the duel.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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