Success in the game with “Sheffield United” allowed the “gunners” get close to Liverpool and “Manchester City”.
Arsenal Ukrainian Alexander Zinchenko defeated Sheffield United in the final match >27th round of the English Premier League (EPL). The match at the Bramall Lane stadium in Sheffield ended with the score 0:6.
Mikel Arteta's team decided the fate of the match in the first half, hitting the opponent's goal five times.
In the 5th minute of the game, the Gunners captain Martin Odegaard opened the scoring. In the 13th minute, home defender Jayden Bogle scored an own goal. Two minutes later, Gabriel Martinelli scored for the London club.
In the 25th minute, Kai Havertz scored the gunners’ fourth goal in this match, and in the 39th minute, Declan Rice.
The second half of the match turned out to be less rich in goals. In the 58th minute, Ben White scored the sixth goal against the home team, which ultimately became the last in this confrontation.
Let us note that Zinchenko was not included in the Londoners’ application for this game. The Ukrainian continues to recover from a calf muscle injury.
Review of the match “Sheffield United” – “Arsenal”
It is curious that Sheffield United set an anti-record. This is the first team in the history of the English Football League to concede 5+ goals in four consecutive home matches in all competitions.
After this victory, Arsenal (61 points) are in third place in the Premier League standings. Arteta's team is one point behind Manchester City and two behind leaders Liverpool. “Sheffield United” (13 points) is in last, 20th place.
In the next round of the English championship, “Arsenal” will host “Brentford” Ukrainian midfielder Yegor Yarmolyuk on March 9, and “Sheffield United” Ukrainian defender Ilya Zabarny will come to visit Bournemouth on the same day.