“Gunners” overtook Liverpool in the table, which has a game in hand.
ArsenalUkrainian Alexander Zinchenko won at home againstLuton in the match 31st round of the English Premier League (EPL). The match in London ended with the score 2:0.
Mikel Arteta's team scored both goals in the first half. In the 24th minute, Martin Odegaard opened the scoring, taking advantage of Kai Havertz's pass.
Before the break, the Gunners doubled their lead. In the 44th minute, visiting defender Daiki Hasioka scored an own goal.
Zinchenko entered the starting line-up of the Londoners and spent 74 minutes on the field, after which he was replaced by Takehiro Tomiyasu.
The 27-year-old Ukrainian was included in the starting line-up of the “gunners” for the first time in two months. Before this, the last time Zinchenko took to the field from the first minutes as part of Arsenal was for the match with Liverpool on February 4. Since then, he missed more than a month due to a calf injury, and then appeared only as a substitute.
This season, Zinchenko has 23 appearances for the Gunners in the Premier League, one goal and two assists.
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The victory allowed Arsenal (68 points ) rise to first place in the Premier League standings. Arteta's men are one point ahead of Liverpool, which has a game in hand.
Luton (22 points) remains in the relegation zone in 18th position. Three points separate the elite division debutant from the saving 17th step.
In the next round, Arsenal will play away against Brighton on April 6. On the same day, Luton will host Bournemouth, Ukrainian defender Ilya Zabarny.