For daily sports information, please click on the top right corner to follow
At 1:30 a.m. Beijing time on December 19, the 18th round of the Premier League ushered in a match, and Arsenal challenged Leeds United away. In the first half, Partey's shot was saved by the goalkeeper, Martinelli's powerful shot was deflected by the goalkeeper, Rafinha's low shot was deflected, Martinelli's one-handed push was scored, and Saka also scored a goal. In the second half, Rafinha scored a penalty to pull a goal back and Smith Rowe scored. In the end, Arsenal beat Leeds United 4-1. Arteta won again.
Arsenal threatened just three minutes into the game, with Odegaard sending a straight ball from the edge of the box, Thomas Partey thrust in from the right side of the penalty area and pumped hard and the goalkeeper pounced on the ball. In the 15th minute, Arsenal scored! Lacazette made a steal inside the penalty area, Martinelli followed up with a direct shot into the far corner, and the ball was shot into the net. The shot was sharply angled and powerful, and the goalkeeper pulled his body to the limit and failed to save the ball. Arsenal take the lead. In the 23rd minute, Tierney stepped forward on the left side of the field, and after receiving the ball into the box, he chose to shoot into the near corner himself, and the goalkeeper was very focused and saved the ball out of the bottom line.
In the 24th minute, Leeds United launched a counter-attack with a long pass, Rafinha rushed into the half, burst into the box, cut inside the middle of the low shot into the near corner, and the result was slightly off the right upright. Three minutes later, Arsenal scored again! Xhaka sent a straight ball in the middle circle, Martinelli stepped forward at high speed, burst into the box and got a one-handed opportunity to face the goalkeeper, he calmly pushed and the ball went in! Martinelli exploded, scoring twice in just 13 minutes.
In the 34th minute, Arsenal played a beautiful short pass in the penalty area, and the unguarded Lacazette pushed a shot on the left side of the box and was blocked by the goalkeeper. In the 41st minute, Arsenal scored again! Saka dangled his foot shot from an angle in the penalty area and the ball went in again! Leeds United collapsed. In the 45th minute, Erdegaard's edge of the penalty area was distributed to Saka on the right, who fired a low shot into the far corner and the goalkeeper saved the ball. At half-time, Arsenal led Leeds United 3-0.
The second half was easy to fight again. In the 67th minute, Saka fired a low shot from a tight angle into the far corner from the left side of the penalty area, slightly offside. Six minutes later, Ben White brought down his opponent and gave Leeds United a penalty. Rafinha took the penalty, he pumped hard into the top right corner and the ball went in. Leeds United pulled a goal back. However, Arsenal scored again in the 83rd minute, Erdegaard sent a clever pass, and substitute Smith Ronaldo directly pumped the ball into the goal. The goal killed the game completely. In the end, Arsenal beat Leeds United 4-1. Arsenal have won three consecutive league games, scoring nine goals in three games and conceding only one. Bielsa was so miserable, three consecutive games without a win, 14 goals in 3 games, 3 goals by Chelsea, 7 goals by Manchester City and 4 goals by Arsenal.