In the early hours of this morning, a strong dialogue was staged in the 24th round of the Premier League, and Arsenal beat Wolves 1-0 away, ending a five-round winless run in all competitions and rising to 5th place in the table. In this game, Gabriel scored in the first half, both teams missed opportunities in the second half, Martinelli was sent off in 5 seconds, and Arsenal, who fought with one less man, held the victory and scored 3 points away from home.
Arsenal have been in poor form recently, and after entering the New Year, they have not won five games in all competitions and have fallen to 6th place in the table, but they are not far from 4th place West Ham United. Wolves have been in good shape lately, and after scoring consecutive points, they are close to the European qualifying area, and before this game, they were only two points behind Arsenal.
After the game began, neither side had much absolute chance on the offensive end, and in the 24th minute, Arsenal took a corner kick to create chaos, Lacazette pad the ball towards the goal in the middle of the road and Gabriel followed up with a poke into the net, 0-1! Arsenal ended a four-game scoring drought. Wolves then launched a counterattack, and the shots of Jimenez and others created a certain threat.
Wolves counterattacked in the second half, in the 68th minute, the field suddenly changed, Martinelli committed 2 fouls in a defensive process, referee Oliver whistled and issued 2 yellow cards in a row, sending Martinelli a red card, Arteta was very dissatisfied on the sidelines! Wolves then fired a free-kick and Xhaka swung himself, but Wolves players interfered in offside and the goal was blown off. Then Lacazette missed a single knife, Arsenal solidified the defense, did not give Wolves too many opportunities, to hold the 1-0 lead until the end, away to score three points.