Premier League: Arsenal 4-3 promotion Horse temporarily leads by 5 points! Havertz scored 3 goals in 4 games, Rice counts the second
In the early morning of December 6, Beijing time, in the 15th round of the 2023-24 Premier League season, Arsenal narrowly defeated promoted Luton Town 4-3 away, temporarily leading the second place Liverpool by 5 points with one more game. Martinelli opened the scoring, Oshao equalised, Gabriel Jesus netted, Bam Adebayor and Ross Barkley took the lead, Kai Havertz equalised and Rice struck in the final minute.
Highlights of the game
1. Saka ushered in his 200th game for Arsenal, contributing a total of 46 goals and 52 assists, at the age of 22 years and 91 days, he became the second youngest homegrown "Mr. 200" in team history, and the youngest player to play 200 games since Cesc Fabregas (21 years and 118 days) in 2008.
2. Kai Havertz suddenly "opened up", scoring three goals in his last four games for Arsenal, having only one penalty in his name this season.
Wonderful review
In the fourth minute, Martinelli was knocked to the waist by Mengi and fell to the ground in pain.
In the 20th minute, Jesus quickly sent a throw-in, Saka passed the ball in an inverted triangle on the right side of the penalty area, Martinelli pushed it into the net with his right foot, 1-0!
In the 25th minute, Doughty crossed from the left corner, and Oshao scored with a header, 1-1! Luton equalized.
In the 27th minute, Odegaard went straight to the side-netting with a volley from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area.
In the 31st minute, Martinelli's volley from a tight angle on the left side of the penalty area was saved by Kaminski.
In the 39th minute, Saka stepped on a bicycle on the right side of the penalty area and fired a left-footed shot that was saved by Kaminski.
In the 45th minute, Saka went straight to the goal, White crossed from the right side of the penalty area, Jesus followed up with a header, 2-1!
In the 49th minute, Doughti crossed from the right corner, and Adebayo pressed Raya's header to score, 2-2!
In the 55th minute, Odegaard crossed from a free kick from the right, and Havertz headed it high.
In the 57th minute, Townsend shared the ball, Barkley shook off White on the left side of the penalty area, and shot low into the net with his left foot, 2-3!
In the 60th minute, Jesus volleyed a cushion pass in the penalty area, and Havertz inserted a single knife to break the goal, 3-3!
In the 70th minute, Mpanzu hit a long-range shot with his right foot from outside the penalty area.
In the 77th minute, Saka burst into the right side of the penalty area and crossed, and Trossard's right-footed volley was blocked.
In the 87th minute, Zinchenko crossed from the left and Havertz's header was saved over the crossbar
In the 97th minute, Odegaard crossed, and Rice scored with a header in the penalty area, 4-3!
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Line-up
Arsenal (433): 22-Raya, 4-White, 2-Saliba, 6-Gabriel, 15-Kiwior (64'35-Zinchenko), 8-Odegaard, 41-Rice, 29-Havertz, 7-Saka, 9-Jesus, 11-Martinelli (64'19-Trossard)
Luton Town (3421): 24-Kaminski, 15-Mengi, 2-Osho, 29-Bale, 12-Kabore, 17-Mpanzu (88'18-Clark), 6-Barkley, 45-Dowty, 30-Townsend (61'7-Obene), 19-Brown (61'14-Chongtahi), 11-Adebayo (61'9-Morris)