The 35th round of the Premier League started this weekend, and the third-ranked Liverpool took the lead, but unfortunately lost a good game, only drew with West Ham United, and was 2 points behind the top of the table with one more game, basically announcing its withdrawal from the title race. On this matchday, it will be Arsenal's turn to travel to north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur, who sit fifth in the table but are seven points behind Villa with three games in hand, and there is still a possibility of fighting for a top four. Hojbjerg scored an own goal in this game, Bukayo Saka and Kai Havertz each scored a goal, and Arsenal led 3-0 at one point. But Raya and "Mr. 100 million" Rice made consecutive mistakes to give gifts, Romero and Son Xingmin scored 2 goals in a row, and the Gunners narrowly won 3-2, and the gap with Manchester City was widened to 4 points!
Arriving at opposition turf, Mikel Arteta set up his usual 4-3-3 formation, with Kai Havertz playing as a central striker, Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard on either side, Declan Rice, Thomas and Odegaard forming a midfield trio, and the defence consisting of Tomiyasu, Gabriel, Saliba and Ben White, with Raya as the starting goalkeeper.
Postecoglou responded in a 4-2-3-1 formation, with the likes of Son Heung-min, Kulusevski, Maddison, Timo Werner and Hojbjerg all on the line, while Sergio Romero, Van der Ven, Ben Davies and Porro joined forces in defence, with the in-form Vicario continuing to guard the net.
Arsenal were in excellent form and broke the deadlock in the first place: in the 15th minute, Saka's corner cross was sent to the front post, Hojbjerg's header was cleared and the ball was inadvertently sent into his own goal, VAR signalled that the goal was valid, and Tottenham fell behind 1-0.
Six minutes later, Tottenham's tactical corner was linked, Maddison crossed from the left, Romero flew to the top at the back post, and was ruthlessly denied by the post. In the 24th minute, Tottenham won another corner, Maddison's cross was cleared not far away, Bentancur met the ball from outside the penalty area, the ball rebounded in the box, Van der Ven followed up and stabbed into the net, but VAR signaled offside first, Tottenham's luck was too bad.
Arsenal, who escaped two catastrophes, quickly opened up the gap in the score. In the 26th minute, Havertz's long pass instigated a counter-attack, Saka cut in on the right, shook Ben Davies in the box, and then shot into the far corner, 2-0! Saka contributed 15 goals in the Premier League this season, setting a new career high, and he also became the second Arsenal player to score in both legs of the north London derby in a single season after Ian Wright in the 93/94 season, setting a record of two times.
Tottenham, who had conceded two goals in a row, completely lost their spirits, and in the 38th minute, Rice took a corner kick, Havertz jumped high in the middle and smashed his header into the net, and Arsenal led 3-0.
In the 45th minute, Porro sent a long ball over the top, Son Heung-min unloaded the ball and faced Raya in the box, but he kicked the ball away and missed a great opportunity, and Arsenal entered the dressing room with a three-goal advantage.
In the 53rd minute, Trossard made the ball on the left, Havertz inserted a cross, Saka hit the goal from close range at the back point, and Vicario turned the tide to save the ball!
However, in the 64th minute, Saliba returned the pass in the backfield, Raya's long pass was broken by a mistake, Romero smiled and accepted the gift, and calmly pushed the shot outside the penalty area, and Tottenham pulled one back, 1-3!
In the 85th minute, the situation on the field changed abruptly, Rice kicked Ben Davies in the crotch when he cleared the siege, the referee watched the VAR replay and awarded a penalty, Son Heung-min withstood the pressure and scored, Tottenham narrowed the score to 2-3!
However, the rest of the time, Tottenham failed to pull off a miracle, and Arsenal took the win 3-2 to usher in a third consecutive league win. In this way, Arsenal has 2 more games, 4 points ahead of Manchester City behind them, and the Blue Moon Army has to face the pressure of grabbing points.