In the 35th round of the English Premier League, the Gunners defeated their rival Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 in the north London derby, and the Gunners not only won 2 derby battles in a row, but also scored 8 goals in the second game.
And behind the Gunners' explosion of Tottenham tonight and even the two consecutive derby opponents in a week, it is inseparable from two key factors.
The first key word is made by Havertz.
German winger Kai Havertz, who has exploded in form recently, was definitely the first contributor to the strong win tonight.
A closer look at the Gunners' three goals, minus the first one coming from Hojbjerg's own goal, and the other two goals are directly related to Kai Havertz.
First, in the 27th minute, Havertz tore apart the opponent's defense with a long diagonal cross from the left side of the backfield, and directly assisted Saka to complete the counterattack. Looking closely at the entire passing route, Havertz's assist was almost as accurate as an eye-opener, bypassing several defenders to find Saka. In the 38th minute, it was Havertz who scored with a header after receiving a corner kick pass from Rice, and a pass and a shot directly broke the opponent's mentality at half-time.
Since March, Kai Havertz has scored six goals and provided four assists for the Gunners in the league, and his 10 goals in the same period are second in the Premier League, behind Palmer with 13 goals.
The second key word - tough temperament.
Tonight, the Gunners once again showed the temperament of their ability to fight hard.
Tonight's game against Tottenham, they are far behind in a number of 'stadium stats', including 38 per cent possession and less than half of Tottenham's expected goals (1.1 goals for the Gunners vs. 2.4 for Tottenham), all of which indicate their disadvantage in terms of 'numerical probability'.
However, in this case, the Gunners slapped the so-called "probability theory" in the face with a super-efficient performance, and with only 4 shots on goal in the half, the Gunners exaggerated three goals in a row, directly defeated Tottenham with a sharp counterattack, and also won the game directly in the half.
Counting today's bite of Tottenham, the Gunners have won away in the league for 2 consecutive years, which is also the first time in the team's history that this achievement has been completed in 35 years, and more hard data is still to come, so far this season, the Gunners have faced the Premier League BIG6 giants a total of 9 times, and have played a rare unbeaten record of 5 wins and 4 draws, which also makes people impressed.
Now, with the Gunners continuing to lead the Premier League with 80 points from 35 games, they have also played the closest thing to a Premier League title in nearly 20 years, the last time they won the title was in '04.