Premier League: Arsenal Remain Atop Of EPL After Wolves' Defeat

 

Arsenal remained atop of the table from the maximum points gained from 2-1 defeat of Wolverhampton from two early goals at Emirates Stadium.

Bukayo Saka contributed the opening goal, firing Takehiro Tomiyasu's pass to beat Jose Sa down bottom left of the goal. Martin Odegaard followed shortly with the second goal, steering home Oleksandr Zinchenko's pass following a couple of passes between him, Gabriel Jesus and Zinchenko.It was just 13 minutes into the game.

With three remaining, Wolves' Nelson Semedo picked out Matheus Gunha with a pass on the edge of the box, which the forward rightly curled home to beat David Raya to the top corner of the goal. 

Both goals from Saka and Odegaard completed Arsenal's century goals (101) in 2023 alone, which made the side the fifth top flight European team to reach the milestone this year. Arsenal now lead with four points clear the nearest team, Manchester City.

Quick Overview

Arsenal were plleasantly well in control of the game until they became too comfortable and allowed their opponents to push back strongly and got compensated with Gunha's goal in the later stages. 

Gunha had been terrifying for Arsenal's defence to leave unmarked, he later forced Raya's save with a left-footed shot from inside the area just before halftime. Gunha's strike was neatly taking and caught Raya rightly beaten. 

Mikel Arteta's decision to bolster the defence with subbing on Ben White and Jakub Kiwior helped keep the scorline save after Wolves' comeback. Wolves played really deep into the hosts' half in the later stages but getting an equalizer eluded them. 

Wolves would have had the chance to level up from a penalty when Gabriel was deemed to have got his hand on Semedo's shot. Lucky enough for Arsenal, the VAR clarified it was not. That would have wrench the game for Arsenal.