Crushing Bournemouth, Arsenal closely follows Man City

Updated date: 10/01/2023 08:47:04

Arsenal moved up to joint second place (with Tottenham) in the Premier League table after beating Bournemouth 4-0 at the Vitality Stadium. It was a comfortable win, with Arsenal's attacking stars giving each other the chance to make their mark at the club.

Saka celebrates opening goal

At the Vitality Stadium, Bukayo Saka put Arsenal ahead in the 17th minute, heading into an empty net from close range after Gabriel Jesus' deflected header. Saka looked injured as he played his 87th consecutive Premier League game. But after scoring, he made even more headlines when he let captain Martin Odegaard take the penalty. In the 44th minute, Max Aarons fouled Eddie Nketiah in the penalty area, Saka retreated and Odegaard converted the penalty to double the lead.

Odegaard and Saka share joy

Then both Saka and Odegaard stood aside to give Kai Havertz the confidence to go for his first Arsenal goal. After Ryan Christie fouled Odegaard early in the second half, everyone was surprised to see Kai take the penalty and the German striker made it 3-0.

Kai Havertz also scored the winning penalty.

In stoppage time, Ben White headed home Odegaard's free kick to make it 4-0.

There were two surprises in Saturday night's games as Manchester United lost 1-0 at home to Crystal Palace, while Everton lost 2-1 to Luton at Goodison Park. In the other two games, Newcastle beat Burnley 2-0 and West Ham beat Sheffield United 2-0.

According to TIEN TRUNG (SGGP)

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