Declan Rice's masterpiece helps Arsenal secure European ticket

The race for European football next season for nearly half of the Premier League teams reached its climax in the penultimate matchday of the Premier League, including Arsenal. Matchday 37 witnessed great efforts from Chelsea (4th), Aston Villa (5th), Nottingham Forest (7th) when these three teams won, maintaining the race for the Top 5.

Arsenal held firm in the first half thanks to an excellent performance from David Raya

Arsenal and Newcastle are also not out of the battle when they meet in the "6-point match" at Emirates. Winning means securing a ticket to the European arena next season, so the match is extremely exciting and no less dramatic.

In just the first 17 minutes, the visiting team Newcastle had six shots on target and if it weren't for David Raya in the Arsenal goal, no one knows what the outcome would have been for the Gunners. Raya himself made a poor pass in the 6th minute, allowing Sandro Tonali and Callum Wilson to combine and send the ball to Bruno Guimaraes in the penalty area.

Hard working day for Arsenal defenders

The home team's goalkeeper managed to make amends by blocking the opponent's shot, but not long after, he had to show his talent to save the goal from consecutive attacks from Harvey Barnes, Dan Burn and Sven Botman. The most notable situation of the home team in the first half was Thomas Partey's header after Bukayo Saka's pass, but unfortunately goalkeeper Nick Pope jumped in time to clear.

Declan Rice scored a beautiful goal that decided the fate of the match

After the break, Arsenal decided to step up the pace and the home team did what they wanted. In the 55th minute, Odegaard passed the ball into the middle for Declan Rice to run up and the English midfielder fired a beautiful shot from 25 meters away, sending the ball curling into the far corner of goalkeeper Nick Pope's goal.

This is Declan Rice's 9th goal this season, along with 10 assists for teammates, second only to Bukayo Saka with 25 assists all season.

The English midfielder had a remarkable season.

Kai Havertz made his first appearance since his injury in February and the German striker made a big impression. The game became dramatic in the final minutes, with Newcastle pressing hard for an equaliser but Arsenal's defence held firm.

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Winning the "Top 3 final" match officially helped Arsenal win a ticket to participate in the Champions League next season, even almost ensuring the runner-up position in the Premier League for the third consecutive season. For Newcastle, the current 3rd position is still not enough and they are forced to beat Everton at home in the final round to secure a place in the Champions League.

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