Arsenal beat Everton at home.
Arsenal players enjoyed scoring at Everton’s expense. PDO
By Sean Dyche and With Mikel Arteta there is already a little history between them.
Just less than a month ago, Dyche led Everton to a great home win over the league’s number one.
Before that, Arteta had only managed to knock down Dyche’s Burnley once in five matches.
The mental upper hand was clearly on the side of the current Everton commander.
It was also reflected in the on-field events at the Emirates, when the Blues tried to put a stop to the Gunners’ championship chariot.
The visiting team was more active and clearly more dangerous until the 40th minute of the opening period, when Bukayo Saka turned the balance of power with his freezing shot.
The Arsenal star received the ball on the edge of the penalty area, when both Michael Keane that Vitaly Mykolenko were having a nap. He took a couple of sharp steps and finished superbly into the front top corner.
Even worse was to come. Experienced Idrissa Gueye still made a mistake before the break to poke the ball at his feet. Saka caught it from the Senegalese and passed the playmaker To Gabriel Martinelli.
Brassi didn’t have time to fan his hit, because it was immediately flagged for offside. However, the VAR council understood that the ball was ahead of Martinelli at the time of the pass, so with the permission of Stockley Park, the referee Michael Oliver looked in the middle.
The gap with City grew
A two-goal half-time lead meant that Arteta’s Arsenal had now managed to score more goals against Dyche’s side than ever before.
At the same time, the backbone of the away team was already creaking from its joints.
It was finally broken in the 70th minute of the match when Leandro Trossard cheated the skipper For Martin Ødegaard sure goal spot, and the Norwegian didn’t miss it.
Another 4-0 decision numbers were recorded for Martinelli Eddie Nketiah preliminary work.
The brisk home win increased Arsenal’s league lead to five points again. Both because Manchester City still have 13 rounds to play, so it’s not worth planning a championship party just yet.
Meanwhile, Everton’s position in the relegation zone already feels inconsolable. The team has scored only 17 goals in 25 league matches. Everyone knows how to calculate that you won’t get enough points that way.
Pool won
Meanwhile, Anfield Road saw another painful display as Liverpool struggled to find a route to the Wolves goal.
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Virgil van Dijk scores a valuable winning goal for Liverpool. PDO
The Reds desperately searched for a free kick, but the home team had to suffer a second-period VAR check, which deprived From Darwin Núñez the opening goal. Referee Paul Tierney interpreted the situation as having created a great solo run Diogo Jotan having broken Max Kilman even when falling.
Fortunately for the Pool fans, that was not the solution to the match.
in the 73rd minute VIrgil van Dijk had two headers on the Wolves goal. The first one was saved by the Portuguese keeper José Sábut when Jota immediately returned the ball back to the keeper’s head, he was able to direct it into the empty net.
Mo Salah got to finish the 2–0 final numbers Kostas Tsimikas of concentration. The full points pot keeps alive Liverpool’s faint dreams of a top 4 league position.