On December 17, in the 17th round of the Premier League, Arsenal hosted Brighton. Gabriel Jesus took the lead, Kai Havertz single-handedly sealed the win, and the 60,000 gunners at the Emirates Stadium witnessed Arsenal's 2-0 victory, temporarily ascending to the first place in the Premier League, and was happy to mention the "180-minute top experience card".
Pep Guardiola's Manchester City kept dropping points, while Arsenal and Liverpool went hand in hand. In the event of a win over Brighton, Arsenal will be rewarded with a 180-minute "top card". Mikel Arteta lined up 433 and Saka, Gabriel Jesus and Martinelli formed a trident. The alignment of Saka and Kaoru Mikasa is also a highlight.
Two technical teams clash with each other, and Arsenal is superior and full of spectacle. In the 15th minute, Odegaard fired a powerful left-footed shot that went just wide.
Sako was sharp and active on the right flank, with 37-year-old Brighton veteran James Milner showing no mercy and knocking out Arsenal's wings to boos at the Emirates Stadium. The referee opened the net and did not give a warning to Milner.
In the 32nd minute, Arsenal played another brilliant attack, Odegaard crossed through and Saka shook off Milner to send an inverted triangle, and Martinelli's push went over the crossbar.
In the 35th minute, Arsenal had 8 shots on goal and 3 on target, Brighton still had 0 shots on goal, and De Zerbi's tactics of "defending solidly and waiting for opportunities to counterattack" patiently looked for opportunities for a fatal blow. Odegaard, Declan Rice and Saka laid siege to Milner, and the 37-year-old was under intense pressure.
Kaoru Mikasa, who has the second-highest number of successful breakthroughs in the Premier League this season, has almost no chance to get the ball. In the 43rd minute, the Japanese international pulled Saka and was yellow carded.
The two teams exchanged a 0-0 draw in the first half, with Arsenal having 16 shots on goal and Brighton having 0 shots on goal, and the scene was one-sided.
In the 53rd minute, Arsenal finally broke the deadlock: Saka opened the corner, Van Havenk made a mistake in clearing, and the unguarded Saka leaned over to head the empty goal, and Arsenal led 1-0!
Arsenal attacked like a tide, and in the 68th minute, Martinelli's corner kick was sent into the penalty area, and Dunk staged a goal-line header to clear the ball!
In the 74th minute, Odegaard got rid of it in a row and then shot hard, and the goalkeeper saved the ball with one palm!Asen had 22 shots and 10 corners, but were late to score a second.
In the 82nd minute, Brighton almost equalised: after Kaoru Mikasa broke down the left, he crossed with the outside of his right foot, and Gross's shot in front of goal was slightly wide!
In the 85th minute, Arsenal completed 24 shots on goal, 7 of which were on target, and at least 3 great chances were wasted until the 87th minute, Arsenal sealed the win: Nketiah passed directly, Havertz scored with a single knife, this "fatal single knife", so that Brighton was completely dead, and Arsenal killed the suspense 2-0!
2-0, Arsenal won a key victory, temporarily surpassing Liverpool with 39 points in 17 rounds, and got the "top experience card" - this time the time to reach the top may be less than 3 hours.
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