Sheffield United were beaten 6-0 by Arsenal on Monday and bookmaker Paddy Power decided to pay Sheffield United's relegation from the Premier League in advance.
After Sheffield United's humiliating 6-0 defeat to Arsenal on Monday, Paddy Power is betting Sheffield United will be relegated back to the Championship.
Chris Wilder's side currently sit bottom of the league with just 13 points, having won just three games so far this season. The defeat to Arsenal was the sixth time they have conceded five or more goals in the league, with Martin Odegaard, Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz, Declan Rice and Ben White all scoring for the Gunners.
Paddy Power have now announced that they will pay the bet on Sheffield United's relegation despite having 11 games remaining. In a post on social **, the bookmaker wrote: "We all know Sheffield United are on the back of the title road.
In the wake of tonight's attack, we thought we could make it so that everyone didn't have to wait for ......So, we've paid the price for their downgrade in advance! ”
Sheffield United also suffered a disgrace as becoming the first team in the English league to concede five or more goals in four consecutive home games. Speaking to the BBC Daily Match after the defeat, Wilder admitted his team had "no answers" to the Gunners.
Arsenal were outstanding," he said. "We didn't track runners to make it easy for them to open our doors. They opened us up. They do that to a lot of teams.
I'm not saying it makes us feel better because it's been another long night for the club. [Bucayo] Saka brought us over there. You have to try to stop the tide, especially when they're giving it their all.
When they get five points at the top of the court, they find passing and moving – and then it's hard to stop. We don't have an answer to anything they have. The result is the result, and we have to live with it. ”
Meanwhile, Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta was very pleased with his team's performance. 'A great night – it was a very difficult place, but the way we started the game obviously played a role,' he said.
We were very aggressive, very positive, we showed real quality, especially in the last third, we took the game to our advantage and then we kept it. We kept the rhythm, the desire and I liked the team.
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