US EditionArsenal Need Two Own Goals to Scrape Win Against Rock-Bottom Wolves
- At the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal beat Wolverhampton Wanderers two-one, opening a five-point lead in the Premier League.
- Wolves remain bottom with two points after a ninth successive defeat, one game shy of tying Sheffield United's 17-game winless record, while Arsenal Football Club seeks a response after a 2-1 loss at Aston Villa.
- Sam Johnstone's fingertip from Bukayo Saka's corner rebounded over the line in the 70th minute, Tolu Arokodare equalised in the 90th, and Yerson Mosquera then headed Saka's cross into his own net under pressure from Gabriel Jesus in added time.
- Manchester City will look to close the gap to Arsenal to two points when they visit Crystal Palace on Sunday, while Viktor Gyokeres' goal drought now extends to five matches after he was replaced by Gabriel Jesus with 10 minutes left.
- William Saliba returned after a four-match absence, while Ben White suffered a hamstring problem and lasted 30 minutes; tonight's match kicked off at 8pm UK time and was broadcast live on TNT Sports 1 with streaming via Discovery+.
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The Arsenal sweated to take the three points in the game, a priori, simpler on the calendar. Against the colista, a Wolverhampton Wanderers who has captured only two points in 16 days, the team of Mikel Arteta needed two goals in their own door, one of them in the time of prolongation, to keep his leadership alive.
The Independent
Arsenal need last-gasp winner against plucky Wolves to move five points clear
The Gunners needed to two own goals – the winner came in the fourth minute of stoppage time – from the basement boys to scrape over the line.
Arsenal had a lot of trouble against Wolverhampton this Saturday for the 16th day of the Premier League. But thanks to two goals against his camp, the Gunners won (2-1).
The Arsenal sweated to take the three points in the game, a priori, simpler on the calendar. Against the colist, a Wolverhampton who has captured only two points in 16 days, the team of Mikel Arteta needed two goals in their own door to keep his lead alive in the Premier League. With two shots in the foot, one by Sam Johnstone and one by Yerson Mosquera (in the added time), three minutes after the Wolves had tied and dreamed of scratching a draw…
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