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Mikel Arteta’s halls loaded three unanswered goals at the gates of the “summer residents” (3: 0).
September 12, 2020, 4:25 PM
The opening match of the new English Premier League took place in London. As part of the metropolitan derby, Fulham hosted Arsenal. The head coach of the guests, Mikel Arteta, immediately brought in newcomers Gabriel and Willian, who were in prominent roles during the fight. Immediately after the kickoff, the “summer residents” took possession of the ball as the home team. Gabriel was about to score an own goal in the second minute, but Leno corrected his teammate’s mistake. After a while, the guests took the initiative and moved into the middle of someone else’s field. In the 9th minute, Willian could have scored the debut with a scored goal, but could not push the ball past Rodak, but Lacazett managed to do so, playing the shot – 0: 1.
Taking the lead, the “Gunners” continued to control the ball, forcing the opponent to rely only on counterattacks. Arsenal players often loaded the ball into the penalty area, but these passes often went unanswered. Elneni had a good scoring opportunity, but his shot from outside the area was blocked. A little later Willian had another chance to excel thanks to a dangerous free kick. The Brazilian launched a direct shot at the goal, whose frame took the ball.
Almost immediately afterwards, the hosts took the initiative and made several attacks in a row, but did not end with shots on goal. After a short-term activity of “summer residents”, Arsenal moved back to the middle of the field of others. There the guests tried to open the opponent’s defense and double the lead on the scoreboard, and almost succeeded. Aubameyang responded to the shot from depth of field and shot into the near corner, while Rodak held the Gabonese’s blow with some problems. In the time remaining before leaving for a break, the “Gunners” tried to create at least one more dangerous moment, but they no longer threatened Rodak’s goal. The teams went to rest with the minimum advantage of the guests.
After restarting the game, Arsenal got the ball back under their control, hoping to score an early goal. To the credit of the “gunners”, they managed to do it. In the 49th minute, Willian and Gabriel marked their debut with effective actions – the first took a corner and the second closed it – 0: 2. After a goal was scored, the guests delivered the ball into the possession of the opponent, who intended reactivate the intrigue as soon as possible. The locals went ahead with great force, but did not bring any benefit due to the lack of idea in the last third of the field.
In the 57th minute, the Gunners finally ended the intrigue, scoring for the third time. Willian gave the second assist, finding Aubameyanga with his pass, who improved position and sent the ball into the far corner – 0: 3. This goal finally buried the hopes of Fulham, who looked completely confused. Dzhaka was able to bring the score to a completely indecent one, but was unable to throw the ball over the wall with a direct free kick. Arteta’s charges then made a few more attacks, after which they decided to give the opponent control of the ball. Parker released the team’s top scorer, Mitrovic, who added a bit of an advantage to the hosts ahead, but his efforts weren’t enough to close the gap. Fulham spent a lot of time on the wrong side of the field. but he still had difficulty making sudden attacks.
Arsenal ran away from time to time on counterattacks, but did not notice any of them. Before the end of the meeting, the guests also got a few more standards, but none of their draws led to anything. At the end of the match, the strength of the “holidaymakers” was completely exhausted, but their opponent looked much fresher and tried to score another goal. As a result, Arteta’s team was unable to do this. Until the final whistle, the score remained unchanged: the Gunners celebrated the victory with a difference of three goals. Arsenal are off to a solid start in the new championship, but Parker’s charges are not yet ready to play in the first division.
In the second round, Fulham will visit Leeds and Arsenal will host West Ham.
Fulham – Arsenal 0: 3
Goals: Lacazette, 9, Gabriel, 49, Obameyang, 57
Fulham: Rodak – Odoi, Hector, Roma, Brian – H. Reed, Carney – Kebano (Zambo Angissa, 63), Onoma (B. Reed, 75), Cavaleiro – Camara (Mitrovic, 63)
Arsenal: Leno – Holding, Gabriel, Tierney – Bellerin, Elneni, Jaka (Seballos, 79), Maitland Niles – Willian (Pepe, 75), Lacazette (Nketia, 87), Aubameyang
Warnings: Héctor, Carney – Aubameyang, Bellerin
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