Arsenal Away Streak Continues As They Fall To Stubborn Wolves
25th April 2019
But for all their early dominance, it was the hosts who started to get on top and we had a warning when Joao Moutinho curled one just wide from the edge of the area
- Arsenal FC’s hopes of a securing a top-four place suffered a big blow as we were well-beaten by Wolves on a frustrating evening in the Black Country
- Arsenal actually started the match positively, pinning the hosts back into their own half as we pinged around passes with confidence
- They doubled their advantage when Matt Doherty took advantage of some slack defending to glance a header past Bernd Leno, before making it three on the stroke of half-time through Diogo Jota
LONDON, United
Kingdom- Arsenal FC’s hopes of a securing a top-four place suffered a big
blow as we were well-beaten by Wolves on a frustrating evening in the Black
Country.
Arsenal actually started the match positively, pinning the
hosts back into their own half as we pinged around passes with confidence.
But for all their early dominance, it was the hosts who
started to get on top and we had a warning when Joao Moutinho curled one just
wide from the edge of the area.
Raul Jimenez then poked one over the bar, before Ruben Neves
opened the scoring with a dipping free kick from the edge of the area.
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Suddenly Molineux was rocking, and while Alex Lacazette
created a chance for himself only to fire high and wide, it was Wolves who
posed the greater threat.
They doubled their advantage when Matt Doherty took
advantage of some slack defending to glance a header past Bernd Leno, before
making it three on the stroke of half-time through Diogo Jota.
We dominated possession in the second half as Wolves sat
back and prepafred to hit us on the break, and they nearly extended their lead
further but Jimenez fired wide when well placed.
Eddie Nketiah came on and nearly created a goal for
Lacazette within a couple of minutes, only for Ryan Bennett to poke out a foot
to deny the France international.
Sokratis muscled his way through a packed area to head in
his third goal of the season with 10 minutes remaining, but there was no
dramatic comeback on the cards and it proved to be nothing but a consolation.
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Arsenal travel to Leicester on Sunday for the lunchtime kick
off with the pressure firmly on us to secure a win if we are to keep pace in
the top-four race.
Arsenal beat the Foxes 3-1 at Emirates Stadium back in
October, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scoring one of the goals of the season
after finishing off a sweeping team move.