Arsenal vs. Sheffield United: Premier League
Arsenal vs. Sheffield United: Premier League With a 6-0 victory over Sheffield United on the road, rampant Arsenal created history and got back to within two points of the Premier League leaders. Mikel Arteta’s team.
Arsenal vs. Sheffield United Premier League Following the victories against Nottingham Forest by title rivals Liverpool and Manchester United by Manchester City, Mikel Arteta’s team realized they needed to bounce back against the Championship-bound Blades.
Arsenal did it at Bramall Lane in style, and they had plenty of opportunity to score more than the five goals they achieved in the first half. A thunderbolt from Ben White capped off the Monday night thrashing.
The Gunners became the first English league team to win three straight away games by five goals or more goals with this victory, their eighth straight Premier League victory.
The Blades, on the other hand, have now given up five goals or more in four straight home games across all competitions.
Sheffield Utd vs Arsenal LIVE: Latest Premier League updates
- Sheffield United 0–6 Arsenal at full time
- Arsenal wins its eighth straight Premier League game, closing the distance on leaders.
- 58′ SCOOP! White joins in, scoring the sixth goal (0-6)
- 39′ GOAL! Before the half, Rice scored the fifth goal (0-5)
- 25′ GOAL! Arsenal runs amok, and Havertz adds a fourth (0-4)
- 15′ GOAL! Martinelli completes the hat trick as United collapses (0-3)
- 13′ GOAL! Saka pushes Bogle to score his own goal (0-2).
- 4′ GOAL! Odegaard gives Arsenal a 1-0 lead quickly.
Arsenal went five goals ahead of Sheffield United by the 39th minute, which is the earliest an away side has had a five-goal margin in Premier League history.
Arsenal are just the second side in top-flight history to score 5+ goals in three successive away league games after Burnley in September 1961. while they’re the first side in English league football to win three successive away games by 5+ goals.
Sheffield United is the first side in English football (top four tiers) to concede 5+ goals in four successive home games in all competitions and the first side in English league football to lose three consecutive home league games by at least a 5+ goal margin.
Sheffield United is the only team in a top-flight season to have lost a home league game by at least five goals four times this season.
After making his Arsenal debut in November 2018, Bukayo Saka recorded his 50th assist across all competitions. He is only the sixth different Premier League player, behind Riyad Mahrez, Bruno Fernandes, Son Heung-min. Mohamed Salah, and Kevin De Bruyne, to record at least 50 goals (54) and 50 assists across all competitions.
Since the beginning of the 2021–22 season, Martin Ødegaard has scored 17 goals for Arsenal in the Premier League away from home. James Ward–Prowse is the only other midfielder in the competition with more goals during the same period.
