Arsenal are moving up the table as they are racking up the points with amazing results and performances too. Arsenal completely turned their team around as the team has given a lot of moments to their fans to brag about. Arsenal travelled away to Leeds at the Elland Road and came away with an emphatic victory. Leeds United are back and fresh from the 7-0 hammering by Manchester City but they succumbed to another hammering and this time around from Arsenal as they lost 4-1.
This leaves a huge question mark on Bielsa as his future with the team would be under intense scrutiny as they are struggling to reproduce their first season's flying performances. Martinelli's brace with Saka and Smith-Rowe's strikes completed the damage against Leeds United with Raphinha's goal turning into a mere consolation for the host team.
Arsenal should have gone ahead as early as the 3rd minute after Lacazette wasted the early chance after being found inside the box with a lovely pass. The goalkeeper blocked his attempt and Saka skewed wide the rebound with the goal at his mercy.
A smart and quick move from Martinelli gave Arsenal an early lead after he took advantage despite a possible penalty shout after Xhaka was fouled inside the box. He didn't wait for the referee to do his team any favours as the ball came to him, thanks to Lacazette's pressing and he smashed home the shot emphatically in the 16th minute.
The scoreline soon turned to 2-0 after Xhaka won the ball in the middle of the park and his brilliant defence-splitting pass found Martinelli who had it all to do as he raced on goal. Despite the pressure, he managed to get the ball into the back of the net to get his brace and confirmed Arsenal's position in the match in the 28th minute.
2 goals soon turned to 3 goals after Odegaard found Saka on the edge of the box. He brilliantly drove in but his movement was halted and thanks to another pressing from Lacazette, the ball managed to find him again and his shot went in via a deflection in the 42nd minute. It was a brilliant shot from Saka and the goal was credited to him.
Leeds United managed to get one back in the 75th minute after Ben White gave away a penalty. Raphinha stepped up to take it and he smashed home his effort to give Leeds United hope for a possible comeback but that hope was dashed in the 84th minute by Smith-Rowe after he restored Arsenal's 3 goals advantage.
The move started with Smith-Rowe stealing the ball before feeding Odegaard. Odegaard managed to hold on to the ball before finding Smith-Rowe's run into the box. He picked him out cleverly and he smashed home the shot with ease to bring the game to a 4-1 win for Arsenal. Arsenal took a giant step in the race for a top 4 finish with a clinical performance against Leeds United away from home.
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