Wolves vs Arsenal LIVE: Premier League result and final score after Martin Odegaard sends Gunners top
Wolves 0-2 Arsenal: Odegaard wrapped up the win in stoppage time as the Gunners responded to back-to-back defeats
Goals from Leandro Trossard and Martin Odegaard gave Arsenal a gritty 2-0 win over Wolves that sent them back to the top of the Premier League table after a game that otherwise won’t live long in the memory.
Arsenal lead on 74 points, one point ahead of Manchester City, who have a game in hand having beaten Chelsea 1-0 earlier on Saturday to reach the FA Cup final. Liverpool are in third place on 71 points, also with a match in hand on the Gunners.
Trossard broke the deadlock just before the break after a scrappy first half, Wolves defender Santiago Bueno steering the ball into his path while trying to dispossess Gabriel Jesus and the Belgian lashed it into the net off the right-hand post.
Knocked out of the Champions League in the last eight by Bayern Munich in midweek, Arsenal dominated the second half but it took until the fifth minute of stoppage time for them to score again, through Odegaard from a tight angle.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Arsenal
Wolves have looked better since the substitutions, with Lemina and Sarabia adding a bit of guile and variety to their attack. The hosts may have left themselves a little bit too much to do with four minutes to go, but both of the goals conceded by Arsenal last weekend came after the 80th minute.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Arsenal
Doyle sends a free-kick from deep in midfield directly into the Arsenal penalty area, which prompts Raya to step out of his goal to make a catch and relieve the pressure. He succeeds, but goes over the back of Lemina in the process, sending the Wolves substitute to the pitch in a heap. It’s a painful one, with the medical staff on to the pitch.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Arsenal
With Jesus making way, it appears as though Havertz is the man chosen to fill the void at striker, with his high intensity and pressing from the front an asset in the final stages of the game.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Arsenal
A defensive substitution for Arsenal with 10 minutes to go sees Partey come on for Jesus in order to bolster the midfield.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Arsenal
Gomes picks out the overlapping run of Doyle, who attempts to square a pass into the six-yard box, but Raya is quick off his line to get to the ball first and make a clean catch.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Arsenal
Wolves look to have changed to a back four, with Ait-Nouri and Toti acting as full-backs since the removal of Doherty. Hugo Bueno and Sarabia operate on the wings either side of midfielders Traore and Doyle, with Lemina and Gomes the furthest forward.
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Arsenal have scored in their last 33 meetings with Wolves in all competitions, their longest scoring streak against an opponent in the club’s history.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Arsenal
Substitution Matthew James Doherty Rayan Aït-Nouri
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Arsenal
Lemina cuts inside from the right wing ahead of Gabriel and hooks a left-footed curling shot towards goal that’s stopped easily by the gloves of Raya.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Arsenal
Substitution Leandro Trossard Gabriel Teodoro Martinelli Silva
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